Jörg Widmann / Toshio Hosokawa / Olivier Messiaen

Jörg Widmann/Toshio Hosokawa/ Olivier Messiaen

Momo Kodama/jörg Widmann/ Carolin Widmann/Christian Poltera

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Jörg Widmann
Duo for violin and cello
Toshio Hosokawa, Stunden Blumen pour clarinet, piano, violin and cello
Olivier Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Momo Kodama, piano
Jörg Widmann, clarinet
Carolin Widmann, violin
Christian Poltera, cello
Co-realized by the Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris and the Festival d'Automne à Paris
With the support of Nomura, the Franco-Japanese Sasakawa Foundation, and the Foundation for the study of the Japanese language and culture, working under the aegis of the Foundation of France
Within the context of the 150th anniversary of Franco-Japanese relations
A concert presented during the European Cultural Season in France (1st of July- 31st of December)
The music of Toshio Hosokawa is poetic and evocative, yet always expressed with great restraint. Stunden-Blumen subtly combines western influence with Japanese traditions in music, poetry and theater.
With the same instrumentation as Messiaen’s masterpiece, Quartet for the End of Time, which inspired the work, Hosokawa conjures up “nostalgic echoes” of western music.Jörg Widmann, both composer and instrumentalist, returns to the festival d’Automne with a series of Duos pour violin and cello.