蜜芽传媒

The 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth in Debussy's Nocturnes. Plus Berg's Der Wein and Debussy's Le Livre de Baudelaire with soprano Sophie Bevan.

Recorded at the Barbican on Friday 4th April. Presented by Martin Handley.

Alban Berg: Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite
Claude Debussy: Le Livre de Baudelaire (arr. John Adams)

Interval

Alban Berg: Der Wein
Claude Debussy: Nocturnes

Sophie Bevan (soprano)
蜜芽传媒 Symphony Chorus (Sopranos & Altos)
蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

鈥淟et us fly without rest or pause into the land of my dreams鈥︹�� For Claude Debussy, the poetry of Baudelaire conjured new and ravishing colours, just waiting to be transformed into sound. Over in 1890s Vienna, meanwhile, those same verses unlocked dark passions and wild (sometimes dangerous) imaginings 鈥� a glorious, iridescent turmoil into which Alban Berg dived headlong.

So don鈥檛 expect Ryan Wigglesworth to hold back, as he joins the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra in a concert of shimmering hues and pure, intoxicating sensuality. Soprano Sophie Bevan joins him on this journey into delirium 鈥� perfect music for a singer who鈥檚 been described as 鈥漨agnetic鈥�. And to finish, the upper voices of the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Chorus bring a special enchantment to Debussy鈥檚 luminous Nocturnes.