West Side Piano / Kammerkonzert

Description

Leonard Bernstein’s »West Side Story« is the vision of a society without divisions. Here people are able to live together in peace irrespective of their origins and backgrounds and can even fall in love with each other against all odds. Although produced almost 60 years ago, »West Side Story« is still topical today.Aside from the tragic love story of Maria and Tony, it is Bernstein’s captivating and entertaining music that especially delights and excites audiences all over the world to this day. In the chamber music version for two pianos and drums, members of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra reduce the music to its pure form of rhythm and harmony, defining elements of Béla Bartók’s music. Also presented in this concert is a sonata composed by Bartók especially for this instrumentation. A suite by Hungarian composer András Hamary builds a bridge to the 21st century.