Fantasie / Klara in Concert
The Flanders Symphony Orchestra recently recorded all of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies. The orchestra did so with verve! The recordings under Poska's baton have been described as “authoritative and dynamic”.
In addition to these recordings, the orchestra regularly performs Beethoven's music in concert halls. In March of this year, the 9th symphony was on the programme. The symphony orchestra would not be the symphony orchestra if there were no new work on the programme. And so Annelies Van Parys was commissioned to write a work that could enter into dialogue with Beethoven's 9th. After 5'30'“, you hear the famous words of Schiller in her Fantasie: 'Nicht diese Töne, sondern...”. The dialectic between Revue Blanche, a vulnerable group of soloists, and the Orchestra suggests a hopeful response to the call for Joy and Peace.