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The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra’s day-long deep-dive into the life and work of Pierre Boulez reaches a truly monumental climax. Across an evening that spans his whole creative career, pianist Tamara Stefanovich plays the brilliant Notations and Incises, and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers join the ´óÏó´«Ã½ SO to perform the extraordinary, playful Cummings ist der Dichter.

And then Martyn Brabbins joins soprano Anna Dennis and an expanded ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra for a rare complete performance of Boulez’s single largest work, Pli selon Pli. Part Mallarmé song cycle, part self-portrait and part era-defining manifesto for the possibilities of musical modernism, every performance is a major occasion. Boulez himself recorded it with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra – making it the perfect way for the orchestra to salute the 100th birthday of its most revolutionary chief conductor.