Concert | Orchestra Music
In 1996, Lithuanian-born composer and conductor Vykintas Baltakas composed a symphony ‘out of nothing’. For him, the starting point for the work was another small piece, which he calls ‘Nichtstück’ (Non-piece). A simple melody with the structure of a waltz develops and disappears just as quickly as it emerges. A listening space for memories or feelings of familiarity. In contrast, everything sounds new in Makiko Nishikaze's work illuminares: the Japanese composer uses traditional instruments such as a glockenspiel, a celesta and an oboe d'amore for her music, but no fixed motifs, only sounds that arise in space and time.
Finally, in his ‘Plejaden’ (‘seven similar pieces for piano and orchestra’), Erhard Grosskopf creates varying interpretations and renditions of the same musical material.
Awet Terterjan takes the listener on a musical journey to his homeland, Armenia. With his musical language, which originates from the oriental music world, he opens up new possibilities for symphonic images and changes the perception of cultures in music. For him, sound as a whole and in its individual vibrations was of particular importance.
Vykintas Baltakas
Sinfonia (1996)
Makiko Nishikaze
illuminarea
for orchestra (2002) WP/CW
Erhard Grosskopf
Plejaden – Sieben ähnliche Stücke
for piano and orchestra op. 56 (2002) WP/CW
Awet Terterjan
Symphony No. 5 (1978)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Vykintas Bieliauskas – conductor
Ursula Oppens – piano
Gaguik Muradjan – kamantcha
n co-operation with Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / ROC GmbH