Carolin Widmann, Sergei Nakariakov, Giuliano Sommerhalder, Vocalconsort Berlin, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Peter Ruzicka - Musica Viva 33 - Peter Ruzicka: Loop

This 33rd volume of the musica viva edition on NEOS documents an extraordinary concert. The program comprises exclusively works by Peter Ruzicka, conducted by the composer himself, to commemorate his 70th birthday in July 2018.

One of the CD's highlights is the world premiere of the fulminant trumpet concerto, LOOP. One of the work's two soloists plays only piccolo trumpet while the other occasionally switches to flugelhorn. This way, the piece exploits the fullest conceivable extent of the instrument's range � as well as the boundaries of what's technically possible.

Other works presented here provide a multilayered insight into Ruzicka's orchestral works from 1984 to the present.