Artists
Jörg Widmann
Conductor
Daniel Barenboim
Piano
Michael Barenboim
Violin
Emmanuel Pahud
Flute
Roman Trekel
Baritone
Program
Toshio Hosokawa
Medea Fragements
Ouverture for Chamber Ensemble
Franz Schubert
Prometheus D 674
Hugo Wolf
Prometheus (Goethe Songs No. 49)
Nikos Skalkottas
Octet A/K 30
Claude Debussy
Danseuses de Delphes (Douze Préludes, Book I)
Claude Debussy
Syrinx for Solo Flute
Nikos Skalkottas
Sonata for Violin solo A/K 69
Jörg Widmann
Insel der Sirenen
Approximate running time:
1h 15m
with one intermission
Few other eras had a more profound influence on artists of all kinds in Europe and far beyond than the one that marks the beginning of European cultural history: Greek antiquity and its mythology. A group of prominent artists and soloists, together with the Boulez Ensemble, present a stylistically wide-ranging program that marks the core of this season’s focus on Greece. The centerpiece is the 1931 Octet for four strings and four woodwinds by Nikos Skalkottas.