Michael Riessler, Pierre Charial and Terry Bozzio

Big Circle

Two icons in their respective fields, the legendary percussionist Terry Bozzio (former Frank Zappa drummer) and Pierre Charial with his punched-card driven barrel organ, together with the composer and clarinettist Michael Riessler turn a trio into an orchestra. The usual division of roles is turned upside down here: the percussionist also plays melodically, the barrel organ also percussively, and the clarinet also polyphonically. The complexity of musical expression becomes charged with energy …

This project is certainly not less interesting or unusual than the celebrated "Paris Mécanique" programme of the previous "concerto discreto" season and provides a chance to see and hear Pierre Charial again, with his exciting and mysterious Organ of Barbary.