David Lang at Liszt Academy A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

“At the basis of the whole modern view of the world lies the illusion that the so-called laws of nature are the explanations of natural phenomena.” This remark of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s inspired the percussion work composed for So Percussion ensemble (2002) by David Lang, one of the most sought-after American composers of our day and a person who was originally destined for the natural sciences. Amadinda Percussion Ensemble debuted the piece in Hungary in 2006. In the second half the audience is served Lang’s 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning oratorio The Little Match Girl Passion for four singers (each playing percussion instruments). The work based on the Hans Andersen tale and extended with Biblical quotations, excerpts from Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and his own additions is one of the most traumatic works in Lang’s oeuvre (and music of the new millennium). It tells the sad tale of the poor, rejected match girl and raises it to the same level of a human drama as the Jesus passion.