Interview
Kirill Petrenko in conversation with Stephan Koncz Kirill Petrenko conducts Schoenberg
Kirill Petrenko devotes himself to two seminal works of the 20th century. Arnold Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1 marks a turning point, away from late Romanticism to a more modern musical language. His unfinished oratorio Jacob’s Ladder also demonstrates the expressive power that developed from this transition. The work is based on Jacob’s dream about the ladder to heaven that leads to God – a parable about the human search for spirituality.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko
Wolfgang Koch
Daniel Behle
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Johannes Martin Kränzle
Gyula Orendt
Nicola Beller Carbone
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