New orchestral works
“High, fragile sounds light up and fade away. But gradually they win through and form a tonal space which increasingly consolidates downwards. A current starts up, the sounds increase in power and are pulled by the depths as if by a magnet. My new orchestral work ‘Earth’ begins with this image of gravity.” The piece was composed by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini )photo: LA Consulting) for the 200th anniversary of the Bremer Philharmoniker. “The earthly is the theme of this composition. But not in the sense of physics, geology and nature alone, rather in the dimension of fundamental human experiences on the earth, as a musical approach to what our life here constitutes.” The premiere takes place as part of celebratory concerts conducted by Music Director Marko Letonja on 2 and 3 November 2025 in Bremen.
With her new orchestral piece “Toy Procession”, Ľubica Čekovská (photo: Nelya Agdeeva) recalls the awareness of our childhood. The first performance takes place in Houston on Thanksgiving weekend, 28–30 November 2025. In the playfulness which appears in the title lies a profound philosophical approach. The composer is concerned with the process of remembering, of reviving childhood imagination, that carefree simplicity we often leave behind us when we are grown up: “In this music I am not searching for nostalgia, but rather for recognition. Through sound, I attempt to find access to this original glance, to that gentle clarity of being.” The piece is written as a through-composed arch, in which forms develop, textures collide, tonal colours dissolve and rhythm becomes the structural principle. The “ten-minute stream of orchestral life” will be premiered by the Houston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Juraj Valčuha.
