Les Métaboles / SWR Experimentalstudio
Portrait Luigi Nono
The path is the goal
In his late work, Luigi Nono always also transformed the music into moving ambient sound. To achieve that, he regularly worked with the legendary SWR Experimentalstudio. One example is his vocal and instrumental work »Diario polacco No. 2«, in which electronic sounds permeate the hall. His work »›Hay que caminar‹ sognando«, in contrast, features two violinists wandering from one music desk to the next.
Under conductor Léo Warynski, the Les Métaboles vocal ensemble and the SWR Experimentalstudio remember Nono the political man. When martial law was introduced in Poland in 1981 he wrote »Quando stanno morendo / Diario polacco No. 2« and dedicated it to persecuted Polish friends and comrades.
Nono composed »›Hay que caminar‹ sognando« in 1989, one year before his death. With its »choreographic« arrangement, it epitomises an inscription, seen on a monastery wall, that had fascinated Nono: »Wanderer, there is no path. All that matters is the walking.«
Performers
Barbara Bultmann violin
Juditha Haeberlin violin
Les Métaboles vocal ensemble
Matteo Cesari flute
Éric-Maria Couturier violoncello
SWR Experimentalstudio sound
director Léo Warynski
Programme
»Portrait Luigi Nono«
Luigi Nono
»Hay que caminar« soñando for two violins
– Interval –
Luigi Nono
Quando stanno morendo. Diario polacco No. 2 for female voice, flute, violoncello and live electronics
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Live Broadcast
The concert will be recorded and broadcast by NDR Kultur radio station at 21:00h on 23 April 2024.