Concert | MaerzMusik 2022
Éliane Radigue: The Electronic Works 7
Biogenesis (1973), Arthesis (1973)
“Biogenesis” (for ARP synthesizer) and “Arthesis” (for Moog synthesizer) belong to Éliane Radigue's early stationary, impulse-oriented synthesiser works. During their production she develops a compositional style of barely perceptible transitions from one sound world to another.
Programme
Éliane Radigue
Biogenesis(1973)
Music for loudspeakers / Heartbeats and ARP 2500 synthesizer on magnetic tape, 21 min 6 sec
“To my daughter, Anne Person, for the child she is carrying and will carry for a long time.” (Éliane Radigue)
Produced 1973 at Éliane Radigue’s studio in Paris.
Premiered on 6 March 1974 at The Kitchen in New York.
Éliane Radigue
Arthesis(1973)
Music for loudspeakers / Moog Modular System on magnetic tape, 25 min 39 sec
Produced and recorded at the studios at the University of Iowa in 1973.
Premiered on 1 May 1973 at the Theater Vanguard in Los Angeles.
“A stirring from the depths of the ages, a secret and ferocious hold. Indiscernible clarity that seeks to dawn, traces its fragile arrival when everything falls asleep.” (Éliane Radigue
Cast
François J. Bonnet – sound direction