LES SIECLES – LIGETI / POPPE

Programme

Enno Poppe (*1969)
Öl (“Oil”) for ensemble
Augen: 25 lieder for soprano and chamber orchestra
Swiss Premiere
György Ligeti (1923–2006)
Violin Concerto
Introduction (in German) with Enno Poppe at the start of the concert

Description

African polyrhythms and medieval vocal polyphony, Eastern European folk music and the exotic sounds of the ocarina or lotus flute: in his late-period Violin Concerto, György Ligeti succeeded in creating a wonderful synthesis of the old and the new, the familiar and the foreign, which gathers up everything that fascinated and influenced him during his life as a composer. Just the right work, then, to celebrate Ligeti’s 100th birthday, particularly since Isabelle Faust will play the solo part. In the first half of the concert, François- Xavier Roth and his famed ensemble Les Siècles present works by composer-in-residence Enno Poppe. In Öl (“Oil”), Poppe has slowly flowing melodic lines merge languidly into one another. In the vocal cycle Augen (“Eyes”), he colors poems by Else Lasker-Schüler using the favorite instruments of the Second Viennese School: “A rush of celesta, glockenspiel, harp, guitar, mandolin, and English horn,” wrote the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung after the world premiere last year. “A sensual orchestral garden in orientalizing splendor.”

Text: Lucerne Festival c

Date

Sep 07 2023
Expired!

Time

19 h 30 min
LUCERNE, KULTUR- UND KONGRESSZENTRUM

Location

LUCERNE, KULTUR- UND KONGRESSZENTRUM
Lucerne, Autriche
Category
LES SIECLES

Organizer

LES SIECLES
Phone
+ 33 6 20 64 32 91
Email
lessiecles@gmail.com
Website
https://www.lessiecles.com/

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