Descharmes & Metzmacher: Ives & Gershwin

O wydarzeniu

Ingo Metzmacher, master of modern music, proposes a journey through the American repertoire. A symphonic representation of the melting pot, the art music of the United States is above all a reflection of its many influences from throughout the continent.

Gershwin, for example, returned from his 1932 travels in Havana with a concert overture charged with the bongos, congas, and claves found in a Cuban ensemble.

Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story echo these Latin sounds, 25 years later: the composer took great joy in incorporating rhythmic flashes from the mambo, for example, in his intoxicating suite.

Antheil’s Jazz Symphony builds, like many of Gershwin’s works, on African‐American themes; it comprises a remarkable grab‐bag of influences that made the composer into the self‐proclaimed “bad boy” of music.

Finally, Ives’ magisterial Fourth Symphony, with its jaw‐dropping instrumental combinations, a notoriously difficult work that waited 50 years after its composer’s death for a first performance.