Franck Ollu & Krassimir Sterev

Programme

Liza Lim
»Mary/Transcendence after Trauma« (world premiere) - commissioned by Bavarian Radio’s musica viva series

Francesca Verunelli
»Accord, Chord and Tune« for accordion and orchestra (world premiere) - commissioned by Bavarian Radio’s musica viva series

Interval

Pascal Dusapin
»Morning in Long Island« for large orchestra (german premiere)

Franck Ollu, Conductor

Krassimir Sterev, Akkordeon

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Part of the musica viva concert series

This concert is part of the musica viva-concert series of the BR. Musica viva is one of the world’s most famous events for future-oriented and contemporary music, where many experimental works and performances for orchestra and chamber music receive their premiere.

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Information about the programme

In Mary, the second part of the Annunciation triptych dedicated to female spirituality, Australian composer Liza Lim deals with “Mary’s Visitation by the Angel and the Passion Play”. Subtitled “Transcendence after Trauma”, the music revolves around incantation and divination, and is characterized by archaic sound fragments. The program also includes the premiere of Francesca Verunelli’s accordion concerto Accord, Chord and Tune, a work that remarkably synthesizes the sounds of an orchestra with those of the accordion. The solo accordion part will be performed by Krassimir Sterev. The third work on the program is Pascal Dusapin’s kaleidoscopic orchestral fantasy Morning in Long Island. The French composer was inspired by the sounds he heard on a cold, foggy night while visiting this popular destination in New York: standing on the beach, he watched the waves, listened to the birds and the music from a distant club – and later captured this nocturnal mood in a fascinating soundscape.