Preparations for Xenakis and Keqrops

Author: Woodward Roger  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 0749-4467

Source: Contemporary Music Review, Vol.21, Iss.2-3, 2002-06, pp. : 109-120

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Abstract

The author offers his recollections on preparations for the premiere of Keqrops, a work by Xenakis for piano and orchestra from 1986. He discusses his study of the score, the memorization process, the physical practicing routing, and the final rehearsals with the New York Philharmonic.