Concert 2: Grief

Behind the neutral genre designation “Violin Concerto,” Michael Hersch conceals hyper-expressive music that explores emotional boundaries. Amid noisy attacks, cutting dissonances, and brutal clusters, the solo violin intones its pleading laments. Hersch’s concerto “should be heard as pure pain, as an open wound,” says Patricia Kopatchinskaja. It is juxtaposed here with a concertante orchestral piece by Katherine Balch that dispenses with extroverted brilliance in favor of the quest for a calmly intimate, chamber music-like form of virtuosity. Yu Kuwabara meanwhile reflects on our sense of time by deploying tempo manipulations such as constantly changing time signatures and cumulative decelerations.

Tickets as from 6.8.2024 | 12.00 pm (CET)