London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano, Eivind Ringstad
Lineup
About the Event
The composer Sofia Gubaidulina who died in March 2025 once admitted: “while I am composing, I pray”. The heightened intensity of her Concerto for Viola and Orchestra oscillates between “down-to-earthness” and “heavenly aspiration”. Sir Antonio Pappano presents the work with ‘his’ London Symphony Orchestra along with the unfinished 9th Symphony by Anton Bruckner. Its dedication to “dear God” indicates what Bruckner was attempting to express in music that was literally composed on his deathbed: a confrontation with the “ultimate questions” in the style of a monumental “sinfonia da chiesa”.
Programme
Sofia Gubaidulina
Konzert für Viola und Orchester
Eivind Ringstad viola
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Anton Bruckner Urtext Gesamtausgabe, Editor Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs)