Our Symphonic Orchestra presents a rare performance of one of Helmut Lachenmann's largest-scale sound explorations. Ausklang is a typically adventurous piece by the now almost 90-year-old German sound wizard. Although composed almost 40 years ago, it still sheds fascinating new light on the essence of sound. How does the piano resonate? How does starting from sound create entirely new music?
For this performance, Lachenmann himself spends a week working with our students on the interpretation of his piece. In doing so, he familiarises this youngest generation of top musicians with the fascinating vocabulary of the now almost forgotten 20th-century avant-garde. Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, composed from a totally different musical aesthetic, provides an intriguingly contrasting context. But make no mistake: this melodic masterpiece from the Romantic era is also as much about musical fantasy as Lachenmann's.
Conductor
Bart Bouckaert
Soloist
Jan Michiels (24&26/11)
Júlia Pusker (only on 26/11)
Enric Moya Crespín (only on 24/11)
Ensemble
Symphonic Orchestra Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
Programme
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Concerto in E minor Op. 64 for violin and orchestra with soloist Júlia Pusker on 26/11 and Enric Moya Crespín on 24/11
- Helmut Lachenmann
- Ausklang with soloist Jan Michiels
