Poème Électronique is an 8-minute piece of electronic music by composer Edgard Varèse, written for the Philips Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. The Philips corporation commissioned Le Corbusier to design the pavilion, which was intended as a showcase of their engineering progress. The pavilion was shaped like a stomach, with a narrow entrance and exit on either side of a large central space. As the audience entered and exited the pavilion, the electronic composition Concret PH by Iannis Xenakis (who also acted as Le Corbusier's architectural assistant for the pavilion's design) was heard. Poème électronique was synchronized to a film of black and white photographs selected by Le Corbusier which touched on vague themes of human existence.
Release Date: April 16, 1958
June 19, 2022
September 10, 2021
September 27, 2021
October 24, 2013
January 01, 1996
January 01, 2002
February 02, 2002
December 31, 2021
March 08, 2024
January 01, 2010
February 06, 2016
November 11, 1977
December 13, 2013
June 22, 2007
November 03, 2012
December 03, 2007
November 30, 2021
March 10, 2020
September 01, 1988
February 12, 2021