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Wolfgang Rihm's Tutuguri VI in Boston

Jan. 08, 2013

Wolfgang Rihm's <em>Tutuguri VI</em> in Boston

Wolfang Rihm’s monumental Tutuguri VI(Kreuze) for six percussionists is heard in a performance by Boston’s Ludovico Ensemble this month. The program, comprised of works for non-pitched percussion, takes place on January 23 at Boston Conservatory’s Studio 401. Jeffrey Means conducts the concert as part of the Fifth Annual Roman Garnett Concert Series.

With the subtitle “Music After Antonin Artaud”, Tutuguri VI is the final installment of Rihm’s Artaud cycle. Originally conceived as an individual work, the Tutuguri pieces can also be performed as a continuous 100 minute cycle bearing the subtitle “Poème dansé” for large orchestra, choir on tape and speaker. Tutuguri VI was premiered in 1981 by the Kolberg Percussion Ensemble with director Manfred Reichert. At thirty-five minutes in duration, the work is a mesmerizing palette of rhythmic and timbral combinations that creates a diverse and expressive landscape. 

Ludovico Ensemble’s program, a part of their 10th anniversary season, also features works by Iannis Xenakis and Georges Aperghis.

For more information on Wolfgang Rihm, please visit www.universaledition.com.

To learn more about Ludovico’s program, please visit www.ludovicoensemble.org.

Wolfgang Rihm
Tutuguri VI (Kreuze) (1981)
“Music After Antonin Artaud”
for six percussionists
35’

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