Colorful mystery around Central Park and La mer
Programme
- Henri Dutilleux Mystère de l'instant
- Daniel Wohl Uncanny valley (2025 version)
- Charles Ives Hallowe'en
- Charles Ives The Pond
- Charles Ives Central Park in the dark
- Claude Debussy La mer
Elena Schwarz conducts the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in a program of orchestral magic of the highest order, concluding with Debussy's irresistible La mer.
Masters of color and atmosphere
With the highly evocative "seascape" La mer, Debussy added new dimensions to the orchestral palette in 1905. Not understood at the time, it has iconic status today. In America at the same time, the utterly unique Charles Ives was experimenting, resulting in such hallucinatory orchestral works as Central Park in the Dark. An equally surprising, "cosmic" palette can be found with color and atmosphere master Henri Dutilleux, whose Mystère de l'instant sounds like an enchanting improvisation for a surprising set of instruments.
Spectacular and current
French-American Daniel Wohl, this season's composer in residence at the NTR Saturday Matinee, delivers the most extreme work. His Uncanny Valley is a primal, spectacular piece for varied percussion, electronics and orchestra. The theme is highly topical: is artificial intelligence becoming a threat to our daily lives? Or is it an enrichment? The soloist is percussionist DOMNIQ (Dominique Vleeshouwers), who has already performed successfully at the Matinee in 2024.
Performers
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
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Elena Schwarz
Conductor
DOMNIQ
Percussion
Daniel Wohl
Electronics
Coming soon
Dvorák 9 From the New World'
American Dreams: Dvorák's Ninth and Bernstein's Candide
Songs of Haydn, Mozart and Wagner
Karina Canellakis conducts Britten's Peter Grimes
Wagner's Ring: An orchestral adventure
Stabat Mater by Haydn
Stravinsky's Petrushka and new work by Wohl
the 8th Great Sing-along Concert
