Kilar Lutoslawski Strawinsky
Wojciech Kilar
«Orawa» for string orchestra
Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra
Igor Strawinsky
Le Sacre du printemps
Introduction 45 min before the performance.
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Kilar Lutoslawski Strawinsky
Abstract
Kilar Lutoslawski Strawinsky
Born in Argentina, the star cellist Sol Gabetta is Swiss by choice. In between her internationally acclaimed performances, she regularly returns to Switzerland and creates her own concert series with the Solsberg Festival and Presenza at the LAC Lugano. Now she can be heard for the first time together with the Philharmonia Zurich. Sol Gabetta will perform the Cello Concerto by the Polish composer Witold Lutosławski, in which the solo instrument takes on an exposed and highly demanding role. Lutoslawski himself interprets the concerto as a «confrontation between the individual and the masses». Krzysztof Urbański will then conduct Le Sacre du printemps by Igor Stravinsky. For once, the focus of this composition, written in 1913 for the Ballets Russes, is not our ballet company, but the orchestra itself.