Hannu Lintu & Steven Isserlis - Unfinished Symphonies

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This programme curated by Music Director Hannu Lintu begins fittingly with Schubert’s most famous symphony, the “Unfinished,” a work whose lyrical immediacy and structural boldness would echo far beyond his own time. Schubert’s legacy is taken up directly in Berio’s *Rendering*, the 20th-century Italian composer’s imaginative mosaic of the D. 936A Symphony Schubert sketched in the final weeks of his short life in 1828. In *Rendering*, Schubert’s symphonic poise dissolves into curious veils of celesta and then re-emerges, transformed, revealing the kintsugi-like artistry with which Berio restores and reimagines the fragments. Schubert was also a profound inspiration to his younger contemporary Schumann, whose Cello Concerto completes the arc of the evening. Its poetic introspection and restless lyricism find a compelling advocate in British cellist Steven Isserlis, the soloist for tonight’s performance.

*This concert is dedicated to the late Maestro Choo Hoey, the founding Music Director of the SSO.*

Featuring

[Singapore Symphony Orchestra](https://www.sso.org.sg/about/singapore-symphony-orchestra/our-story) / [Hannu Lintu, conductor](https://www.sso.org.sg/about/singapore-symphony-orchestra/our-conductors/hannu-lintu) / Steven Isserlis, cello*

Programme

| | | | --- | --- | | Schubert | Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished” | | Schumann | Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129* | | - Intermission - | | Schubert/Berio | *Rendering* |

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