Programme

Bernstein in
L xembourg

with Teddy Abrams, Philippe Schwartz, Pascal Schumacher
Grand Auditorium
Fri

  • Pascal Schumacher playing percusions on stage
    ©: Eric Engel
  • Teddy Abrams conducting an orchestra
    ©: Neil Arnold

What you’ll hear and see

The music

  • Marco Pütz Euphonia’s Voice
  • Judd Greenstein watershed (création, commande Luxembourg Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony Orchestra et Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn)
  • Leonard Bernstein Symphonie N° 2 «The Age of Anxiety»

The artists

  • Luxembourg Philharmonic
  • Teddy Abrams conducting
  • Philippe Schwartz euphonium
  • Pascal Schumacher vibraphone
  • Inon Barnatan piano

album

«When I first read the book, I was breathless»

said Leonard Bernstein after reading Wystan Hugh Auden's long poem «The Age of Anxiety». The composer then frantically set to music the subject, written shortly after the Second World War. The result is his eponymous Symphony N° 2, for solo piano and orchestra, a personal quest to find one's bearings and faith in the face of numerous crisis situations.

The concert will be recorded by radio 100,7 and broadcast live.