London Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez
11 May 2008 / 19:30
Barbican Hall
Part of LSO 2007-2008
Tickets: £6 £12 £18 £24 £30
Schoenberg Die glückliche Hand, Op 18
Matthias Pintscher Osiris (British premiere)
Bartók Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Pierre Boulez conductor
Michelle De Young mezzo-soprano
Peter Fried bass
BBC Singers
London Symphony Orchestra
Translating roughly as ‘The Hand of Fate’, Schoenberg’s miniature music-drama is a biting exposition of the disparity between artistic beauty and real-life suffering. Composed around the same time, Bartók’s one-acter is among the most powerful operas of the twentieth century, a gripping examination of emotional imprisonment. Matthias Pintscher’s
Osiris comes to London just a few months after its world premiere, providing an exciting chance to hear the latest from the 36-year-old German described by
The Guardian as ‘hot property’.