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Metamorphosis in Motion: Wiener Sinfonietta Redefines the Symphony

There is a specific sound that belongs only to Vienna. It lives in the dust motes dancing in the sunlight of the Musikverein, in the lilt of a phrase played schwungvoll (with swing), and in the tension between tradition and innovation. Wiener Sinfonietta - Metamorphoses Symphonies -...

Under the baton of their fiery young music director, the ensemble has curated a program that treats the symphony as a living organism. The question they ask is simple yet radical: What happens to a symphony when it passes through the crucible of the 21st century? The current cycle features three pillars of the Viennese canon, but not as you know them. The question they ask is simple yet radical:

The funeral march is rarely as devastating as it is here. The Wiener Sinfonietta strips away the 20th-century varnish. They play with lean, transparent textures. You hear the violas gasping for breath. You hear the bassoons wailing. By the time the horns announce the new theme in the finale, the "hero" has not just died—he has transformed into something entirely new. The Wiener Sinfonietta strips away the 20th-century varnish

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