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Mahler Chamber Orchestra | MDR Radio Choir | Thomas Adès | Víkingur Ólafsson | Anna Dennis

Name: Mahler Chamber Orchestra | MDR Radio Choir | Thomas Adès | Víkingur Ólafsson | Anna Dennis
Start: 2026-05-14T18:30:00
Location: KKL Luzern Concert Hall

Lucerne Festival

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Three piano concertos in a single evening – each one building a bridge to the past. Maurice Ravel composed his Piano Concerto in G “in the spirit of Mozart,” yet it also shimmers with hints of jazz and Basque folk music. In Credo, Arvo Pärt draws on the famous C major Prelude from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, juxtaposing familiar tonality with avant-garde techniques. And György Kurtág – who celebrated his 100th birthday in Febru...

Program

György Kurtág - quasi una fantasia

György Ligeti - Poème symphonique

Composer

Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto in G Major

Composer

Thomas Adès - America – A Prophecy

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Participants

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Víkingur Ólafsson

Piano

Thomas Adès

Conductor

Anna Dennis

Singer

Thomas Eitler-de Lint

Choir Conductor

MDR Radio Choir

Chorus

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1 dates (14 May - 14 May)

May

Thu

6:30 pm

KKL Luzern Concert Hall

Lucerne, Switzerland

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