LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Ensemble
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Jean Deroyer
conductor
Tristan Murail (*1947)
“Serendib” for large ensemble
“Nymphéa Reflection” for strings
Bruno Mantovani (*1974)
“Le sette chiese” for ensemble
This concert of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Ensemble, conducted by the young French conductor Jean Deroyer, unites three musical reflections on nature and space. Tristan Murail, a Spectralist composer who studied with Messiaen, has chosen Sri Lanka as the scene of his vivid and colorful ensemble piece Serendib – to use the mystical name that the island received from Sindbad the Sailor. Kaija Saariaho, who was deeply influenced by Murail, was inspired by the changing hues of the water lily to write her string quartet Nymphéa, which she reworked for string orchestra fourteen years later. An autumn poem by Arseny Tarkovsky, whispered into the microphone by the performers, adds another level of associations. Bruno Mantovani follows in the footsteps of religious pilgrims to Bologna in The Seven Churches, a magical incantation and musical meditation on an enigmatic architectural monument to the human spirit.