Tag: orchestra
Amsterdam, then Melbourne: A Sutured World
this was a sumptuous banquet… to work again with ‘cellist Nicolas Altstaedt hot on the heels of the Munich premiere of A Sutured World, this time in 3 concerts with the legendary Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Matthias Pintscher. The RCO together with the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam were co-commissioners of the cello concerto and my ...
Annunciation Triptych (2019-2022)
Three scores sit on my desk in Berlin. They make up my large orchestral cycle, Annunciation Triptych (2019-2022) comprising: I. Sappho/ Bioluminescence (2019-2020)II. Mary/ Transcendence after Trauma (2020-21)III. Fatimah/ Flowers of Jubilation (2021-22) The various parts of this 50-minute cycle were commissioned by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the WestDeutscherRundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester, and the Symphonieorchester des ...
more thoughts about the Annunciation
I’ve just completed writing the second orchestral piece of my Annunciation Triptych called ‘Mary/ Transcendence after Trauma’ for which I recently posted some sketches. I wrote about the first part, Sappho/ Bioluminescence earlier this year and now there’s one remaining part to compose, ‘Fatimah/ Flowers of Jubilation’. Mary/ Transcendence after Trauma was commissioned by the Musica Viva concert series ...
Liza Lim 