Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (formerly deFilharmonie) & Martin Grubinger

Bernstein, Prokofiev, Eötvös & Tan Dun

orchestral

Sat 18 Nov 2017 -20.00

introduction by Francis Maes	19.15
start	20.00
expected end time	22.25
with break

All prices include booking fees.

Part of Abo Classics 17-18

Percussion wizard raises virtuosity to a new level

Before Austrian Martin Grubinger arrived on the scene, percussionists stood at the rear of the orchestra. Now composers such as Tan Dun and Peter Eötvös write works for them. Dun’s Tears of Nature seems to have been written for a multi-armed octopus. Eötvös also pushes the soloist to extremes. Both are right up the street of percussion acrobat Martin Grubinger. Rarely have we seen such staggering virtuosity.

programme

Peter Eötvös (1944)
Speaking Drums

Tan Dun (1957)
Tears of Nature

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Selection from Romeo and Juliet, opus 64

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Peter Eötvös (1944)
Speaking Drums

Tan Dun (1957)
Tears of Nature

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Symphonic