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Explaining text with music – interview with David Lang
© Peter Serling “It’s not really about climate change. It’s about our limitations of how we can’t really understand, or even agree on, what the problem is which surrounds us, beca…
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Explaining words with music - interview with David Lang
Ahead of the European premiere of ’before and after nature’ (2024) for chamber choir and Bang on a Can All-Stars, with video projections by Tal Rosner, the composer and I discuss the words and music in our talk.
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Ahead of the European premiere of ’before and after nature’ (2024) for chamber choir and Bang on a Can All-Stars, with video projections by Tal Rosner, the composer and I discuss the words and music in our talk.
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Reporting from the exquisite world premiere of Matthew Whittall’s terrific 70-minute Robert Macfarlane setting ”The World Tree” (2025) by the Helsinki Chamber Choir and Nils Schweckendiek at Temppeliaukio Church earlier this week.
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The World Tree premiere crowns the Helsinki Chamber Choir’s anniversary season
Nils Schweckendiek conducting the Helsinki Chamber Choir in the world premiere of Matthew Whittall’s The World Tree (2025). © Ella Kiviniemi The Helsinki Chamber Choir’s twentieth anniv…
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November 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reporting from the exquisite world premiere of Matthew Whittall’s terrific 70-minute Robert Macfarlane setting ”The World Tree” (2025) by the Helsinki Chamber Choir and Nils Schweckendiek at Temppeliaukio Church earlier this week.
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Looking back at the Hallé John Adams festival and its feat of chamber music at RNCM feat. Chamber Symhony (1992) under by Euan Shields, Hallelujah Junction (1998) w. Eliza McCarthy & James McVinnie, plus selections from John’s Book of Alleged Dances (1994) by the Emerz Collective.
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A John Adams chamber music feat with the Hallé and RNCM
Euan Shieds conducting the Hallé players in John Adams’s Chamber Symphony (1992). © David Hughes Between the two big orchestral concerts on Thursday and Saturday last week, the Hallé John Ada…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Looking back at the Hallé John Adams festival and its feat of chamber music at RNCM feat. Chamber Symhony (1992) under by Euan Shields, Hallelujah Junction (1998) w. Eliza McCarthy & James McVinnie, plus selections from John’s Book of Alleged Dances (1994) by the Emerz Collective.
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Reporting from the Hallé John Adams festival finale, conducted by the composer and featuring Leila Josefowicz as soloist in Scheherazade.2 (2014), followed by The Chairman Dances (1985) and concluding with the UK premiere of The Rock You Stand On (2024).
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The Hallé John Adams festival goes zenith with Scheherazade.2 and the UK premiere of The Rock You Stand On
Leila Josefowicz performing Scheherazade.2 (2014) with the composer conducting the Hallé. © Shary Bellemakers Bringing the Hallé John Adams festival to its conclusion big time, Saturday evening’s c…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Reporting from the Hallé John Adams festival finale, conducted by the composer and featuring Leila Josefowicz as soloist in Scheherazade.2 (2014), followed by The Chairman Dances (1985) and concluding with the UK premiere of The Rock You Stand On (2024).
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Reporting from Machester, the Hallé John Adams festival lauch with the composer conducting Slonimsky’s Earbox (1995), Livre de Baudelaire (1887-89/1994), Pat’s Aria from Nixon in China (1985-87) and Harmonium (1980-81) with soprano Mary Bevan and Hallé Choir.
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Mighty launch for the Hallé John Adams festival featuring the Hallé Choir and soprano Mary Bevan
John Adams conducting the Hallé at the Bridgewater Hall on Thursday. © Alex Burns / the Hallé Inaugurating a four-concert festival of the composer’s music on a high note on Thursday, the Hallé and …
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November 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reporting from Machester, the Hallé John Adams festival lauch with the composer conducting Slonimsky’s Earbox (1995), Livre de Baudelaire (1887-89/1994), Pat’s Aria from Nixon in China (1985-87) and Harmonium (1980-81) with soprano Mary Bevan and Hallé Choir.
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Looking back at Thomas Adès and London Symphony Orchestra performing Adès Aquifer (2023-24), Sibelius Symphony No. 3 (1904-07), Ruders Paganini Variations (1999-2000) (feat. Sean Shibe) and Alex Paxton World Builder, Creature (2024)
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Thomas Adès returns to the LSO podium with a spectacular program highlighting with the London premiere of Aquifer
Thomas Adès conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. © Mark Allan Returning to the podium at the Barbican Centre, Thomas Adès conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in a characteristically specta…
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October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Looking back at Thomas Adès and London Symphony Orchestra performing Adès Aquifer (2023-24), Sibelius Symphony No. 3 (1904-07), Ruders Paganini Variations (1999-2000) (feat. Sean Shibe) and Alex Paxton World Builder, Creature (2024)
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Tonight!! Harmonium with John Adams conducting the Hallé and Hallé Choir - will be epic!
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October 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Tonight!! Harmonium with John Adams conducting the Hallé and Hallé Choir - will be epic!
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Harmonielehre to die for - Rattle and Berlin Phil on the John Adams classic
”It was Adams’s 40-minute symphony-but-name that blew the roof off at Philharmone. In fact, the crowd went wild already after the first movement.”
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”It was Adams’s 40-minute symphony-but-name that blew the roof off at Philharmone. In fact, the crowd went wild already after the first movement.”
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Harmonielehre to die for – Rattle and Berlin Phil on the John Adams classic
Sir Simon Rattle conducting Harmonielehre (1984-85) with Berliner Philharmoniker. © Bettina Stöss Some performances are simply stuff of legends. One of these rare occasions came to pass at the Phil…
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October 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Harmonielehre to die for - Rattle and Berlin Phil on the John Adams classic
”It was Adams’s 40-minute symphony-but-name that blew the roof off at Philharmone. In fact, the crowd went wild already after the first movement.”
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”It was Adams’s 40-minute symphony-but-name that blew the roof off at Philharmone. In fact, the crowd went wild already after the first movement.”
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Looking back at last week’s formidable concert with Kirill Gerstein and Gewandhausorchester under David Robertson, primed by Stravinsky and Ravel double-bill, combined with two contrasting works from 1960, Pärt’s Nekrolog and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from ”West Side Story”.
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Intriguing 20th century tableaux with Kirill Gerstein and the Gewandhausorchester under David Robertson
Pianist Kirill Gerstein and conductor David Robertson onstage with the Gewandhausorchester after their performance of Maurice Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand (1929-31). © Jari Kallio Condu…
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October 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Looking back at last week’s formidable concert with Kirill Gerstein and Gewandhausorchester under David Robertson, primed by Stravinsky and Ravel double-bill, combined with two contrasting works from 1960, Pärt’s Nekrolog and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from ”West Side Story”.
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Looking forward to launching my weekend with the most stunning soloist entry (and orchestral build-up) in the repertoire - performed tonight by Kirill Gerstein and the Gewandhausorchester under David Robertson! 💙❤️
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October 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Looking forward to launching my weekend with the most stunning soloist entry (and orchestral build-up) in the repertoire - performed tonight by Kirill Gerstein and the Gewandhausorchester under David Robertson! 💙❤️
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One of the (many) things I love about Leipzig is that your hotel room view is also one of J.S. Bach’s offices.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
One of the (many) things I love about Leipzig is that your hotel room view is also one of J.S. Bach’s offices.
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Having loved and listened to Sir Simon Rattle’s @thecbso.bsky.social recording of John Adams’s astounding symphony-but-name Harmonielehre (1985) for over 30 years, I can’t wait to FINALLY hear him conduct it live with the Berlin Phil on Saturday!!
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October 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Having loved and listened to Sir Simon Rattle’s @thecbso.bsky.social recording of John Adams’s astounding symphony-but-name Harmonielehre (1985) for over 30 years, I can’t wait to FINALLY hear him conduct it live with the Berlin Phil on Saturday!!
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Reporting from the Finnish premiere of Steingrímur Rohloff’s Horn Concerto (2024) with Stefan Dohr and the Tampere Philharmonic under Matthew Halls.
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Mighty Finnish premiere of Steingrímur Rohloff’s Horn Concerto by Stefan Dohr and Tampere Philharmonic under Matthew Halls
Stefan Dohr performing Steingrímur Rohloff’s Horn Concerto (2024) with the Tampere Philharmonic and Matthew Halls. © Liisa Mäkinen Putting together an intriguing Friday evening setlist, the Tampere…
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October 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reporting from the Finnish premiere of Steingrímur Rohloff’s Horn Concerto (2024) with Stefan Dohr and the Tampere Philharmonic under Matthew Halls.
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Album review: a pristine pocket-sized reimagination of Adès’s The Tempest from Tetzlaff and Gerstein
”Rarely does one become so mesmerized, obsessed even by a documented musical performance than listening to this piece of treasure elaborately caught on microphones.”
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”Rarely does one become so mesmerized, obsessed even by a documented musical performance than listening to this piece of treasure elaborately caught on microphones.”
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Album review: a pristine pocket-sized reimagination of Adès’s The Tempest from Christian Tetzlaff and Kirill Gerstein
Alongside their resounding stage success, the three operas of Thomas Adès have also proven themselves as perennial sources of concertante adaptations. Regarding The Tempest (2003-04), its first con…
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October 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Album review: a pristine pocket-sized reimagination of Adès’s The Tempest from Tetzlaff and Gerstein
”Rarely does one become so mesmerized, obsessed even by a documented musical performance than listening to this piece of treasure elaborately caught on microphones.”
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”Rarely does one become so mesmerized, obsessed even by a documented musical performance than listening to this piece of treasure elaborately caught on microphones.”
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Happy 89 Steve Reich!!! 🫶🏼
[pictured, one of the best pieces on the planet]
[pictured, one of the best pieces on the planet]
October 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Happy 89 Steve Reich!!! 🫶🏼
[pictured, one of the best pieces on the planet]
[pictured, one of the best pieces on the planet]
Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 3 gets its 🇫🇮 premiere tonight with Olli Mustonen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Dima Slobodeniouk. Here’s the composer discussing the piece ahead of the 2022 San Francisco world premiere.
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Composing for Yuja Wang – Magnus Lindberg on his new piano concerto
Magnus Lindberg photographed by © Philip Gatward Today marks the world premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (2020-22). Given by Yuja Wang, the concerto’s dedicatee, and the San Franci…
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October 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 3 gets its 🇫🇮 premiere tonight with Olli Mustonen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Dima Slobodeniouk. Here’s the composer discussing the piece ahead of the 2022 San Francisco world premiere.
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Returning to Lahti, John Adams introduces Frenzy and Tumblebird Contrails
Along with the invigorating Adams and Gabriella Smith 🇫🇮 premieres, Debussy’s pristine La Mer and Première Rhapsodie were heard with the Lahti Symphony and co-principal clarinet Nora Niskanen.
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Along with the invigorating Adams and Gabriella Smith 🇫🇮 premieres, Debussy’s pristine La Mer and Première Rhapsodie were heard with the Lahti Symphony and co-principal clarinet Nora Niskanen.
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Returning to Lahti, John Adams introduces Frenzy and Tumblebird Contrails
John Adams rehearsing Frenzy: a short symphony (2023) with the Lahti Symphony. © Jari Kallio Returning to conduct the Lahti Symphony after his 2021 podium debut with the orchestra, John Adams took …
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September 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Returning to Lahti, John Adams introduces Frenzy and Tumblebird Contrails
Along with the invigorating Adams and Gabriella Smith 🇫🇮 premieres, Debussy’s pristine La Mer and Première Rhapsodie were heard with the Lahti Symphony and co-principal clarinet Nora Niskanen.
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Along with the invigorating Adams and Gabriella Smith 🇫🇮 premieres, Debussy’s pristine La Mer and Première Rhapsodie were heard with the Lahti Symphony and co-principal clarinet Nora Niskanen.
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Gabriella Smith’s Breathing Forests and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony soar in Helsinki
Stellar Finnish premiere of Smith’s astounding organ concerto with James McVinnie, the Helsinki Philharmonic and Pekka Kuusisto.
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Stellar Finnish premiere of Smith’s astounding organ concerto with James McVinnie, the Helsinki Philharmonic and Pekka Kuusisto.
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Gabriella Smith’s Breathing Forests and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony soar in Helsinki
Pekka Kuusisto, Gabriella Smith and James McVinnie onstage with the Helsinki Philharmonic after the Finnish premiere of Breathing Forests. © Jari Kallio The Helsinki Music Centre organ was put to g…
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September 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Gabriella Smith’s Breathing Forests and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony soar in Helsinki
Stellar Finnish premiere of Smith’s astounding organ concerto with James McVinnie, the Helsinki Philharmonic and Pekka Kuusisto.
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Stellar Finnish premiere of Smith’s astounding organ concerto with James McVinnie, the Helsinki Philharmonic and Pekka Kuusisto.
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After the Fall takes Gothenburg - John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson join Göteborgs Symfoniker
A Swedish premiere to die for, the new Adams concerto was heard in good company of The Chairman Dances, Stravinsky Symphonies of Winds & Debussy Ibéria.
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A Swedish premiere to die for, the new Adams concerto was heard in good company of The Chairman Dances, Stravinsky Symphonies of Winds & Debussy Ibéria.
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After the Fall takes Gothenburg – John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson join the GSO
John Adams on the podium at Göteborgs Konserthus. © Gothenburg Symphony/Thom Estifanos. Making his debut with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, John Adams led the ensemble in a splendi…
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September 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
After the Fall takes Gothenburg - John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson join Göteborgs Symfoniker
A Swedish premiere to die for, the new Adams concerto was heard in good company of The Chairman Dances, Stravinsky Symphonies of Winds & Debussy Ibéria.
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A Swedish premiere to die for, the new Adams concerto was heard in good company of The Chairman Dances, Stravinsky Symphonies of Winds & Debussy Ibéria.
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From Paris to Salzburg with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Baroque Ensemble Fab Four at Café Barock - an afternoon well spent in great company. Splendid playlist featuring noble tombeaux and absolute bangers alike. ☕️🎶
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September 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
From Paris to Salzburg with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Baroque Ensemble Fab Four at Café Barock - an afternoon well spent in great company. Splendid playlist featuring noble tombeaux and absolute bangers alike. ☕️🎶
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Off to Gothenburg for my 3rd live encounter with John Adams’s ’After the Fall’ (2024) featuring its dedicatee Víkingur Ólafsson as soloist, joined by the Gothenburg Symphony under the composer!
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September 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Off to Gothenburg for my 3rd live encounter with John Adams’s ’After the Fall’ (2024) featuring its dedicatee Víkingur Ólafsson as soloist, joined by the Gothenburg Symphony under the composer!
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Magnus Lindberg’s Serenades (2020) soar with the Helsinki Philharmonic under Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
One of the composer’s finest orchestral scores, heard alongside Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta & Rachmaninoff PC 1.
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One of the composer’s finest orchestral scores, heard alongside Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta & Rachmaninoff PC 1.
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Lindberg’s Serenades soar with the Helsinki Philharmonic under Saraste
Magnus Lindberg onstage with Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the Helsinki Philharmonic. © Jari Kallio Auguring their second program of the season, the Helsinki Philharmonic and Chief Conductor Jukka-Pekka …
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September 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Magnus Lindberg’s Serenades (2020) soar with the Helsinki Philharmonic under Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
One of the composer’s finest orchestral scores, heard alongside Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta & Rachmaninoff PC 1.
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One of the composer’s finest orchestral scores, heard alongside Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta & Rachmaninoff PC 1.
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Ahead of the 🇫🇮 premieres of her Breathing Forests (2021/2023) and Tumblebird Contrails (2014), an interview with Gabriella Smith.
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Celebrating the joy of climate solutions with music – interview with Gabriella Smith
Composer Gabriella Smith on her home ground in Seattle. © Erik Petersen Among the composers of our time, Gabriella Smith is one of those special musical voices, whose intricate sounding realms bear…
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September 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Ahead of the 🇫🇮 premieres of her Breathing Forests (2021/2023) and Tumblebird Contrails (2014), an interview with Gabriella Smith.
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Reporting from Lucerne Festival’s Boulez centennial celebrations, highlighting with Poèsie pour pouvoir (1958) IRCAM reconstruction premiered by LFCO under David Robertson & Molly Turner AND Marco Stroppa’s Come Play with Me (2016-2025)for solo-electronics and orchestra.
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Studies of electronics, space and poetry – Boulez and Stroppa premieres with Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra
David Robertson conducting LFCO in the world premiere of the reconstructed version of Pierre Boulez’s Poèsie pour pouvoir (1958) at Lucerne Festival © Manuela Jans / Lucerne Festival The Pier…
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September 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Reporting from Lucerne Festival’s Boulez centennial celebrations, highlighting with Poèsie pour pouvoir (1958) IRCAM reconstruction premiered by LFCO under David Robertson & Molly Turner AND Marco Stroppa’s Come Play with Me (2016-2025)for solo-electronics and orchestra.
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Arvo Pärt is ninety years old!!
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September 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Arvo Pärt is ninety years old!!
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Reporting from Helsinki Philharmonic season opening, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Pekka Kuusisto, welcoming Composer-in-Residence Anna Thorvaldsdottir (AERIALITY) and re-introducing Samy Moussa (Stasis) & Anna Clyne (Prince of Clouds), plus ein bißchen Brahms (Symphony 2).
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Friends of old and new – many meetings at the Helsinki Philharmonic season opening
Composer-in-Residence Anna Thorvaldsdóttir with the Helsinki Philharmonic and Chief Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste after the Finnish premiere of AERIALITY (2010-11). © Jari Kallio Launching into the…
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September 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reporting from Helsinki Philharmonic season opening, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Pekka Kuusisto, welcoming Composer-in-Residence Anna Thorvaldsdottir (AERIALITY) and re-introducing Samy Moussa (Stasis) & Anna Clyne (Prince of Clouds), plus ein bißchen Brahms (Symphony 2).
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