Britten’s song cycle, Les Illuminations, opens with the striking words: ‘I alone have the key to this savage parade.’ In these shocking times, the finale of this year’s festival asks whether music can provide solace and a path forward. Complementing Britten’s settings of Rimbaud’s verse are Bach’s inexhaustible Art of Fugue and Strauss’ lament for a world in ruins, Metamorphosen.

Artists

CYRILLE DUBOIS tenor
O/MODERNT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 
O/MODERNT NEW GENERATION ARTISTS
 

PROGRAMME

Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach Sinfonia in B-Flat Major H. 658, Wq. 182/2

György Kurtág Selection from Signs, Games & Messages 

Benjamin Britten Les Illuminations Op. 18

–intermission–

Johann Sebastian Bach Contrapuntus XVIII from Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 

Richard Strauss Metamorphosen TrV 290, AV 142