Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Mahler, Bartók & Takemitsu
Pierre-Laurent Aimard powerful in Bartók's monumental concerto
Mahler composed his Sixth Symphony during a very happy period of his life. It nevertheless sounds melancholy and deeply tragic: a foreboding perhaps of his own sad fate. Paradoxically, Mahler’s obsession with suffering and death is always coupled with an irrepressible energy and a hunger for life. Bartók's First Piano Concerto, a massive and intense monument, is equally dark. Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays with percussive power and engaging intensity.
programme
Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Piano Concerto no.1, BB91
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony no.6 in A minor 'Tragic'
Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Piano Concerto
performers
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra: orchestra
Jonathan Nott: conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard: piano
partners
With the support of Pianos Maene