As a result of the new Germany-wide coronavirus restrictions that have been issued, all concerts in the Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle have been cancelled from 2–30 November. This event has had to be cancelled. If you bought your tickets in the Elbphilharmonie’s online shop, you will be refunded the purchase price via the payment method used for the original booking – you don’t need to do anything. You’ll find further details on refunds on the following page: Information on refunds for tickets to cancelled events
»The bells started ringing and the world was filled with sound and colour…« - thus Einojuhani Rautavaara’s description of a visit to Finland’s Valamo monastery in 1939 that inspired him to write »Vigilia«. – »As I worked on the composition, I gradually assumed the Orthodox mantle«. Rautavaara’s »Vigilia« is a work for mixed choir and soloists, where the soloists stand for the individual, while the choir symbolises the Christian community. At the instigation of conductor Nils Schweckendiek, Rautavaara later transformed the liturgy-based original version for concert performance into a kind of »endlessly flowing symphonic poem for choir«. But the aura of deeply-felt Orthodox spirituality is still very much in evidence.
Performers
NDR Vokalensemble
Tuukka Haapaniemi bass
conductor Nils Schweckendiek
Programme
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Vigilia
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NDR Choir