Singer

Haydn's composition is characterised by a dramatic, extremely moving emotionality that is hard to resist. It was initially conceived as a purely instrumental composition - meditation music in seven slow movements with a prelude and final movement („Il Terremoto“ - the earthquake) for a Passion service. However, when Haydn heard an arrangement of his work with a German text in Passau in 1794, he was inspired to write his own vocal version. The premiere took place in Vienna in 1796. With the flourishing of choral societies in the 19th century, this vocal version of the Seven Words became one of the most frequently performed pieces of Passion music ever.

Good Friday concert

Konzerthaus Berlin

Now he is going out into the world: the free hero Siegfried is supposed to fix what Wotan, the father of the gods, messed up at the beginning of the story. Part three of Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung" can finally be experienced in Kent Nagano's original sound project.

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Richard Wagner: Siegfried

Museum Ludwig

What began in 2023 with a concert performance of »Das Rheingold« and continued in 2024 with »Die Walküre« and now with »Siegfried« is no less than a redefinition of standards in Wagner interpretation. The project »The Wagner Cycles« is dedicated to a unique collaboration between academic expertise and practice, tackling Richard Wagner’s monumental opera tetralogy. In Dresden and on tour through Europe’s musical centers, the results of this spectacular sound workshop and the historically informed perspective on Wagner’s epoch-making theatrical oeuvre have been celebrated as revolutionary. In the third part of the »Ring«, »Siegfried», depictions of nature and the visceral portrayals of action reveal Wagner at the height of his expressive musical powers.

The Wagner Cycles on Tour RICHARD WAGNER: »SIEGFRIED«

Philharmonie de Paris

Kölner Philharmonie

Guest performance in Würzburg, 1st performance

Neubaukirche

Noseda brings our celebration to an epic close with George Walker’s exhilarating Sinfonia No. 3 and Beethoven’s Ninth, the symphony by which all others are measured. The cosmic drama of this masterwork—its grand, emotional melodies and tremendous final “Ode to Joy”—reminds us why Beethoven’s final symphony resounds as loudly today as it did two centuries ago.

Beethoven & American Masters: George Walker & Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

Groton Hill Music Center

What began in 2023 with a concert performance of »Das Rheingold« and continued in 2024 with »Die Walküre« and now with »Siegfried« is no less than a redefinition of standards in Wagner interpretation. The project »The Wagner Cycles« is dedicated to a unique collaboration between academic expertise and practice, tackling Richard Wagner’s monumental opera tetralogy. In Dresden and on tour through Europe’s musical centers, the results of this spectacular sound workshop and the historically informed perspective on Wagner’s epoch-making theatrical oeuvre have been celebrated as revolutionary. In the third part of the »Ring«, »Siegfried», depictions of nature and the visceral portrayals of action reveal Wagner at the height of his expressive musical powers. As in previous years, the newly-won transparent orchestra sound and the focus on the singers’ treatment of language will ensure novel listening experiences.

Richard Wagner: »Siegfried«

Kulturpalast Dresden

Lucerne Festival

In this concert, which concludes Kent Nagano's ten-year term as General Music Director, two key strands of his concert dramaturgy for Hamburg come together: the reference to tradition, namely to the Hanseatic Johannes Brahms, whose four symphonies the Philharmonic has accompanied in recent years in its Hamburg concerts as well as on tours - and the sound of our present in innovative premieres. A look back makes us think of Widmann's ARCHE, Dusapin's "Waves", Shepherd's "On a Clear Day" and many other outstanding new creations. In this concert - as both a crowning finale and farewell - a new symphony by the young Argentinian Alex Nante will be heard in his unmistakably dreamlike, spiritual sound language.

Hanno Müller-Brachmann

Bass-baritone

Events

Upcoming events

Jun 14 - Sep 12, 2025

Richard Wagner: »Siegfried« · Dresdner Musikfestspiele

29 - 30 Jun, 2025

10th Philharmonic Concert · Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Past events

Apr 18, 2025

Good Friday concert · Konzerthausorchester Berlin

Apr 10, 2025

Richard Wagner: Siegfried · Kölner Philharmonie

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Symphony No. 4 by Brahms

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Singer in The Seven Last Words of Christ by Haydn

Konzerthausorchester Berlin

Fafner in Siegfried by Wagner

Kölner Philharmonie

Singer in Anahata by Nante

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

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