Today marks the fifth anniversary of Pierre Boulez's death (announced the following day). Here is what I wrote immediately on hearing the news. Boulezian: R.I.P. Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016: On Hearing of Boulez's Death https://boulezian.blogspot.com/2016/01/rip-pierre-boulez-1925-2016-on-hearing.html?spref=tw
On Boulez's piano music: https://boulezian.blogspot.com/2015/09/dialectical-games-piano-music-of-pierre.html
On my first live hearing of Répons, as late as 2015: https://boulezian.blogspot.com/2015/08/salzburg-festival-8-eicpintscher-boulez.html?m=0
What remains one of the greatest concerts I have ever been privileged to hear, Boulez conducting works by Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern, with Berlin's Scharoun Ensemble and Barbara Hannigan: https://boulezian.blogspot.com/2008/04/scharoun-ensembleboulez-18-april-2008.html
The final time I heard him conduct. Pli selon pli, again with Barbara Hannigan, and with the ensemble he founded, @Ensemble_inter: https://boulezian.blogspot.com/2011/10/exquisite-labyrinth-4.html
https://twitter.com/tomcoult/status/316912173303603201?s=20
From the recording session for his CBS Moses und Aron:
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