ABSOLUTE LIGHTNING

In his Absolute Jest, John Adams has a string quartet dialogue with a symphony orchestra, taking his cue from a few Beethovenesque fragments. Here it’s paired with the Ninth Symphony. If you prick up your ears, you’ll note that this work as well concludes with flashes of lightning and scattered phrases that make sense solely within the bigger picture.

John Adams Absolute Jest, for string quartet and orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven Sinfonia n. 9 in re minore per soli, coro e orchestra op. 125

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano

Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino

Andrea Secchi, choirmaster

Meta4 Quartet

Antti Tikkanen, violin
Minna Pensola, violin
Atte Kilpeläinen, viola
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello

Bernarda Bobro, soprano

Christina Daletska, mezzosoprano

Cameron Becker, tenor

David Steffens, baritone

Patrick Fournillier, conductor

Concert with intermission.