Curated by Erkki-Sven Tüür
Pärnu Music Festival, 19th July 2019
Asked to curate a festival concert, some composers could be forgiven for programming one of their own works. Not Erkki-Sven Tüür. Putting together this evening’s chamber recital, Tüür’s starting point was Korngold’s luscious String Sextet, having heard it in Heimbach a few years ago. Composed in 1916, it’s in true fin de siècle Viennese style – a far cry from the terse Berg and Webern works from three years earlier that Tüür chose to open his programme. Sibelius offered an unlikely Viennese connection with a chamber version of En Saga, composed whilst studying in Vienna in the early 1890s.
Florian Donderer leads Korngold’s String Sextet
© Kaupo Kikkas
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