Baroque music meets modernity, yesterday meets today: one of Johann Sebastian Bach's famous "Brandenburg Concertos," for example, meets Isang Yun's "Inventions for Two Oboes." Unlike Bach's inventions, however, the Korean composer's primary concern is with special playing techniques, such as trills and glissandi. And while Handel uses the Baroque concerto form, Klaus Huber wrote his "Noctes intelligibilis lucis" only in 1961, but scored it for the harpsichord, an instrument typical of the Baroque period. Thus, the program plays with sounds, forms, and ensembles, creating connections across eras.

Baroque shapes, modern colors

Theater Duisburg

Under the Italian sun: Every year the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra heads south, more precisely to Montepulciano - a picturesque little town near Siena. At the local Academy of Music and Performing Arts, the musicians study selected chamber music works, which are then presented to the Duisburg audience after returning home: the result of a concentrated rehearsal phase in a unique environment, made possible by the generous support of the Friends and Sponsors of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra. With Hugo Wolf's "Italian Serenade", a work is on the program this time that couldn't be more fitting. Complemented by string quartets by Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.

Montepulciano

When orphan boy Krabat enters the mill in Koselbruch for the first time, he has no idea what secrets are guarded here by the mysterious master miller. The twelve apprentices stacking sacks of flour under the creaking beams are not only taught earthly craftsmanship, but also the art of black magic. Krabat quickly makes friends here, but something seems odd: year after year, one of the mill workers mysteriously dies. The power of the master, who has devoted himself to evil forces, takes its toll in order not to be weakened

Henry Flory

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