Sunday, September 7th 2008. 20:00
Philharmonie Berlin

Programme

Bruckner, Anton:
Symphony No. 4 in E flat major Romantic

Boulez, Pierre:
Livre pour Cordes for string orchestra

Messiaen, Oliver:
Poèmes pour Mi for dramatic soprano and orchestra

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Sally Matthews soprano

The young generation of British music in Berlin

Daniel Harding, a great discovery, and assistant to Simon Ratlle and Claudio Abbado, steers the successful course of the Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra and, as its Principal Guest Conductor, takes co-responsibility for the London Symphony Orchestra. Within only a few years the young soprano singer Sally Matthews demonstrated a sovereign command of music from Baroque to the Modern Age.

The Poèmes pour Mi were to Messiaen, what the Wesendonck-Lieder were to Wagner: the preced to the apotheosis of love of the Turangalila Symphony. Bruckner's fourth responds, at once poetically and monumentally, to Wagner's romantic operas. Boulez' Livres des cordes from 1968 follows up on the Livre de quatuor from 1948 and thereby also further pursues a general preoccupation with Messiaen's musical thought of that time.

The Berliner Festspiele bring together a seemingly endless variety of arts and culture under one roof each year in Berlin. It was founded in West Berlin in 1951. Throughout the year, festivals, program series, and individual events enrich the cultural scene of the city. The festivals include performances of music, theater, dance, and literature.

Artists

London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

Harding, Daniel, Conductor
Born in Oxford, Daniel Harding began his career assisting Sir Simon Rattle at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, with whom he made his professional debut in 1994. He went on to assist Claudio Abbado at the Berlin Philharmonic and made his debut with the orchestra at the 1996 Berlin Festival.

In 2003, he became the first Music Director of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. His previous positions include Principal Conductor of the Trondheim Symphony in Norway (1997-2000), Principal Guest Conductor of Sweden\\\'s Norrköping Symphony (1997-2003) and Music Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (1997-2003). He has just been appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, to commence at the start of the 2006/07 season, and Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra from January 2007.