Boulez at 100: Re-imagined

Available for booking

A live, Boulez-themed edition of the New Music Show from the BBC’s Maida Vale studios in London.

Performing specially commissioned music - and music by Pierre Boulez - will be Caoutchouc and Plus-Minus Ensemble. Caoutchouc is a duo comprising Jessie Marino and Serge Vuille, an uncategorisable mix of percussion, fiddle, spoken word and electronics, and tonight they explore texts by and about Pierre Boulez.

Plus-Minus Ensemble perform two pieces by Boulez, his Derive I for six instruments, and the lesser known, rarely performed Structures I for two pianos. Plus-Minus also bring two brand new pieces, both “re-imaginings” of older works: Alex Hills’s response to Ruth Crawford Seeger’s String Quartet, and Natacha Diels’s take on Mexican composer Julián Carrillo’s Preludio a Colón. Both works are co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and Plus-Minus Ensemble.

Tickets will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

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How to be in the audience

Step 1: Apply for tickets

Tickets for this show are being allocated on a first-come first-served basis, so when we receive your ticket request your details are added to the list of applicants. Tickets are usually dispatched from approximately three weeks ahead of the recording date.

Step 2: Receive a message

All eligible requests are allocated tickets in the order they are received, up to the maximum number of available tickets. If successful, we notify you by text message and send your e-ticket(s) to your email address. If unsuccessful you will be kept on the waiting list in case anyone cancels their tickets.

Step 3: Bring your tickets and ID

We do our best to get the numbers right, but unfortunately we occasionally have to disappoint people. Remember that every guest must bring original approved photo ID.

See a full list of accepted photo ID