Hamburg’s former general music director Simone Young returns to conduct at the Elbphilharmonie for the first time. On the programme: late Romantic works by Dmitri Shostakovich and Franz Schmidt.
Christmas stories from thenorth, narrated by audience favourite Axel Milberg, are accompanied by festive trumpet music and atmospheric choral music with motets and songsby Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bruch, Humperdinck, Reger and others.
Bach's monumental late work is considered the pinnacle of vocal art: his Mass in B minor revolves around the themes of loneliness and despair, joy and bliss, and is performed by the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Choir Hamburg.
Carolin and Jörg Widmann have been stars of the classical music world for years – she as a violinist, he as a clarinettist and composer. In February and April, the siblings will appear together on stage in the Grand Hall.
The Boulanger Trio will perform a brand new piano trio by Spanish composer David Moliner. They will also play an arrangement by Moliner of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto for trio and marimba.
With a matinee concert on the third Sunday of Advent, the renowned organist embarks on a »musical journey through the history of organ music«. He will perform music by great organ composers such as Jehan Alain, Olivier Messiaen and Max Reger.
Experience tomorrow's big names today! This season, the Rising Stars programme features not only soprano and piano (trio), but also cimbalom and saxophone quartet in the Small Hall. The Cellist Valerie Fritz opens the festival.
Opera at the Elbphilharmonie: Alan Gilbert conducts Richard Strauss's epoch-making one-act opera »Elektra« – with the large NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and renowned singers in a semi-staged performance.
Freshly fortified with coffee, tea and cake before the concert: at the Teatime Classics, young talents present atmospheric chamber music from cello to piano to basoon and string quartet in afternoon concerts with the vigour of the stars of tomorrow.
The Quatuor Modigliani and clarinettist Pablo Barragán are among the most sought-after artists in their field and perform with incredibly infectious enthusiasm. Here they play works by Haydn, Brahms and Kurtág.
Is there an answer to Charles Ives' visionary work »The Unanswered Question«? What is the secret behind Edward Elgar's famous »Enigma Variations«? Conductor Adam Hickox makes his debut with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra with this »mystery« programme.
Recorder virtuoso Dorothee Oberlinger combines beautiful Christmas baroque music with accompanying narration to create a colourful, refreshingly unkitschy Christmas tableau.
The vision string quartet enjoys experimenting and is performing at the Elbphilharmonie: Four musicians from Berlin play classical works and their own pieces ranging from pop, rock, and folk to minimal music.
From mouth-blown melodica to body percussion: Rune Thorsteinsson brings everything to the stage with his crazy jazz trio. Together with a symphony orchestra, they perform a groovy crossover that even allows the audience to join in. Ages 8+.
Music brings people together. An overview of the program for families, children, and schools at the Elbphilharmonie can be found in the brochure “Music for Everyone.” The video also provides an insight into the wide range of interactive activities and con
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