The Gewandhausorchester will present the world premiere of Fabio Vacchi’s Der Walddämon under the baton of Riccardo Chailly on January 29, 2015 (additional performances on 30 and 31). This work for orchestra, commissioned by the Gewandhaus, was inspired by Amos Oz’s novel Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest. This performance continues the relationship between Fabio Vacchi and the Gewandhausorchester, which began with the commission of Tagebuch der Empörung, which premiered in May 2011.

Der Walddämon features a rhythmic progression and use of percussion and melodies that recall Stravinsky’s The Firebird. The colours in the orchestra create a dense, archaic, onomatopoeic atmosphere that drags the listener, into a fairy tale, which, like all fairy tales, tells of good and evil, of love, hate and tolerance and of the courage to oppose conventions.

Fabio Vacchi: worklist