Metzmacher & Morison

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Rundfunkchor Berlin

Facing death, Lili Boulanger composed her “D'un soir triste,” a work that oscillates between hope and pain. At the same time, she was working on her psalm setting “Du fond de l'abîme,” which cries out for healing from the depths – sung by Catriona Morison, the 2017 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. Stravinsky’s and Bernstein’s psalm works are less autobiographical in nature: Stravinsky evokes a distant paradise, while Bernstein, after a year of twelve-tone experiments, returns to a “slightly old-fashioned” B-flat major – his words. Ingo Metzmacher, former chief conductor of the DSO, will lead the concert with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Rundfunkchor Berlin at the Philharmonie.

Program

Lili Boulanger
“D’un soir triste” for Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky
“Symphony of Psalms” for Choir and Orchestra

Lili Boulanger
Psalm 130 “Du fond de l’abîme” for Mezzo soprano, Tenor, Choir and Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein
“Chichester Psalms” for Boy’s Solo, Choir and Orchestra

Cast

Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestra Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir Martina Batic, Chorus Master Catriona Morison, Mezzo-soprano Knabe des Staats- und Domchores Berlin, Boy altus Rundfunkchor Berlin, In cooperation with