Ryan Wigglesworth brings a composer鈥檚 ear to Holst鈥檚 The Planets, and British baritone Roderick Williams premieres Matthew Kaner鈥檚 haunting new commission Pearl 鈥� in which an ancient lament unlocks emotions that transcend time.
Ryan Wigglesworth brings a composer鈥檚 ear to Holst鈥檚 The Planets, and British baritone Roderick Williams premieres Matthew Kaner鈥檚 haunting new commission Pearl 鈥� in which an ancient lament unlocks emotions that transcend time.
In the years around the First World War, Richard Strauss and Gustav Holst both pushed at the outer limits of what an orchestra could do 鈥� with results that still startle the ears. But there鈥檚 more to Death and Transfiguration than soaring heroics, and Holst鈥檚 The Planets begins with great tunes and glittering colours before wandering into other-worldly, distant regions. Ryan Wigglesworth brings a composer鈥檚 ear to two works that make a perfect frame for Matthew Kaner鈥檚 haunting new commission Pearl 鈥� in which an ancient lament (a medieval poem translated by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage) unlocks human emotions that cross centuries 鈥� and maybe travel even further than that. It鈥檚 specially tailored to the glowing voice and peerless communicative skill of British baritone Roderick Williams, and to the 成人快手 Symphony Chorus.
