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The Berlin Philharmonic lead two superb concerts devoted to the late Proms fixture Pierre Boulez, while violinist Jeanne-Marie Conquers triumphs with Anthèmes IIThough not explicitly announced as such, or the penultimate Friday of this year’s Proms had become a tribute to Pierre Boulez,who died in January. Between 1965 and 2008, Boulez appeared almost 70 times at the Proms. The first of the Berlin Philharmonic’s two concerts this year with Simon Rattle and the subsequent late-night programme shared by the BBC Singers and Ensemble InterContemporain under Baldur Brönnimann were programmes that Boulez himself might have devised. Related: Pierre Boulez: 'He was one of the naughtiest of powerful artists' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com