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Royal Albert Hall, 10th September 2008.
Broadcast Live on BBC Radio 3.
4-MALITY returned to the BBC Proms, nearly 7 years to the day from
their Proms debut.
Iannis Xenakis's Pleiades looks to the skies. Scored for a sextet of exotic percussion, Pleiades portrays (in the composer's words) "clouds, nebulas and galaxies of the fragmented dust of beats organised by rhythm". It's a work of great drama, at times quite brutal and draws on Xenakis's experiences in the Second World War during which he lost the sight in one eye.
Reviews
"...a truly epic performance
of a truly epic work..."
Guardian
"...thrilling display
of pulse-quickening virtuosity..."
Evening Standard
"...How exciting to
have been there...."
Independent
"...played with bracing
rigour and warm enthusiasm..."
Times
