Domaine Musical
Domaine Musical ( Eng . : musical domain ) was the title of a Parisian concert series that was launched in the 1953/54 season by the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez and lasted until 1973.
The privately financed concert series initially had its home on the experimental stage of the Théâtre Marigny (approx. 250 seats), which was directed by the actor couple Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud . There were four to six concerts per season. Domaine Musical referred to less a venue as a programmatic idea. The dramaturgy of the concerts was based on three pillars in the early years.
- With reference works by old masters such as Machaut , Du Fay , Gabrieli , Gesualdo , Monteverdi , John Dowland , Bach , Mozart and Beethoven , innovative processes were legitimized and forgotten repertoire resumed.
- Classics of the recent past, the music of which had not penetrated the public consciousness, were put on the program in order to enable them to get to know each other. At the same time, a tradition of innovation should be shown. These included above all the composers of the Second Viennese School , Schönberg , Webern and Berg , but also French forerunners such as Debussy , Ravel or Varese , not least Stravinsky and Messiaen , and Ives and Bartók also appeared.
- Performances and premieres by living composers of the generation around 1926 played an increasingly important role. The reference to classics and old masters can be read as an attempt to legitimize one's own musical endeavors. The most frequently performed composers here included Karlheinz Stockhausen and Henri Pousseur , but also the works of Pierre Boulez himself, who, however, did not have any of his works premiered here.
From the 1966/67 season, Pierre Boulez pursued his career as a conductor more intensively and resigned the management of Domaine Musical, which was taken over by Gilbert Amy until 1973 . An ensemble of musicians, most of whom were employed in Paris symphony orchestras, provided the interpretations and joined forces for the concerts to form the Ensemble du Domaine Musical , which was called the Ensemble du Domaine Musical from 1962 onwards . The Domaine Musical was only able to perform orchestral works through guest performances by German radio orchestras ( WDR , SWF ).
After Barrault's troupe moved out of the Théâtre Marigny, the concerts mainly took place in the Salle Gaveau (approx. 900 seats), later in the New Barraults venue, the Théâtre de l'Odéon (approx. 1280 seats).
literature
- Jésus Aguila: Le Domaine Musical. Pierre Boulez et vingt ans de creation contemporaine. Fayard 1992.