FERRARI, LUC Didascalies 2

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When Luc Ferrari made his last visit to La Chaux-de-Fonds, he handed us the score for 'Didascalies 2', and he specifically asked for it to be performed by La Chaux-de-Fonds pianist Claude Berset and Brussels pianist Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven. For us, it became a necessity: we just had to develop an event around Luc Ferrari and present - and it moved us - the world premiere of this, the last work by Luc Ferrari not to have been performed yet in front of an audience.

Didascalies 2 was premiered as part of an anti-tribute to Luc Ferrari in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, in a version for two pianos and viola. Luc stipulated that toward the end of the piece - Formule 6 - 'an instrument comes in (I don't know which one yet). This instrument should be very powerful and be able to sustain a very loud note (I don't know which one yet).' We opted for the viola...