Mullova Ensemble: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
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Viktoria Mullova and Matthew Barley lead a sextet of strings in a new presentation of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht. Joined by dancer Ching-Ying Chien performing choreography by Joshua Junker, they create a powerful procession of shorter pieces (Bach, Debussy, Strauss) interspersed with improvisations and commissions by Jasmine Morris.
With the aid of theatrical lighting and projection, the audience is taken on a night-time journey through the forest before arriving at a full performance of Verklärte Nacht.
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Transfigured Night
Turner Sims Concert HallOct 2023The players responded to the work’s rapture with demonstrable affection, at one point Mullova and Mönkemeyer playing in unison, exquisitely capturing the moment of reconciliation. Thereafter, the work’s radiant lyricism soared with an unequivocal fervour, the final section now suffused with an iridescent glow, compassion explicit.
- Bachtrack
- 20 October 2023