Das Gehege, described as a ‘night scene’ for soprano and orchestra, was written initially for the stage, and while its most obvious precursor is Schönberg’s Erwartung, its intoxicating mixture of sensuality and violence has arguably more in common with the final scene of Strauss’ Salome

If the passing of Rihm gave the first part of the evening a sombre cast, the performance of IN-SCHRIFT led by Kirill Petrenko served as a fitting tribute to an extraordinary career

Una lúcida reflexión sobre la tradición con Schubert y Beethoven enmarcando un cuarteto, el nº 9 'Quartettsatz' (1993) de Wolfgang Rihm, que precisamente rinde un homenaje explícito a Schubert.