From the end of the 1950s, the composer and director Pierre Mercure actively promoted music and contemporary arts. In 1961, he produced the Semaine internationale de musique actuelle (International Week of Today’s Music), which caused a sensation in the musical community. Building on this success, he commits himself to building an organization dedicated to musical creation.
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Works heard
- Serge Garant, Quintette (1978)
- Pierre Mercure, Kaléidoscope (1947-49)
- Maurice Blackburn, Blinkity Blank (1955)
- Pierre Mercure, Pantomime (1949)
- Jonathan McPhee, Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring (1912-13, 47)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen, Refrain, Nr 11 (1959)
- Pierre Mercure, Lignes et points (1964)
- Pierre Mercure, Tétrachromie (1963)
- Pierre Schaeffer, Étude aux objets (1959, 71)
- Morton Feldman, Last Pieces (1959)
- John Cage, Atlas Eclipticalis (1961-62)
- Serge Garant, Anerca (1961, 63)
- Richard Maxfield, Piano Concert For David Tudor (1961)
- Pierre Mercure, Structures métalliques II (1961)
- Pierre Mercure, H2O per Severino (1965)
- Pierre Mercure, Rondo
- Pierre Mercure, Le cri de joie (presto)
- Pierre Mercure, Prologue: Adagio
Persons mentioned
Credits
- Animation: Lorraine Pintal
- Chronique, recherche: Réjean Beaucage
- Voix: Jean-François Casabonne, Guy Nadon
- Technique: Philippe Bouvrette
- Conseiller à la réalisation: Laurent Major
- Réalisation: Christian O’Leary
- Idée originale: Marie Décary
- Diffusion: Magnéto
- Production: SMCQ sous la direction artistique de Walter Boudreau, 2021