duration concert → 1h 40min
including 20 min break
John Adams (°1947)
The Chairman Dances, foxtrot for orchestra
Wim Henderickx (1962 - 2022)
Duo concert for trumpet, percussion and orchestra
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
Symphonie Fantastique (side-by-side with youth orchestra SOV Young)
“The first psychedelic symphony in history,” Leonard Bernstein called Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. In five movements, a young artist, tormented by hopeless love, descends into an opium-induced hallucination. To express this turmoil, Berlioz defies convention and creates a revolutionary work. The same spirit sounds in John Adams and Wim Henderickx: both classical and dance-like, with bold orchestral colours shaped by brass and percussion.
