Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Baldur Brönnimann | Miah Persson

Mark Andre admits that his “obsession” lies in “compositional in-between spaces” — those moments that vanish almost instantly yet may carry the greatest intensity. In his orchestral work Im Entschwinden (“In Vanishing”), composed in 2021-22, this year’s composer-in-residence focuses on the fleeting instant when sound dissolves into silence. His exquisitely delicate music — splintered into noise-like textures — observes “the very last, most fragil...