musica viva: François-Xavier Roth

Date & Time

Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 20:00

Venue

Somber thoughts centering on death’s finality form the core of Iannis Xenakis’ Aïs: the wind instruments’ highly expressive sounds in the very first bars decidedly establish the overall emotional atmosphere, which subsequently materializes in Odysseus’ agonizing encounter with his deceased mother. Xenakis’ stirring ombra scene was commissioned by musica viva of the Bayerischer Rundfunk in 1980, and will now be performed once again by baritone Georg Nigl with François-Xavier Roth conducting. Additionally, Antoine Tamestit will perform the solo part in... Read full text

Keywords: Contemporary, World Premiere

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Musicians

François-Xavier Roth	Conductor
Georg Nigl	Bariton
Dirk Rothbrust	Percussion
Antoine Tamestit	Viola
Norbert Ommer	Sound design
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Program

Cloudline for orchestra [2021] Commissioned by the BBC Proms and Los Angeles Philharmonic	Elisabeth Ogonek
Aïs for baritone, percussion and orchestra [1979–80] Commissioned by the Bavarian Radios’ musica viva series in 1980	Iannis Xenakis
Concerto for viola and orchestra I. “Die Gärten von Vilnius” – II. “Tuttomondo” – III. “What is a flower” [2023] Commissioned by the Bavarian Radios’ musica viva series and Milano Musicá – Associazione per la musica contemporanea world premiere	Francesco Filidei
Siren´s song (2020) für Orchester	Peter Eötvös

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