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Matthias Hermann

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Fri, May 23, 2025, 20:00
“It may well be that through the systematic use of monophony I have arrived at the purest form of melody,” said Claude Vivier about his 1981 work, which he described as a return to the melodies of his past. Helmut Lachenmann presents a broad spectrum ranging from stifled sounds of indeterminate pitch and different shades of noise all the way to distinct pitches. According to Lachenmann, it represents an “offer of expressive intensity that seeks to overcome the bourgeois longing... Read full text

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Matthias HermannConductor
Nicolas HodgesPiano
Solist*nnen des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Program

Claude Vivier“Et je reverrai cette ville étrange” for trumpet, three strings, piano, celesta and percussion
Helmut Lachenmann“Klangschatten-mein Saitenspiel” for 48 strings and three pianos
Rebecca Saunders“To An Utterance” for piano and orchestra
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