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Pli selon pli

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Pli selon pli

Work for soprano and orchestra (based on sonnets by Stéphane Mallarmé) in five parts by Pierre Boulez. It was first performed at Donaueschingen on 20 October 1962.



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There were performances by students of one of the Mallarmé Improvisations from Pli Selon Pli, the piano Notations and the violin-and-electronics Anthèmes II, before an evening programme during which the degree ceremony took place.
Though not in a specifically operatic context, Toronto's Barbara Hannigan received ecstatic reviews for her performances in Boulez's Pli selon pli and on another occasion, songs by the French composer Gerard Grisey.
The title Pli selon pli comes from Mallarme's sonnet, "Rememoration d'amis beiges", although he does not set the poem itself.
 
 
 
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