In 1996, Philip Glass, fascinated by the work of Jean Cocteau, composed his Enfants terribles as a dance opera. The transcription for two pianos in the form of a Suite, although it ellipses the song, offers a sumptuous sonic journey through the troubling mysteries of adolescence. Alternately breathless, dark and haunting, the work has a magnetism that is matched, dedicated to the Labèque sisters, by the score of another "enfant terrible", Bryce Dessner. At the crossroads of musical cultures, from rock to minimalism, he offers with El Chan seven sound poems competing inventively, between impacts, echoes and abrupt silences.
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- Music
- Music
- Classical music
- Concert