Name: George Benjamin conducts Benjamin and Ligeti
Start: 2023-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Het Concertgebouw

Organization

Conductor

George Benjamin

Orchestra

Ensemble Modern

Omroep Muziek

Singer

Keren Motseri

soloist

Helena Rasker

George Benjamin conducts Benjamin and Ligeti

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Het Concertgebouw

Grote Zaal

George Benjamin conducts Benjamin and Ligeti: At First Light Benjamin (+2 More)

Public

Private

At First Light

Chamber Concerto

Into the Little Hill

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Contralto

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Baritone

Tenor

Countertenor

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

English composer George Benjamin conducts the Ensemble Modern in an early work by György Ligeti, flanked by two of his own works.

Weave of thirteen soloists
George Benjamin was introduced to György Ligeti's music when, as a nine-year-old, he saw Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The micropolyphonic textures of Ligeti's Atmosphères, which sounded like glowing lava, made an unforgettable impression on him. Now he conducts the Kammerkonzert (1969/1970): a virtuosic work for thirteen soloists, in which the composer also employs the micropolyphonic technique. As the instrumentalists lay many melody lines right next to each other, unexpected complex harmonies emerge. In the Kammerkonzert, these consonances - clusters - are relatively thinned out, so the individual lines are still easy to follow.

Pied Piper and Morning Mist
George Benjamin's At First Light (1982) was inspired by a painting by J.M.W. Turner in which a ruined castle is visible as a vague silhouette in the morning mist, illuminated by the rising sun. Benjamin translates this image into fragile, melting sounds. To do so, he uses unusual instruments, such as a ping-pong ball and a tumbler. Into the Little Hill (2006), a chamber opera set to the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, has among its themes the improper use of music.

English

De Engelse componist George Benjamin dirigeert het Ensemble Modern in een vroeg werk van György Ligeti, geflankeerd door twee van zijn eigen werken.

Nederlands

George Benjamin conducts Benjamin and Ligeti by Benjamin, Ligeti, L 16 sept 2023, Alates (2023/2023), Dirigent George Benjamin, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Ansambel

Programm, teave ja kokkuvõte

Fotod

Lisalugemist

Esinemiskuupäevad ja -kohad

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