The Hallé presents… Jonny Greenwood

André de Ridder conductor
Daniel Pioro violin
Jonny Greenwood electric bass and tanpura

Lutosławski Musique funèbre
Jonny Greenwood Water
Steve Reich Pulse
Jonny Greenwood Violin Concerto

Daniel Pioro, ‘the violinist making classical music cool’ (The Telegraph), performs Jonny Greenwood’s Violin Concerto, which steals electronic experimental sounds, and puts them into live strings

This concert celebrates Jonny Greenwood’s love of orchestral string writing. In Water, the warmth of the Hallé strings envelopes two flutes and an Indian tanpura on a journey of rippling colour.

Lutosławski dedicated his moving Musique funèbre to the pioneering composer Béla Bartók whilst Steve Reich’s lyrical Pulse is a tenderly contemplative, yet constantly pulsating, work.

Jonny Greenwood’s Violin Concerto is inspired by the electronic music of Tomita and Penderecki, using the full sonic potential of the solo violin and string orchestra. Jonny described the piece as ‘music for solo violin, string orchestra, and conductor – as three equals. It’s very challenging for all the players – and the conductor – but again, that sense of collective effort, for one unique performance is like nothing else, and in its impermanence feels utterly contemporary to me’. Read more about Jonny Greenwood’s Violin Concerto here https://halle.co.uk/news/an-interview-with-jonny-greenwood/