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Composer Festival HK Gruber: Into the Open

A propos du spectacle

Succumb to the Austrian composer's habitual mixture of wit and gravitas. Featuring works that focus on the percussion and wind sections respectively, HK Gruber conducts his own works, with percussion soloist Colin Currie, and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic.

Premiered at the BBC Proms in 2015, 'Into the Open' focuses on tuned and pitched percussion, while 'Northwind Pictures' exploits the potential of the wind section to the fullest, depicting the forces of nature in musical form. Also featured is Le Nouvel Age by French‐Ukrainian Igor Markevich. Markevich, also a composer/conductor, makes notable reference to Stravinsky, one of Gruber's greatest influences, in his work.

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