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MOZARTFEST WÜRZBURG

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Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 20:00
“The music I hear is the eternal music of the spheres.” To commemorate the 100th birthday of György Ligeti, this year's concert in Würzburg Cathedral will begin with one of his revolutionary works for organ. "Volumina" was premiered in 1962 and opens up soundscapes that seem to come from another world – one musician commented that the piece sounded like "the Holy Spirit roaring in your ears". The work eschews the usual structuring elements such as melody and rhythm, a... Read full text

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Musicians

Christoph EschenbachConductor
Stefan SchmidtOrgan

Program

»Volumina« für Orgel soloGyörgy Ligeti
Symphonie Nr. 3 d-MollAnton Bruckner
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