Dead souls complete life’s journey by crossing the River Styx to reach the underworld. Soundtracks for that crossing, ranging from lamentations to a burning rage against the dying of the light, are presented in some life-affirming O/Modernt juxtapositions. They include Sauli Zinovjev’s impassioned Double Concerto (an O/Modernt commission), together with Lera Auerbach’s reflections on the pain of a grieving mother and Shostakovich’s instrumental requiem for the ‘victims of fascism and war’. The sequence is completed with short works by Purcell, the American band I am Ghost and Paul Gorman (composer and sound designer). Finally, Osvaldo Golijov’s Tenebrae discovers hope in the depths of despair.

ARTISTS

Hugo Ticciati violin | director
Sascha Bota viola
Simon Crawford-Phillips piano
Sebastian Malmqvist percussions
O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

PROGRAMME

Lera Auerbach Sogno di Stabat Mater
Sauli Zinovjev Double Concerto
      I. Nachtmusik / ende
      II. ‘Pas de deux’
      III. Belle Epoque 2
I am Ghost Crossing the River Styx

–intermission–

Paul Gorman Crossing the Styx
Henry Purcell (arr. Johannes Marmén) Hear my Prayer
Olli Mustonen Nonet II
Osvaldo Golijov Tenebrae