Organization

Admin

Elbphilharmonie & Laeiszhalle Hamburg

Chamber Ensemble

SWR Experimental Studio

Chorus

Lés Metaboles

Conductor

Conductor (+3)

Léo Warynski

Violinist

Barbara Bultmann

Violin I

Juditha Haeberlin

Violin II

Cellist

Eric-Maria Couturier

Cello

Flautist

Matteo Cesari

Flute

Elbphilharmonie

THE PATH IS THE GOAL
In his late work, Luigi Nono always also transformed the music into moving ambient sound. To achieve that, he regularly worked with the legendary SWR Experimentalstudio. One example is his vocal and instrumental work »Diario polacco No. 2«, in which electronic sounds permeate the hall. His work »Hay que caminar – soñando«, in contrast, features two violinists wandering from one music desk to the next.

Under conductor Léo Warynski, the Les Métaboles vocal ensemble and the SWR Experimentalstudio remember Nono the political man. When martial law was introduced in Poland in 1981 he wrote »Quando stanno morendo / Diario polacco No. 2« and dedicated it to persecuted Polish friends and comrades.

Nono composed »Hay que caminar – soñando« in 1989, one year before his death. With its »choreographic« arrangement, it epitomises an inscription, seen on a monastery wall, that had fascinated Nono: »Wanderer, there is no path. All that matters is the walking.«

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