PERCUSSION IN PERFECTION
Elbphilharmonie - Great Hall Platz d. Deutsche Einheit 4, Hamburg, GermanyThree masterpieces of "absolute music" that do not tell a "programme" story and yet appear highly exciting and emotional: they express pain, conflict, grief as well as the longing for reconciliation. Each work represents a cosmos of its own, particularly evident in Friedrich Cerha's music, which spreads out a soundscape on over 300 percussion instruments. The energetic young exceptional virtuoso Vivi Vassileva [...]