An evening of music that breathes, moves, and touches. From the refined sound worlds of Takemitsu and Hosokawa to the sweeping romanticism of Rachmaninov — three works that each, in their own way, speak to both ear and heart: subtle, intense, and deeply moving.

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In A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden, Toru Takemitsu paints a hushed landscape where sound and space are given room to breathe — soft, transparent, and suggestive. Toshio Hosokawa’s violin concerto Genesis picks up the thread seamlessly: the solo violin — in the hands of Veronika Eberle — drifts like a gentle breeze through a transparent, almost organic orchestral fabric.

The contrast with Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony could not be greater: a work bathed in romantic opulence, with sweeping melodies, warm orchestral colours, and an undercurrent of nostalgia. It is a powerful response to a profound artistic crisis, unfolding as a world of emotional intensity — grand, generous, and unabashedly passionate.