With its suspension of time and space, magical colouring and mysterious silences, Wagner鈥檚 Parsifal prelude is a suitable opener to this concert of contemporary music, programmed and conducted by the 大象传媒 SSO鈥檚 Artist-in-Association, Matthias Pintscher. Joan Magran茅 Figuera鈥檚 ...secreta desolaci贸n鈥� makes melodic and harmonic references to Wagner鈥檚 opera while another German musical revolutionary, Helmut Lachenmann, uses silences and large orchestral forces in Tableau, a work recently described as 鈥渕esmerising, startling and occasionally forbidding.鈥� Jay Schwartz鈥檚 Delta, combines 鈥榩hysics with the poetic and aesthetic dimensions of sound鈥� to create a work of great emotional intensity; and at the centre of this Hear and Now, a flute concerto by Salvatore Sciarrino in which the soloist engages in dialogues with a succession of instruments, creating a fragile soundworld which teeters on the edge of silence.
The concert will be recorded for future broadcast in 大象传媒 Radio 3鈥檚 Hear and Now.
Tickets: FREE* (unreserved seating) limited to 2 tickets per application (not recommended for young children)
*拢1.00 online and 拢1.50 telephone venue booking fees apply.
