Sir Simon Rattle conducts de Falla, Janáček and a World Premiere

Manuel de Falla
El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), ballet music
Rinat Shaham, mezzo-soprano

INTERMISSION

Cathy Milliken
why feather yellow, Concerto for Cor anglais and Orchestra (premiere)
commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation
Dominik Wollenweber, Englischhorn

Leoš Janáček
Taras Bulba, Rhapsody for Orchestra

Two compelling works from contrasting worlds: With lightness, elegance and wit, infused with Spanish rhythms, Manuel de Falla’s ballet The Three-Cornered Hat tells of a young wife who fends off the of a provincial governor. Leoš Janáček’s rhapsody Taras Bulba, by contrast, unfolds with elemental power, portraying the fate of a Ukrainian Cossack leader who loses first his two sons and then his own life in the struggle against Polish occupiers.

Sir Simon Rattle, former Chief Conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker, also leads the world premiere of a concerto written by Cathy Milliken for our cor anglais player, Dominik Wollenweber.