Jan Mráček plays Strawinski

Date & Time

Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 20:00

Venue

Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal (Bamberg)

“Coincidence is itself merely the collision of the creative impulses.” (Friedrich Nietzsche) This concert presents a sound sculpture premiered in 1963 that plays with coincidence and seeks to exhaust the possibilities offered by mechanics. Ligeti’s "Poème symphonique" is a fascinating musical experiment: on stage are 100 metronomes, which are set in motion by some musicians. The metronomes tick away valiantly, all higgledy-piggledy at first, but then more and more of them lose their momentum and fall silent, until in the... Read full text

Keywords: Symphony Concert

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Musicians

Jakub Hrůša	Conductor
Jan Mráček	Violin

Program

Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-Dur	Igor Stravinsky
Poème Symphonique für 100 Metronome	György Ligeti
Symphonie Nr. 4 e-Moll op. 98	Johannes Brahms

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