The Hallé Presents: Jonny Greenwood

Daniel Pioro, ‘the violinist making classical music cool’ (The Telegraph), performs Jonny Greenwood’s fascinatingly frightening Horror Vacui.

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 ground-breaking Horror Vacui plays upon the artistic concept of ‘the fear of empty spaces’ to astonishing effect. Using the full sonic potential of the solo violin and extensive string orchestra, he creates an eerily liminal soundscape, building in atmosphere and intensity throughout each movement. These are string instruments as you’ve never heard them before.