Credits
György KurtágHipartita for solo violin (2000-2004)
French premiere
Heinz Holliger
Shir shavur for chorus a cappella, set on poems by David Rokeah (2004-2006)
French premiere
György Kurtág
Songs of Despair and Sorrow, opus 18 (1980-1994/2006) for mixed chorus and instruments, set on poems by Mikhail Lermontov, Alexandre Blok, Serge Essenine, Ossip Mandelstam, Anna Akhmatova et Marina Tsvetaïeva
Hiromi Kikuchi, violin
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
Ensemble Modern
Conductor: Marcus Creed
In collaboration with Südwestrundfunk and Konzerthaus Berlin
Co-presented by Théâtre du Châtelet and
Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of Pro Helvetia and SACEM
György Kurtág / Heinz Holliger Photo : Denis Bretin