A reflection on longing, from the tormented lovelorn woman of Janáček’s Kreutzer Sonata to Schubert’s yearning waltzes. Arvo Pärt charts the path of Sarah’s infertility – the absence that defines her – as it transforms into the presence of Isaac. 

Performed by Satu Vänskä, Kristian Winther, Caleb Wright, Li-Wei Qin, Chloe Lankshear, Louis Hurley, David Greco, Donald Nicolson, David Jones & Katherine Tonkin.

PROGRAM 

Janáček
String Quartet No.1, Kreutzer Sonata 

Nine Inch Nails (arr. Tognetti)
Something I Can Never Have 

Schubert
Waltzes (selections)  

Arvo Pärt
Sarah Was Ninety Years Old