Memories of the 1966 Royan Festival with Claude Samuel
From 1964 to 1977, the city of Royan was the Mecca of artistic creation, during an International Festival of Contemporary Art which brought together, at Easter, the greatest artists of the world. Arnaud Merlin exhumes tonight some treasure from the 1966 edition in the company of Claude Samuel.
On the program tonight: four works from two concerts given as part of the 3rd edition of the Contemporary Art Festival of Royan in 1966
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Igor Stravinsky
Variations in memory of Aldous Huxley
- ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra
- Hermann Scherchen, direction
Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)
Krzysztof Penderecki
by natura sonoris
- ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra
- Andrzej Markowski, management
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Olivier Messiaen
Awakening of the birds, for solo piano and orchestra
- Yvonne Loriod, piano
- ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra
- Andrzej Markowski, management
Iannis Xenakis (1992-2001)
Iannis Xenakis
Terretektorh
- ORTF Phiharmonic Orchestra
- Hermann Scherchen, direction
