Lamb and Kurtág
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Thu 19 Nov 202620:15 - 22:00Grote Zaal
1 Normaal € 53,00 CJP € 42,50 Stadspas € 42,50 Early Bird (13-30jr) € 12,50 2 Normaal € 42,50 CJP € 42,50 Stadspas € 42,50 Early Bird (13-30jr) € 12,50
Program
19.15 / Foyerdeck 1 / Pre-concert talk
20.15 / Grote Zaal / Main program
Catherine Lamb The illuminated grid (world premiere)*
György Kurtág Messages of the Late Miss R.V. Troussova
* The world premiere of the work by Catherine Lamb is made possible with the support of Ammodo
Credits
Klangforum Wien
Bas Wiegers conductor
Viktoriia Vitrenko soprano
Klangforum Wien, a regular at the Muziekgebouw, is arguably the finest new music ensemble in the world. Tonight, the group performs the world premiere of The Illuminated Grid by Catherine Lamb, an award-winning American composer who studied under James Tenney. Tuning and resonance play a major role in her work. While theoretically complex, the sophisticated processes Lamb sets in motion reach the ear as enchanting, multi-faceted clouds of sound that are constantly in flux.
And that’s right up Klangforum’s alley. Catherine Lamb once said about them: ‘It felt as if the ensemble operated as one organism.’ That will undoubtedly be the case in her own new work as well. Klangforum pairs Lamb with the living legend György Kurtág, whose hundreth birthday earlier this year was celebrated grandly at the Muziekgebouw. With the 1980 song cycle Messages of the late Miss R.V. Troussova, Kurtág cemented his status as a world-class composer of truly exceptional calibre.
