Gerard Grisey Les Espaces Acoustiques

Grisey s largest ever undertaking les espaces acoustiques was composed sporadically in the period from 1974 to 1985 and remains perhaps the fullest realisation of his musical vision.

Gerard grisey les espaces acoustiques. Created over a period of eleven years 1974 1985 the six movement cycle is a monument to the spectral school. Am 16 3 2018 wird das groß besetzte symphonieorchester des br les espaces acoustiques das monumentale schlüsselwerk des französischen spektralismus von grisey unter der leitung von stefan asbury präsentieren. Gérard grisey was born in belfort france on 17 june 1946 anderson 1998 from a very young age grisey demonstrated enormous interest and talent in music composition and study writing his first essay on music when he was 9 years old he studied at the conservatory in trossingen in germany from 1963 to 1965 before entering the conservatoire national supérieur de musique. Ces pièces peuvent s enchaîner sans interruption chacune d elles élargissant le champ acoustique de la précédente.

These are the unique combinations of frequencies that manifest themselves as timbre accounting for the distinction between for example a middle c played on a piano and the same note played on a violin. Judging by its intensely concentrated performance clear layout and stunning sound this splendid recording seems the definitive rendition of gérard grisey s les espaces acoustiques perhaps the clearest explication of the spectral school s theories and practices but certainly one of that movement s most expansive works. Les espaces acoustiques talea l icône paradoxale vortex temporum quatre chants pour franchir le seuil modifier gérard grisey né à belfort le 17 juin 1946 et mort à paris le 11 novembre 1998 est un compositeur français. Les espaces acoustiques est un cycle de six pièces composé par gérard grisey de 1974 à 1985 pour diverses formations instrumentales allant de l alto solo au grand orchestre.

In composing the piece grisey undertook detailed analyses of sound spectra.