Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg / Kent Nagano
2. Internationales Musikfest Hamburg
Description
Not only arrangements but also acoustics make a piece of music when performed. One of the first to experiment with effects like reverberation and stereo sound were the cantors of San Marco of Venice in the 16th century. Among them was Giovanni Gabrieli, who positioned choirs on different galleries for the sake of acoustic effects. Kent Nagano now puts his »Canzones sacrae« together with Pierre Boulez‘ »Répons« und Brahms’ »A German Requiem« on stage.
Almost 400 years after Gabrieli, Pierre Boulez reawakened the idea of the cantors at San Marco of Venice in »Répons« and combined it with live electronics to a modernist masterpiece.
Hamburg’s versatile general music director Kent Nagano rounds off this evident combination of early and modern surround sound with Brahms’ »A German Requiem«, whose consoling chants perfectly fill the magnificent nave of St. Michael’s church.
Performers
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
SWR Experimentalstudio
Christina Gansch soprano
Michael Volle baritone
Lena-Maria Buchberger harp
Christoph Grund piano
Julia Vogelsänger piano
Françoise Rivalland percussion
Jochen Schorer drums
Marc Strobel drums
conductor Kent Nagano
Programme
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzones sacrae
Pierre Boulez
Répons / für sechs Solisten, Ensemble und Live-Elektronik
Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45
