Castiglioni Revisited

Concert, Wednesday 31 March 2010 7:30PM, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Niccolò Castiglioni Capriccio

Niccolò Castiglioni Elegia (in memoria di Anna Frank)

Niccolò Castiglioni Eine Kleine Weihnachtsmusik

Julian Anderson The Comedy of Change

Niccolò Castiglioni Così parlò Baldassare

Niccolò Castiglioni Terzina

Niccolò Castiglioni Quickly

In turns whimsically humorous and hauntingly beautiful, Castiglioni’s compositions make up some of the most distinctive and brilliantly inventive music of the last century. A virtuosic pianist and contemporary of Berio and Nono, he has been called the “minimalist Messiaen” and was inspired as much by the writings of Lewis Carroll as the winter landscape of the Dolomite mountains.

Oliver Knussen leads the ensemble in this exploration of Castiglioni’s diverse repertoire alongside Anderson’s Darwin-inspired work.

Oliver Knussen conductor
Anu Komsi soprano

Presented with the kind support of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and the Holst Foundation.