Grand Concert n°4

For her third season as principal guest conductor of the OCL, Barbara Hannigan offers a programme under the sign of the night and its many colours. From the enigmatic The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, in which a lone trumpet vainly questions a mysterious soundscape, to the childhood memories of Knoxville, Summer of 1915 by Samuel Barber (sung by the soprano conductor), by way of Ruth Crawford Seeger's Andante, the American night oscillates between contemplation, nostalgia and unease.