Le Grand Macabre - Gepopo

In this clip from Ligeti's "Le Grand Macabre," performed by the New York Philharmonic, Gepopo (Barbara Hannigan), the chief of the secret service, informs Prince Go Go of the panic in the streets as the citizens learn of the impending end of the world.

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Additional support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.

GEPOPO
Psst!
Shsht!
Co... cocoding zero! Ah!
Cococoding Zero, Zero:
highest security grade!
Zero, Zero!
Birds on the wing!
Double-you see!
Snakes in the grass!
Rabble, rabble, rabble!
Riot, riot!
Unlawful assemblies!
Communal insurrection!
Mutinous masses!
Turbulence!
Panic! Panic
Groundless! Groundless!
Phobia! Wide of the mark!
Right off the track!
Hypopochondria!
Rsh!

GO GO
What did you say?

GEPOPO
Rsh! March!
March target! Direction!
Prince! Your palace!
March target royal palace!
Palace!
Password: Go-Go-lash!
Demonstrations, hah!
Protest actions, ha!
Provocations, ha!
Pst! Pst!
Much discretion!
Close observation!
Take precautions!
That's all.
Pst! Pst!
Not a squeak!
Confidential!

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• gyorgi
• ligeti
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• grand
• macabre
• new
• contemporary
• classical
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• vocal
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[CcCharlesW]

Lady GAga

[jtrstrings]

Shocking!!! Questo Video e' FANTASTICO!!!! The soprano is amazing. I hope everyone takes the time to listen all the way through. I LOVE contemporary music and am now a huge fan of Barbara Hannigan!! I only wish I were there for the live performance!!!!!

[TheRosash]

wonderful performing and video!

[anataria]

Not only great voice, but great acting too :)

[senna01]

Was a DVD of this released yet? Or are then plans?

[crypticcurls]

Just read about this in the Daily Telegraph Review. Apparently Ligeti write in the score, 'with extreme panic and hysteria,' and then in the next line, 'even more panic', and finally, 'completely beside herself'. Don't like it but amazing - bet she had great fun doing it.

[stigomaster]

The concertmaster disliked this video because he misses his part.

[danthorpeisageek]

This is just beyond amazing.

[sirmercutio99]

@CcCharlesW I don't think Lady G. has anything compared to Le Grand Macabre in avant-garde. Are they put this onto DVD?

How much do you think it cost to get production rights for the opera? (music,score, right to perform)

[krycekov]

Absolutely amazing! I heard the radio broadcast and loved it, but this makes me ache to see a video. Please, NYPhil, release a DVD or broadcast this on PBS soon.