Sir Simon Rattle and Ian Bostridge at the Lucerne Festival

At the 2011 Lucerne Festival, the programmes focused on the theme of night. The Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle contributed likewise: Benjamin Britten’s Nocturne, sometimes meditative and dreamy, but mostly dark and frightening, explores this nocturnal theme. The soloist in the evocative composition for tenor and small orchestra was Ian Bostridge. Simon Rattle paired the piece with Anton Bruckner’s unfinished Ninth Symphony – a “farewell to life”.

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