Sir Simon Rattle
Introduction: 6:45 pm
Introduction: 6:45 pm
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The French repertoire occupies a prominent place among Simon Rattle’s many musical preferences. In 2010, he was awarded the Order of Knight of the French Legion of Honor for his groundbreaking performances of works by French composers. In addition to its fascinating sound world, this music is also ideally suited for an orchestra to work on, because it allows the ensemble to elicit completely different colors and attain a distinctive virtuosity. Alongside well-known classics, the BRSO will perform an absolute novelty: Les Bandar-Log (Hindi for “great apes”) from Charles Koechlin’s setting of The Jungle Book: the episode of the anarchic troop of monkeys that have captured Mowgli provides the composer with a model for a wild potpourri of sounds and stylistic devices. It is beguiling how calm and luminous the music becomes once the rowdy gang has been successfully driven away.
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