Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Musikfest Berlin

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Seemingly transparent, delicate and almost floating, the music of Peinture propelled Edison Denisov to become one of the leading modernists of what was then the Soviet Union – he formed the USSR’s troika of the non-conformist avantgarde together with Alfred Schnittke and Sofia Gubaidulina, whose works can also be heard at this year’s festival. Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin present this far too rarely performed orchestral work at Musikfest Berlin, before unveiling a genuine rediscovery with the Second Symphony by Anatol Vieru, who would have turned 100 this year. The Romanian composer wrote the work in West Berlin in 1973. The evening will be rounded off by the choral symphony The Bells, which Sergei Rachmaninoff considered one of his best works. The Rundfunkchor Berlin will sing alongside an ensemble of internationally renowned soloists.

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Artists

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Galina Cheplakova soprano
Anton Rositskiy tenor
Vladislav Sulimsky baritone
Rundfunkchor Berlin

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Programme

Edison Denisov
Peinture

Anatol Vieru
Symphony No. 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Bells (Kolokola) for soloists, chorus and orchestra, op. 35

Galina Cheplakova soprano, Anton Rositskiy tenor, Vladislav Sulimsky baritone, Rundfunkchor Berlin

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Additional information

_{In cooperation with Berliner Festspiele/Musikfest Berlin}