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Jan 25 2024

Folk music touches the heart. In this festive programme, the musicians of Asko|Schönberg doff their caps to all of their anonymous colleagues who have translated human emotions into song for as long as we can remember. Leoš Janáček, with his arrangements of Moravian folk songs, proves how small the step can be from the street to the concert hall.
Unsuk Chin garners inspiration from the street theatre of her youth in Seoul. Her lively music contrasts with the naive slant of John Adams, paying homage to his father and their common instrument, the clarinet. The young Dutchman Thomas van Dun, whose rhythmic drive is reminiscent of Adams, rounds off this ode to folk culture with a brand new commissioned work.

Leoš Janáček

Moravische volksliederen (arr. Tim Mulleman)

Thomas van Dun

Rocailles de l'après-vie… - commissioned by Asko|Schönberg, with the support of Performing Arts Fund NL and Stichting Reinbert de Leeuw

Unsuk Chin

Gougalōn

John Adams

Gnarly Buttons

Asko|Schönberg

Clark Rundell dirigent
Katrien Baerts sopraan
David Kweksilber klarinet

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Jan. 25 2024

Thursday

20:15
inleiding 19.15 door Frederike Berntsen

Amsterdam

Muziekgebouw