Name: George Benjamin conducts Benjamin and Ligeti
Start: 2023-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Het Concertgebouw

Organization

Conductor

George Benjamin

Orchestra

Ensemble Modern

Omroep Muziek

Singer

Keren Motseri

soloist

Helena Rasker

George Benjamin conducts Benjamin and Ligeti

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Het Concertgebouw

Grote Zaal

George Benjamin conducts Benjamin and Ligeti: At First Light Benjamin (+2 More)

Public

Private

At First Light

Chamber Concerto

Into the Little Hill

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Soprano

Baritone

Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

English composer George Benjamin conducts the Ensemble Modern in an early work by György Ligeti, flanked by two of his own works.

Weave of thirteen soloists
George Benjamin was introduced to György Ligeti's music when, as a nine-year-old, he saw Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The micropolyphonic textures of Ligeti's Atmosphères, which sounded like glowing lava, made an unforgettable impression on him. Now he conducts the Kammerkonzert (1969/1970): a virtuosic work for thirteen soloists, in which the composer also employs the micropolyphonic technique. As the instrumentalists lay many melody lines right next to each other, unexpected complex harmonies emerge. In the Kammerkonzert, these consonances - clusters - are relatively thinned out, so the individual lines are still easy to follow.

Pied Piper and Morning Mist
George Benjamin's At First Light (1982) was inspired by a painting by J.M.W. Turner in which a ruined castle is visible as a vague silhouette in the morning mist, illuminated by the rising sun. Benjamin translates this image into fragile, melting sounds. To do so, he uses unusual instruments, such as a ping-pong ball and a tumbler. Into the Little Hill (2006), a chamber opera set to the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, has among its themes the improper use of music.

English

De Engelse componist George Benjamin dirigeert het Ensemble Modern in een vroeg werk van György Ligeti, geflankeerd door twee van zijn eigen werken.

Nederlands

George Benjamin conducts Benjamin and Ligeti by Benjamin, Ligeti, Sat 16 Sep 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor George Benjamin, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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