Daughter and son

At first glance this appears to be just another Sino-North American concert program but the undercurrants cannot be overlooked. Xilin Wang was one of the countless sufferers of Mao’s culture revolution, he spent years in camps with torture and forced labour – his Œuvre is shaped by these experiences, in his Quartet they can be felt.

Also for Ying Wang political themes are recurring triggers for her work. That is also the case in DIS-A.(ppearance), that is not only about the “disappearance” of a person but also about the disappearance of all her traces …

Ten years after the historical meeting of Nixon and Mao John Adams writes the fulminant opera Nixon in China. Even though Adams did not all agree with Nixons politics, he was fascinated nonetheless by the handshake of the two powerful men. We cannot present Adam’s opera – but the son of his Chamber Symphony

David Lang – cheating, lying, stealing (1995)
Xilin Wang – Quartet (2002)
Ying Wang – DIS-A.(ppearance) (2021/26) for ensemble and video

Video: Gabriele Stellbaum / Tianyu Zhou (revised version)
John Adams – The son of Chamber Symphony (2007) 

ensemble unitedberlin
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor