Artists
Dominic Oelze
Percussion
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.