Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Peter Rundel

Orchestra Concert

Friday, 15 December 2017 | Herkulessaal of the Residency | 7.00 pm

Introduction: 5.45 pm

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Ondřej Adámek. Photo: Luc Hossepied

Programme

Rebecca Saunders [*1967]

Aether [2016/17]
for two bass clarinets
German premiere

Ondřej Adámek [*1979]

Follow me
Concert for violin and orchestra [2016/17]
Commissioned by musica viva des Bayerischen Rundfunks, “Freunde des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks e.V.”, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Festival Musica Strasbourg | World premiere

Christophe Bertrand [1981–2010]

Vertigo
Concerto for two pianos and orchestra [2007]
German premiere

Performers

Isabelle Faust, violin
Carl Rosman und Richard Haynes, bass clarinet
GrauSchumacher Piano Duo: Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Peter Rundel, conductor

Tickets online

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about the Programme

Ondřej Adámek’s “Follow me” tells the tale of a sensitive relation between an individual and a group of people who initially follow his ideas, only to recast and misconstrue them in their own way and finally to make fun of the original idea. At the same time it recounts a fruitful meeting between Adámek, a young composer as gifted as he is inventive, and the exceptional soloist Isabelle Faust, who deeply impressed him in a Bach recital. “Follow me” is dedicated to Isabelle Faust and is partly influenced by her readings of Bach.

The programme will also feature two other works. One is Rebecca Saunders’s “Aether” for two bass clarinets, which was premièred by Carl Rosman and Richard Haynes in 2016 and will now be heard for the first time in Germany at Musica Viva. The other is “Vertigo”, a work by the supremely gifted, prematurely deceased French composer Christophe Bertrand. It is a piece rich in colours and instrumentation in which two solo pianos unveil kaleidoscope variety amidst an orchestra that constantly generates new sounds. This musica viva concert will feature the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Rundel.