Widely considered among the leading composers of her generation, Sofia Gubaidulina has continued writing music as she now enters her nonagenarian years. To honor her 90th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon offers three major works from Gubaidulina's later life, with Andris Nelsons leading the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Nelsons and Gubaidulina developed a relationship when Nelsons premiered the composer's Triple Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and a couple of years later, Nelsons invited Gubaidulina to become the ...
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Widely considered among the leading composers of her generation, Sofia Gubaidulina has continued writing music as she now enters her nonagenarian years. To honor her 90th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon offers three major works from Gubaidulina's later life, with Andris Nelsons leading the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Nelsons and Gubaidulina developed a relationship when Nelsons premiered the composer's Triple Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and a couple of years later, Nelsons invited Gubaidulina to become the composer in residence for the Gewandhausorchester. All three works concern Gubaidulina's faith and spirituality, which is a driving factor in her life and music. As the composer has become known to do, Dialog: Ich und Du and The Wrath of God continue on themes from her oratorio, On Love and Hatred. Dialog: Ich und Du is her third violin concerto, and it was written for the present soloist, Vadim Repin, who performed its world premiere in 2018. Her first two concertos had equally...
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