Adam Hickox conducts works by Liadov, Gubaidulina and Bartók

As Liadov looked upon the lakes of St. Petersburg, he marvelled “cold, malevolent, but fantastic as a fairy tale.” He wasn’t alone in seeing through the world’s bleakness.

Gubaidulina illustrated bittersweet children’s tales with adventurous orchestrations and colour-flecked harmonies, and Bartók found humour and absurdity…