| Peter Eötvös not only embraces the new in music, he contributes to it, with distinction. I had the pleasure of reviewing his recent Alhambra, written for Isabelle Faust, when it received its UK premiere at the Proms. ... Interval time; and following it, Iannis Xenakis’s Shaar, an extravaganza for string orchestra... ... Add in the rest of the Philharmoniker (the platform now packed to the gunnels) for my second Amériques in two days. Following Alan Gilbert in Hamburg (link below), Eötvös and the Berliners also served up an aural feast of Edgard Varčse’s American soundscape, this time in its original incarnation, completed in 1921... |