On 28 May, György Ligeti would have celebrated his 100th birthday. The Karajan Academy and Susanna Mälkki commemorate the Hungarian composer – with a programme that showcases the creativity and versatility of his oeuvre: from his contemplative Ramifications and the soaring, iridescent Chamber Concerto, to the humorous Six Bagatelles and the witty Poème Symphonique for 100 metronomes and the Piano Concerto, a work full of propulsive dynamism. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, a long-time associate of Ligeti and an expert on his music, is the soloist. There is also the world premiere of a work by Hovik Sardaryan, a student of Wolfgang Rihm.
Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Oscar Jockel conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Igor Stravinsky
Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa
Susanna Mälkki conductor
György Ligeti
Ramifications for strings
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Hovik Sardaryan
The Joy of Blossoming
Oscar Jockel conductor
György Ligeti
Chamber concert for 13 instrumentalists
Susanna Mälkki conductor
György Ligeti
Poème symphonique for 100 mechanical metronomes
Susanna Mälkki conductor
György Ligeti
Six Bagatelles for wind quintet
Susanna Mälkki conductor
György Ligeti
Concerto for piano and orchestra
Susanna Mälkki conductor, Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano