Composer

Carion Wind Quintet is an award-winning Danish-Latvian ensemble which brings a truly unique and innovative chamber music experience to audiences. Carion fascinates audiences with its carefully choreographed and dramatized performances of classical and modern works, making music on stage visible and adding a new dimension of traditional concert events.

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Carion Wind Quintet

Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Lesher Center for the Arts

Concertini

La Monnaie - De Munt

Pomp, flourishes, and wigs – when it comes to the harpsichord, many people primarily associate it with the Baroque period. But at the beginning of the 20th century, this instrument, which had been forgotten for a long time, experienced a true renaissance. Mahan Esfahani presents classics from this period as well as even more contemporary works that catapult the harpsichord from the past into the present.

Mahan Esfahani, Cembalo

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Wind Ensemble brings the unmistakable brilliance of one of the world’s most revered chamber orchestras to an intimate setting. Under the direction of Joshua Bell, the Academy is celebrated for its dynamic and refined performances, a legacy upheld by this elite group of principal players. Joined by guest pianist Caroline Palmer, the Wind Ensemble offers a program that highlights the elegance of Mozart, the boldness of Beethoven, and the rich tradition of chamber music at its finest.

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Wind Ensemble

Reynolds Club

Canadian Barbara Hannigan is an absolute world star! A unique figure who generously demonstrates her multi-talent as both conductor and singer in one and the same concert. This evening is no exception, when Richard Strauss' music-philosophical masterpiece of Zarathustra, a major work by Ligeti and a world premiere of Laura Bowler are on the program.

Hannigan and Zarathustra

The Conservatory Concert Hall

This program’s four stars of Hungarian music, from the ultra-Romantic Franz Liszt to the ground-breaking György Ligeti, reveal the breadth, color, and infectious energy of their country’s music and folk culture. Closing the performance is Ernő Dohnányi’s first published work, composed around age 17, of which Brahms said that he “could not have done it better” himself.

Liszt and Bartók

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Musica Nova

University of Rochester

The Isidore Quartet skyrocketed to the heights of the music world since winning the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Banff International String Quartet Competition and their debut at DACAMERA in 2023. They return with a strikingly diverse program, juxtaposing Schubert’s quartet with twentieth and twenty-first century works. We begin with the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti’s second quartet, where numerous musical lines weave together to create a dramatic soundscape. Pulitzer Prize-winner Tyshawn Sorey’s Everything Changes, Nothing Changes is a tour-de-force of subtle voicings, beautifully shifting harmonies and pulsating string sounds. We close with Schubert’s deeply expressive “Rosamunde” Quartet, admired for its emotional directness and eloquent beauty.

Isidore String Quartet

The Menil Collection

Paul Lay and Joël Suhubiette, artistic director of the Les Éléments Chamber Choir, pursued a parallel musical career that took them to Toulouse and then to Paris. The two musicians share a curiosity for all types of music, which they enjoy exploring and bringing into dialogue in original creations. Their encounter sparked a desire to confront their worlds and blend them into a unique creation. In this unique program, for which he composed the music inspired by poems by Pablo Neruda, Henry David Thoreau, Victor Hugo, and Emily Dickinson, Paul Lay presents several original pieces for choir and jazz trio around the theme of light. These pages are complemented by arrangements of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, and György Ligeti for choir and jazz trio.

Waves of Light

Le Corum

Bring it with youEnsemble Midweston a musical journey on the iconic train, the Orient Express. We board in Paris and travel through Bavaria, Austria, Hungary and Romania – before arriving in the vibrant world of Istanbul.

Ensemble Midwest: Orient Express

Unitarisk Kirkesamfund

We open with his intimate Cello Sonata No.2, performed by Paul Watkins and Alessio Bax. To close, violinist Alena Baeva joins them for his Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano, a work of dynamic interplay composed during one of his great creative outpourings.

Mysteries: Beethoven and Ligeti

Smith Square Hall

Join Ensemble MidtVest on a musical journey on the iconic train, the Orient Express. We board in Paris and travel through Bavaria, Austria, Hungary and Romania – before arriving in the vibrant world of Istanbul.

The Orient Express

Sund church

Højhuset Kulturhotel

Gimsing Take Away

He wants to proclaim the imminent destruction of the world and frivolous humanity. Seduced and overwhelmed by the unknown desires of life, only Nekrotzar himself dies in the end. Everyone else comes to the moral that their temporary survival should be used to maintain the way of life they have led until then.

Le Grand Macabre

Vienna State Opera

Around 250 years separate the Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach from the Hungarian composer György Ligeti, one of the most distinguished representatives of New Music in the 20th century. Yet they have something in common: the radical concentration of compositional means with which they advanced into new realms of expression. It is therefore a fascinating dialogue when Bach's famous "Goldberg Variations," a crown jewel of keyboard literature to this day, encounters György Ligeti's String Quartet No. 1. While Bach uses a simply enchanting melody, which he develops into 30 variations, Ligeti takes a short four-note motif, which he then allows to undergo a series of metamorphoses.

Radical worlds of expression

Theater Duisburg

Laura Bowler is a composer of rare imagination and theatrical flair. Her new work for voice and orchestra is inspired by Booker and Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang’s The White Book – a poetic meditation on colour, grief and the human spirit.

London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan

Barbican Centre

Guest Concert

BASF-Feierabendhaus

Enjoy an afternoon of folk music-inspired pieces from Eastern European composers. Ligetti’s Concert Romanesc evoked memories of his childhood in Romania, and you’ll hear traditional Czech, Romanian, and Hungarian folk dances throughout the rest of the program.

Folk Music Inspired

St. Paul's Syracuse, the Downtown Episcopal Church

Hailed as “Australia’s most exciting young cellist” by Limelight magazine, Switzerland-based Australian musician James Morley works largely as a soloist and chamber musician. He is a specialist in contemporary music performance and demonstrates that here, anchored by  bastions of the Baroque era Colombi and Biber.

James Morley

Leeds Conservatoire

There's someone standing on the edge of the abyss, seeing catastrophe approaching: a composer who works with his ears for his ears knows he's going deaf. And he's already in his early 30s. "I want to seize fate by the jaws, it certainly shall not bend me down completely." So said Ludwig van Beethoven in 1801.

On the pulse

Cologne Philharmonie

In this unique world premiere, we hear Laura Bowler’s composition inspired by The White Book by Nobel Prize-winner Han Kang. The work was commissioned by Principal Guest Conductor Barbara Hannigan, who also sings at this performance. With the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and choir.

The White Book

Göteborgs Symfoniker

The young Chinese Canadian pianist Bruce Liu has caught the attention of listeners worldwide, praised for “playing of breathtaking beauty” (BBC Music Magazine) and an “effortless virtuosity [that] consistently oozes charisma” (Classics Today). Ever since taking first prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2021, Liu’s star has been on the rise, with warmly received recitals on many of the world’s most prestigious concert stages.

Bruce Liu, piano

Cal Performances

Our current cohort of Future Firsts join forces with students from the Royal Academy of Music and members of the LPO for a vibrant performance conducted by our Principal Conductor, Edward Gardner. The programme is part of our ‘Phoenix Lands’ week and features works by two musical titans: Ligeti’s intricate Melodien and the energetic Dance Suite by Bartók.

LPO Showcase: Foyle Future Firsts and the Royal Academy of Music

Southbank Centre

A highly distinguished pianist and the first classical performer to be granted a MacArthur Fellowship, Sir Stephen Hough’s magic is best experienced live — in these concerts, he performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, which begins cautiously but soon dives into its true warmth and urgency. Guest conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni guides this rollicking dance across central and eastern Europe: hear the spirit of Ligeti’s Romania, Kodály’s love for his native Hungary, and Mozart’s musical postcard from Prague.

Zeitouni Conducts Mozart

Warner Grand Theater

'The Ring' stands as the undisputed giant of operatic literature. Wagner's great divine tale of the creation and destruction of the world takes four evenings to perform, but in composer Henk de Vlieger's arrangement, the glowing orchestral sounds are allowed to shine with undiminished dramatic power, even though the suite only lasts a little over an hour.

Hermus & Wagner

DR Koncerthuset

Barbara Hannigan takes us on an emotional journey filled with birdsong and star-crossed lovers. Joining her with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra is friend Bertrand Chamayou, performing Ravel’s hopeful and jazz-inspired Piano Concerto.

Meeting of Masters: Ravel & Messiaen

The Boston Musical Intelligencer praises the Isidore String Quartet’s “invigorating and refreshing” playing and “bold virtuosity.” Winner of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the group was formed in 2019 at the Juilliard School. Since that time, the quartet has appeared in major series throughout North America, collaborating with eminent performers including James Ehnes, Jeremy Denk, Shai Wosner, and Jon Nakamatsu. The Isidore Quartet’s 2024-25 season included concert appearances across the US and Canada, as well as at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and multiple cities in Germany. Since their Banff Competition-winning performance featuring Billy Childs’s String Quartet No. 2 (“Awakenings”), the quartet has developed a strong connection to the composer’s works, and in the 2025-26 season, they will premiere a new string quartet written for them by Childs.

Northwestern University

Embark on a journey through grand themes and musical innovation, from Rachmaninov’s haunting The Isle of the Dead to Ligeti’s revolutionary Atmosphères, and Ravel’s vibrant Piano Concerto in G with its jazzy flair and tender melodies. The Bayerisches Staatsorchester, one of the world’s oldest orchestras, brings its rich tradition to the Queen Elisabeth Hall under the inspired baton of Vladimir Jurowski. French piano legend Hélène Grimaud graces the stage with her unmatched artistry. The evening culminates in Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, with its iconic opening and sweeping drama. A concert of introspection, experimentation, and grandeur that will leave a lasting impression.

Hélène Grimaud and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Queen Elisabeth Hall

Part three of Esa-Pekka Salonen's residency, where the honorary conductor leads the the Swedish Radio Choir, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and soloists Malena Ernman and Jennifer France in György Ligeti's Requiem, written for the choir in 1965 and used by Stanley Kubrick in his movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Salonen, Jansen & Ligeti's Requiem

Berwaldhallen

Part three of Esa-Pekka Salonen's residency, where the honorary conductor leads the the Swedish Radio Choir, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and soloists Malena Ernman and Jennifer France in György Ligeti's Requiem, written for the choir in 1965 and used by Stanley Kubrick in his movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Additionally, Janine Jansen joins the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Sergei Prokofiev's lyrical and virtuosic Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major. The concert begins with the Swedish premiere of Salonen's Tiu  (Finnish for a dozen), which was written for the 20th anniversary of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Salonen himself describes the work as 'palindromes, fanfares, and clouds for orchestra.’

SR Berwaldhallen

CARION is a Danish/Swedish/Latvian wind quintet, which is both well-founded in the traditional classical wind quintet repertoire, but has also achieved enthusiastic reviews for their performances of lesser-known and newer repertoire within the wind quintet genre in many places in Europe, the USA, and Brazil. The quintet has collaborated with contemporary composers such as Jeppe Just, Renate Stivrina, Andris Szenitis, Britta Byström and Anders Nordentoft.

CARION Wind Quintet

MantziusLive

Never one to shy away from a challenge, Yuja Wang does double duty in two virtuosic piano concertos: Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand, which transforms an apparent limitation into a jaw-dropping tour de force, alongside Ligeti’s fiendishly playful contribution to the genre. Czech conductor Petr Popelka continues the celebrations for Ravel’s 150th birthday with the composer’s magnificent orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Yuja Wang Plays Ravel

Severance Music Center

Leading Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski takes an innovative approach to contemporary chamber music, blending intricate textures and bold sonic explorations. Academy instrumentalists bring her distinctive sound to life.

Composer in Residence: Lotta Wennäkoski

Royal Academy of Music

This concert is included in these packages: Chamber Music Dialogues, Fantasy and Fury: Music of the Romantic, and Season Sampler.

Habsburg Harmonies: Haydn, Ligeti, and Brahms

Colburn School

When Yuja Wang and Teddy Abrams last shared the stage in Louisville, it led to a Grammy win. Now, the longtime collaborators reunite for a night of electrifying virtuosity, diving into the bold sounds of Hungary.

Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 kicks things off with a whirlwind of fire and flair, followed by Ligeti’s Piano Concerto, a dazzling, shape-shifting masterwork that Wang navigates with “sly, jazzy exuberance” (Gramophone). Closing the program is Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, a tour-de-force that spotlights every section of the orchestra in a vibrant, folk-infused celebration.

Yuja Wang & Teddy Abrams Return

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts

At once rooted in the purest liturgical tradition and a laboratory for avant-garde music intent on seduction, Ligeti's Requiem is a landmark work of the 20th century, succeeded by the mystical medievalism of the Fourth Symphony that Bruckner himself called “Romantic”.

Orchestre de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen

Philharmonie de Paris

Students join forces with Connaught Brass in a powerful tribute concert honouring the legendary conductor and composer Elgar Howarth, former Director of Brass Ensembles at the Academy. Renowned trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger takes the podium to conduct, paying homage to his influential mentor.

Remembering Elgar Howarth

Mozart & Mendelssohn

Northern Virginia Community College - Alexandria Campus

The George Washington Masonic National Memorial

Join us on a musical space adventure like no other when the Odense Symphony Orchestra explores known and unknown galaxies in a giant program with the biggest draw. Gustav Holst's Planeterne is a symphonic masterpiece that requires considerable instrumental muscle to realize, and the 7 movements that encapsulate the essence of the planets in our solar system are here followed by Colin Matthews's addition: Pluto – despite the fact that we are now no longer allowed to call the one planet. Ligeti's Atmosphères is the sound of being stretched out in space with no possibility of coming back – and that's what Stanley Kubrick heard when he catapulted the piece to world fame as an invisible and eerie co-star in his ground-breaking film Space Travel in 2001.

The Planets & Star Wars

Odense Concert Hall

In the antiphon "O Radiant Dawn," which serves as the theme for this Chorage program, Scottish composer James MacMillan moves from the delicate touch of a ray of light to the rich spectrum of colors of the ever-awakening morning. In MacMillan's "A New Song," a setting of Psalm 96, the choral voices, singing a new day to the Lord, build upon a sustained pedal point, which arguably expresses the life-giving foundation of the earth, where the "primordial light" dwells (heard in Mahler's setting). Organist Stephan Pollhammer unfolds the splendor of daybreak with Reger's powerful Choral Fantasia on the Morning Star.

Chorage® #2 A Radiant Dawn

Pfarrkirche Salzburg-Itzling

Guest Concertmaster Alexandra Preucil and violist Antoine Tamestit lead a thrilling exploration of Hungarian music and culture with the raw passion of Bartók's duos, the folk-infused charm of Weber's Andante e Rondo ungarese, the dazzling virtuosity of Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, and the fiery rhythms of Brahms' Hungarian Dances.

Hungarian Dances

Orpheum Theater

District Concert Winzerla № 1

Galileo Community School, Aula

Join us on an unforgettable journey through Europe – a journey where wine and classical music merge in a relaxed, atmospheric atmosphere.

Taste the notes

Aarhus Music Hall

Pianist Anna Geniushene returns to Tippet Rise to play alongside pianist Lukas Geniušas, in his debut at the art center. The husband-and-wife duo have been performing together for over ten years, while also maintaining celebrated individual careers. Geniushene was the 2022 recipient of the prestigious Cliburn Silver Medal, and Geniušas is the laureate of several prominent international competitions, notably Silver Medalist at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and at the 2010 International Chopin competition. At Tippet Rise, their program features three works for four hands.

Anna Geniushene, piano; Lukas Geniušas, piano

Tippet Rise Art Center

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Grand Théâtre de Provence

Parents with babies up to one year old and expectant mothers can make themselves comfortable on round baby blankets, and listen to the string sounds of Ensemble Resonanz. Familiar melodies invite the audience to sing along. Pram parking spaces and baby changing units are available both in the city districts and in the Elbphilharmonie.

Twinkle Concert XS / Elfi Baby Concert

Elbphilharmonie

Listening to live music is a wonderful experience. In the »Klangzeit« (Sound Time) concerts, you can close your eyes and escape everyday life for a moment. In the entertaining, hour-long concerts featuring the string players of Ensemble Resonanz, you can listen in a relaxed atmosphere, express yourself, sing along to well-known songs and move freely. Here, everyone can be themselves. This makes the format particularly suitable for people with dementia and their relatives. All venues are accessible.

Klangzeit

The Staatskapelle Halle and the Moritzburg Art Museum present a chamber music series in a special format: art and music come together in the jointly organized gallery concerts.

4th Gallery Concert

Art Museum Moritzburg Halle

In the popular chamber music series “Workshop.Dialogue.Music”, musicians of the Berliner Philharmoniker introducing themselves and their instruments, and talking in a relaxed atmosphere about the works presented, their interpretation and their approach. Questions and a dialogue with the audience are very welcome! A new feature is that visitors can enjoy a French breakfast from 11:00 onwards, before the concert begins at 11:30. Breakfast is included in the ticket price.

“Workshop.Dialogue.Music” Concert breakfast at the Palais Populaire

PalaisPopulaire

Pentecost Festival: Chamber Concert

Baden-Baden

For almost three minutes, the cinema audience looks at a black still image while the spherical soundscapes of György Ligeti's "Atmosphères" wander through the hall. Stanley Kubrick's cinematic masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey" begins with this introduction to the dissolution of time and space. Instead of using specially composed film music, Kubrick preferred to use magnificently composed concert music. With his violin concerto, Igor Stravinsky found an idiosyncratic, almost cheerful approach to the genre. With baroque and romantic stylistic borrowings, he plays with the audience's listening expectations, only to then ironically break through the familiar. Prokofiev's first violin concerto is interpreted by Leonidas Kavakos, one of the most accomplished violin virtuosos of our time, who is praised for his unique violin sound. The road to the creation of Brahms' first symphony was long and rocky, but the composition of his "Second" was quick and easy. Since its successful premiere in 1877, Brahms' "pastoral" Second Symphony has been considered his most popular symphonic work, conducted here by the future chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic, Lahav Shani.

Ligeti Strawinsky Brahms

Gasteig HP8

Alongside Ligeti’s musical puzzles and Nielsen’s captivating Wind Quintet, the Ormonde Ensemble shine a spotlight on incredible works by female composers and those from underrepresented backgrounds. They’ll perform some exciting new arrangements and Isa Gibbs’ Dreamery – a musical journey through a factory where dreams are made…

Ormonde Ensemble

The Music Room

Sounds of the World: Hungary!

Stadtpark Schützenhof Hangül GmbH

Join us for an exquisite chamber music concert titled "Mendelssohn, Barber, and Music for Two Pianists," featuring the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Music Director Robert Spano, with the talented Pedja Mužijević as a guest artist. This event promises an afternoon of enchanting melodies and sophisticated harmonies, showcasing the brilliance of Felix Mendelssohn, the evocative tones of Samuel Barber, and the innovative compositions for two pianists by Ligeti, Debussy, and Amy Beach.

**Event Details:**

- **Date and Time:** Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 3:00 PM
- **Location:** Kimbell Art Museum
- **Program:**
  - MENDELSSOHN: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
  - BARBER: Summer Music, Op. 31
  - DEBUSSY: En blanc et noir
- **Featured Artists:** Robert Spano and Pedja Mužijević

**Overview:**
Felix Mendelssohn, a child prodigy often compared to Mozart, composed his Octet at the tender age of 16, a piece that combines youthful exuberance with a mature and sophisticated style. This piece, particularly known for its Faust-inspired scherzo, helped launch Mendelssohn's international career. Samuel Barber's "Summer Music" adds a hazy, atmospheric quality to the program, while the pieces for two pianists by Ligeti, Debussy, and Amy Beach will showcase the exceptional synergy between Robert Spano and Pedja Mužijević.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the magic of chamber music performed by world-class musicians in the beautiful setting of the Kimbell Art Museum.

Mendelssohn, Barber, and music for two pianists

Kimbell Art Museum

The Planets

Hemmens Auditorium

„The 'Concert Românesc' reflects my deep love for Romanian folk music and Romanian-speaking culture as such. The piece was immediately banned and only performed many decades later,“ says Ligeti about his 1951 work, which was banned at the time due to some dissonances that were considered undesirable.

Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Anja Bihlmaier

Konzerthaus Berlin

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the degree Master of Music. Tatum Hodgson is a student of Desmond Hoebig.


Tatum Hodgson, Cello

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Immerse yourself in three days of captivating chamber music, where Shepherd School students come together to create moments of pure musical magic and artistry. Concert times may change as the festival approaches.


Spring Chamber Music Festival

Four 20th-century masterpieces close out the chamber season. Ligeti’s music has been utilized in film scores by Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Shostakovich dedicated his brief string quartet to his wife, Nina, who had died unexpectedy. Bozza’s brass quintet is a virtuosic showpiece. The program concludes with Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, a glorious work showcasing the harp.

20th Century Masters

Sarasota Orchestra

Settle in as the world’s most electrifying artists and ensembles converge at Davies Symphony Hall. Two of today’s leading pianists join forces for a wide-ranging duo recital.

Yuja Wang & Víkingur Ólafsson Duo Piano Recital

Davies Symphony Hall

The exceptional violinist James Ehnes returns with Bartok’s intensely romantic concerto, written for and about a woman whom Bartok loved and lost. Brahms’ symphony begins in a stormy and dramatic mood but ends with a sense of calm acceptance.

Brahms 3

Auckland Town Hall

The string quartet is considered the supreme discipline of chamber music. Almost all important composers have written string quartets, with a few exceptions: Gustav Mahler and Hector Berlioz, for example. The ensemble around concertmaster Manuel Kastl has once again put together a beautiful program from the rich repertoire.

Four times four strings

Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg

Players from Royal Northern Sinfonia and the orchestra’s Principal Conductor Dinis Sousa.

Once upon a time

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

Ingo Metzmacher conducts works by Shostakovich, Ligeti and Hartmann

Mannheimer Rosengarten

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Konzerthalle im Kurpark

Konzerthaus

Sattel-Fest Hamm 20. Juli 25

Stadttheater Minden

Kurpark Bad Oeynhausen

Stadthalle Gütersloh

Paderhalle Paderborn

Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Shostakovich, Ligeti and Hartmann

Kultur- & Kongresszentrum Liederhalle

Koblenz is one of our regular guest venues and we are always delighted to be guests in a beautiful hall and with an enthusiastic audience. The backbone of the carefully curated symphony concert series in which we are allowed to participate are the concerts of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie. The stage in Koblenz allows for large programs, so the Koblenz orchestra has had Stravinsky’s Le sacre du printemps on the program in the 2022/2023 concert season and Mahler’s 5th Symphony and Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Elijah in the past season. Following Also sprach Zarathustra in 2023/24, the BOB is now returning to the Rhein-Mosel-Halle with the Ride of the Valkyries through Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen.

Der Ring

Rhein-Mosel-Halle

Every so often you encounter a composer who manages to draw you into a sound world that is distinctly their own. From the sumptuous satisfaction of Goulet’s Symphonic Chocolates to Ligeti’s titanic Violin Concerto to the plumbing of the emotional depths of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, this concert gives us a glimpse into the sound worlds of three extraordinary composers, and all the treasures, surprises, and delights found therein.

Ligeti & Tchaikovsky

Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

Richard Wagner probably had the opposite in mind for Bayreuth to what we are presenting to our audience in the 5. Freitagskonzert: Namely an opera without a (visible) orchestra. We play his music, on stage: The Ring – a symphonic adventure! Henk de Vlieger has condensed the 15 hours of this major musical-theatrical event into a breathtaking 70 minutes. But let’s return to Bayreuth, where the orchestral musicians are »tucked away« underground, neither seen by the audience nor able to see anything of the hall or stage themselves: Perhaps this evening we can give you a little insight into the perspective of the Bayreuth orchestral musicians, many of whom say that Wagner close to the orchestra, without the » distracting« singers, is the greatest thing imaginable! The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Marvel’s fantastic film and comic universe are all related in one way or another to Wagner’s sex-and-crime story about gods, superheroes and a fateful ring. But Wagner’s musical theater work is much more: social revolutionary drama, utopian theater, biting social criticism! Above all: great, passionate, rousing music, from which many film music composers of our time have copied, and in which Wagner perfects one of his greatest inventions, the so-called leitmotif: Feelings, actions, characters, even things are given their own musical signet, a little theme or motif – a theme that we can sometimes trace from the beginning of the Ring to its end: for 15 hours, the leitmotifs fight and argue, love and quarrel, are lonely or in company. In our orchestral journey through the Ring, we experience its history as if in fast motion – but with the most important and best-known motifs, themes and pieces of music full of beauty! From the Ride of the Valkyries to the magic of fire, from Wotan’s farewell to Siegfried’s Rhine journey: » Hojotoho! Hojotoho! Heiaha! Heiaha! «

Theater Bonn Opera House

Watch This Space | Stefan Schilli and the BRSO Academy

Technikum

Artist in Residence Seong-Jin Cho and members of the Berliner Philharmoniker unfold a panorama of Hungarian musical styles in this concert. Johannes Brahms was often inspired by Hungarian music in his works, for instance in the finale of his clarinet trio, which oscillates between deep emotion and serenity. The trio for violin, horn and piano, which the Hungarian György Ligeti wrote in homage to Brahms, is characterised by folk rhythms. The piano quintet by the young Béla Bartók, who would go on to revolutionise Hungarian music, is still very much rooted in the Romantic period. But even here – according to Seong-Jin Cho – you can sense “Bartók's musical future”.

Composer

György Ligeti

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