Tag: White Light Festival
'Lincoln Center's 'White Light Festival' Opens October 7 at Drill Hall with Simon Rattle, Berlin Phil, Peter Sellars in Bach
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'Simon Rattle, Berlin Phil Bringing Bach's 'St. Matthew Passion' to Park Avenue Armory for Lincoln Center's White Light Fest
So, Bach hated opera because of its lazy audience. And yet his most operatic work, the St. Matthew Passion, constantly engages, asking questions about the role of an audience in that very production. If only there were a Socratic maestro--and a German ensemble--who could highlight such a line of inquiry? -
'Georg Friedrich Haas’ ‘in vain’ Plunges Listener into Darkness at U.K. Premiere
The London Sinfonietta will present the U.K. premiere of 'in vain' on November 16, during the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. The London premiere will take place a few weeks later, at Queen Elizabeth Hall on December 6.