Concert #3 – Orchestral works, Thomas Adès, The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Nicolas Altstaedt

For his last concert, featuring the prestigious The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and soloist Nicolas Altstaedt, the composer is choosing to express joy and lyricism through atypical works from the past; the joy in Jacques Ibert’s Divertissement (1930) and the Concertino (1926) by Leos Janaček, two works with neoclassical aesthetics; the lyricism of Haydn’s remarkable Symphony No. 64, straddling Baroque reminiscences and pre-Romanticism found in another form in the French creation Over the Sea, his recent composition for cello and orchestra.

The powerfully expressive Lieux Retrouvés (2016) is at the convergence of these two sentiments, while rippling with astoundingly diverse influences echoing the three concerts of his residency.

Programme:

• Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 64 in A Major, “Tempora Mutantur” 
• Thomas Adès, Shanty – Over the Sea, (French creation)
• Leoš Janáček, Concertino for Piano and Chamber Ensemble
• Thomas Adès, Lieux Retrouvés for cello et and Chamber Ensemble
• Jacques Ibert, Divertissement