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INTO THE SKY

9 May 2022 @ 19:30 - 22:00

"Réveil des oiseaux" represents at the same time a virtuoso piano concerto, for which we have at our disposal Pierre-Laurent Aimard, a master pianist who was influenced by his encounter with Messiaen as a child. The work is based on faithful transcriptions of birdsongs, which Messiaen revered as divine messages. These enigmatic sounds, which were indigenous to our planet long before the arrival of man, are the subject of an opening address by New York philosopher and musician David Rothenberg.

With this concert we launch our new concert series GREAT!CLSX, in which first-class European orchestras present masterpieces of the past century. For this purpose, we invite interesting personalities from the fields of science and art to speak on a topic related to a specific aspect of the respective programme.

A journey through beguiling soundscapes. In "A Haunted Landscape" George Crumb takes the genre of night music to the extreme. His work is about enigmatic "places on planet Earth imbued with an aura of mystery" and telling of ancient stories that continue to shape our consciousness today. It is the sublimity of landscape and natural impressions that Crumb's compatriot Augusta Read Thomas sublimely sets in scene in her orchestral piece "Words of the Sea." "Réveil des oiseaux" by Frenchman Olivier Messiaen is composed, as it were, by nature itself. Finally, "Orion" by Claude Vivier refers with its very title to the cosmos, a perennial source of inspiration for the Canadian composer, who assumed that man's "inner spaces" are a reflection of the universe.

Programme

19:30 Speech:
David Rothenberg: "What Birds Sing"
Break

20:20 Concert:
George Crumb Haunted Landscape
Augusta Read Thomas Words of the Sea
Olivier Messiaen Réveil des Oiseaux (for solo piano and orchestra)
Claude Vivier Orion

Artists:inside:
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Brad Lubman, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
David Rothenberg, philosopher

Performers

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INTO THE SKY

Details

Date:
May 9, 2022
Time:
19:30 - 22:00
Event category:

Venue

Philharmonie Berlin - GREAT!CLSX
Germany

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