Opening concert Saariaho Festival
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Thu 13 Mar 202520:15 - 22:00Interval 21:05Grote Zaal
Program
19.15 / Foyerdeck 1 / Pre-concert talk
Pre-concert talk about Openingsconcert Saariaho Festival and Tuomas Norvio's concert and sound installation by Michel Khalifa with Verneri Pohjola, Joe Puglia and Tuomas Norvio.
19.45 / Entrance hall / Pop-up concert
Kaija Saariaho Sept papillons
by cello students of Dutch conservatories
20:15 / Grote Zaal / Main programme
Kaija Saariaho Graal théâtre
Kaija Saariaho Solar
Kaija Saariaho HUSH (Dutch premiere)
Credits
Asko|Schönberg
Ernest Martínez Izquierdo conductor
Verneri Pohjola trumpet
Joseph Puglia violin
Asko|Schönberg establishes both the alpha and omega in the opening concert of the Saariaho Festival. Graal théâtre for violin and ensemble from 1994 was one of Saariaho’s first successful works, and the trumpet concerto HUSH from 2023 is her swan song. The concerto written for jazz trumpeter Verneri Pohjola takes the listener on a journey through her life. A haunting work that is even more impressive in this ensemble version.
‘Each concerto is in a way a portrait of the soloist for whom it was written’, Kaija Saariaho said of HUSH. Graal théâtre, her first concerto, written for Gidon Kremer, is such a portrait. Asko|Schönberg and violinist Joseph Puglia have played the piece so many times that they’ve truly made it their own. Nice to know: the important trumpet part in Graal théâtre returns in HUSH, her last concert.
This concert will be broadcast live by NTR on NPO Klassiek
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Programme booklet (Dutch)
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