Paavo Järvi conducts at the QEH
Sun 5 Feb 2006, 7:30pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Paavo Järvi conductor
Isabelle van Keulen violin
Michael Collins clarinet
| Sibelius | Tapiola |
|---|---|
| Tüür | Concerto for Violin & Clarinet, NoÄ“sis (European Première) |
| Rachmaninov | Symphony No. 2 |
Estonian-born Erkki-Sven Tüür is one of the most exciting and accessible composers to have emerged from Eastern Europe. Like Rachmaninov, whose music is also featured in this evening's programme, he is involved in contemporary culture as well as classical music, citing influences as eclectic as Gregorian Chant and 70s pop music. NoÄ“sis, the Greek word for the process of cognition and understanding, received its world première in Detroit, where it was received rave reviews:
'....Tüür's mesmerizing concerto with violinist Isabelle van Keulen and clarinettist Michael Collins. Tüür's sound world is a brooding collage of atonal spikes, ghostly wisps, severe crescendos, pulsating rhythms, stuttering repetitions and spirals, calm stasis and disarming melody.'
Detroit Free Press, June 2005
For more information about Erkki-Sven Tüür and NoÄ“sis click here.
Please note that areas g & h in the Queen Elizabeth Hall are now sold out for this concert.
Click here to read Paavo Järvi's biography.
Click here to read Isabelle van Keulen's biography.
This evening's concert is sponsored by the Friends of the Philharmonia
recommended recordings
Sibelius: Tapiola
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Leif Segerstam
Ondine ODE 852-2 (with Lemminkainen Legends)
Works by Erkki-Sven Tüür
Action-Passion-Illusion. Zeitraum.
Estonian-Finnish Orchestra/Anu Tali
Warner Classics 2564 61992-2 (with Rachmaninov and Sibelius)
Works by Erkki-Sven Tüür Violin Concerto. Auditus. Exodus
Isabelle van Keulen/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi
ECM 472 497-2
Carter: Clarinet Concerto
Michael Collins/London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen
DG 459 660-2 (with Carter's Symphonia)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2
Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev
DG 439 888-2
Philharmonia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
Chandos CHAN 8520
also this evening:
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- Lorin Maazel conducts at The Anvil, Basingstoke (03/04/2009)
- Lorin Maazel 50th Anniversary Gala Series (04/04/2009)
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts at Bedford Corn Exchange (15/04/2009)
- Nikolai Lugansky plays Rachmaninov (16/04/2009)
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- Hugh Wolff and Nicola Benedetti (30/04/2009)
