Claude Vivier: premiere of Deva et Asura in Berlin
(February 2009)
“Canadian Claude Vivier, who attracted attention during his lifetime and was acknowledged as a significant composer by György Ligeti, fell into obscurity after his murder in 1983. Now he’s back.” So wrote the Berliner Zeitung of the wave of interest for the composer in Berlin, with a new CD on the Karios label, his orchestral work Orion performed in the Ultraschall Festival, and an entire concert of his music by the Kammerensemble Neue Musik in its ‘outsiders’ series. Berlin also played host to the long awaited world premiere of Vivier’s chamber orchestra work Deva et Asura, given by ensemble unitedberlin on 8 October conducted by Andrea Pestalozza. Dating from 1972, the 15-minute work is a battle between light and dark elements, spread in polychoral style between four quartets – two identically scored wind quintets, a string quintet and a brass quintet.
The title relates to Vivier’s journey of self-discovery into Asia: Deva and Asura are ancient Indian gods representing the spirits of darkness and the characters of light, whose wrestling can be seen to symbolise the composer’s personal creative struggle.
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Photo: JA Billard
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