Munich Philharmonic: Chin / Dutilleux / Seltenreich / Ben-HaimLahav Shani (conductor), Renaud Capuçon (violin)
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This concert presents the latest orchestral work of Israeli composer Michael Seltenreich, who grew up in Tel Aviv. Like Lahav Shani, Seltenreich profited early on from Israel’s vibrant music scene, the foundation of which is said to have been laid by Munich-born Paul Ben-Haim.
This event is in the past.
This concert presents the latest orchestral work of Israeli composer Michael Seltenreich, who grew up in Tel Aviv. Like Lahav Shani, Seltenreich profited early on from Israel’s vibrant music scene, the foundation of which is said to have been laid by Munich-born Paul Ben-Haim.
Born Paul Frankenburger, Ben-Haim left his home town in 1933 and emigrated to Palestine in the hope of a peaceful coexistence of different cultures, religions and ethnicities. Composed in the first year of the Second World War, his Symphony No 1 conveys confidence and consolation even if the circumstances of the time left their mark on the work.
In his violin concerto L’Arbre des songes, Henri Dutilleux explores the entanglements of a dream world. It is dedicated to the violinist Isaac Stern, who was Renaud Capuçon’s teacher. In it, Dutilleux departs from conventions, at times composing aleatorically and using orchestral interludes in a departure from the traditional movement structure.
Korean composer Unsuk Chin also questions the way traditions are dealt with in an ironic and affectionate way in her short work subito con forza, in which she refers to Beethoven’s idiosyncratic juxtaposition of symbolic contrasts.
Programme
- Unsuk Chin: subito con forza for orchestra
- Henri Dutilleux: L’Arbre des songes (The Tree of Dreams), violin concerto
- Michael Seltenreich: „The Prisoner’s Dilemma“
- Paul Ben-Haim: Symphony No 1
