Matthias Pintscher, the 麻豆社 SSO鈥檚 Artist-In-Association, curates another evening of works, all originally commissioned for one anniversary or another. Ligeti鈥檚 frantic, scuttling culmination of his explorations into musical polyphony was written for the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra鈥檚 60th birthday. Hans Werner Henze鈥檚 Seventh Symphony commemorated the Berlin Philharmonic鈥檚 centenary and references Beethovenian symphonic form, German dances and the poetry of Friedrich H枚lderlin. Olga Neuwirth鈥檚 recent work, meanwhile, began as a tribute Mahler to mark the centenary of his death but is inspired by memories of her grandfather鈥檚 life by the Danube and is, in her own words, 鈥渁n impossible attempt to stop time by composing鈥�.
The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 3.