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Thomas Larcher’s Red and Green Debuts with the San Francisco Symphony

Mar. 30, 2011

Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, Thomas Larcher’s Red and Green premieres on April 7 at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California in a performance led by Osmo Vänskä. On April 8 and 9 San Francisco audiences have a chance to hear the work under the San Francisco Symphony’s own roof in Davies Symphony Hall. Off the Podium, the Symphony’s “questions and answers” session, takes place immediately after the April 9 performance, featuring both Thomas Larcher and Osmo Vänskä. In the words of the composer:

Red and green are complementary colors related to each other. Red and Green also refers to the two colors which cannot be distinguished when you suffer from color blindness ... something I do, but only to a little extent ... but it has always been interesting for me to ask myself, how 'normal' people would see the world. Red and green are two forms of energy (two movements!) which are indeed different, but have strong links to each other–elements of the one already exist in the other. And last but not least red and green represents traffic lights and, thus, the order of our whole urban world ... similar to zero and one in the computer world.

Much of Thomas Larcher's music has been recorded on ECM Records and you can purchase his most recent release, Madhares, here.

His complete discography, as well as more detailed information on his life and work is found at www.thomas-larcher.com and www.schott-music.com.

Visit www.sfsymphony.org for more info on the world premiere of Red and Green.

Thomas Larcher
Red and Green (2011)
for orchestra
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