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Munich Philharmonic: Ellington / Wolfe / IvesSanttu-Matias Rouvali (conductor), Alban Gerhardt (cello)

Portrait of the conductor Santtu Matias Rouvali. He is wearing jeans and a jacket and is holding his baton in his hand.
Copyright: Camilla Greenwell

With the opener of this season’s America theme, Santtu-Matias Rouvali presents that continent’s musical diversity.

With the opener of this season’s America theme, Santtu-Matias Rouvali presents that continent’s musical diversity.

Jazz legend Duke Ellington is exemplary for African-American composers. His orchestral triptych, Three Black Kings, is a musical tribute to three mythological and historical Black personalities. Contemporary composer Julia Wolfe’s music is a reflection on historical and current events. The German cellist Alban Gerhardt presents the German premiere of Wolfe’s energetic cello concerto Wind in My Hair. Charles Ives is regarded as the central figure of American New Music and the first American symphonic composer to emancipate himself from the European musical tradition. In his Symphony No 2, Ives quotes traditional American melodies and, interweaving these with references to European Romanticism, creates an expressive, multi-layered, soundscape.

Programme

  • Duke Ellington: Three Black Kings (Les Trois Rois Noirs)
  • Julia Wolfe: Wind in My Hair, violin concerto (German premiere)
  • Charles Ives: Symphony No 2

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