In the organizer's words:

Oliver Knussen loved to explore a "utopian world in a few minutes". The title of his short wind piece Choral, in which changing "choirs" create all kinds of spatial effects, refers to the "statuesque nature" of the music (Knussen), which is based on a very slow sequence of four chords. The physicality of the sound also determines the musical language of Clara Iannotta, who wrote her piano concerto The purple fuchsia bled upon the ground for Pierre-Laurent Aimard. The Concerto for Orchestra by George Benjamin, who also conducts the musica viva concert, was written in memory of Oliver Knussen. Harrison Birtwistle's Deep time, which was inspired by the unimaginable slowness of geological time and describes a state of constant change, brings the evening to a close ... read more

Oliver Knussen [1952-2018]
Choral for winds and percussion [1970-72]
German premiere

Clara Iannotta [*1983]
The purple fuchsia bled upon the ground. Concerto for piano and orchestra [2023-24]

George Benjamin [*1960]
Concerto for Orchestra [2023-24]

Harrison Birtwistle [1934-2022]
Deep time for orchestra [2016]

Pierre-Laurent Aimard Piano
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sir George Benjamin Conductor

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