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Alex Paxton – A Portrait

»Magic Sound Stuff« – Meet the British composer and trombonist Alex Paxton.

Opening Night: »Gurre-Lieder«
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Video on demand from 13 Sep 2024 : Opening Night: »Gurre-Lieder«

The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under Alan Gilbert ushers in the NDR's 2024/25 season with Schoenberg's »Gurre-Lieder«, the pinnacle of Late Romanticism.

Kennen Sie Arnold Schönberg?

Vergessen Sie das Schlagwort »Zwölfton«! Die Vielfalt seiner Persönlichkeit und seines Werkes ist schillernd und irritierend.

Schoenberg is beautiful

Why the Viennese composer’s music is not only revolutionary, but also worth listening to.

Arthur Honeggers »Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher«

Vision, Nation, Emotion – ein bewegendes Porträt der französischen Nationalheiligen.

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: Concert documentary: »Saint François d’Assise«

Olivier Messiaen’s monumental opera »Saint François d’Assise« in the Grand Hall – a look back at one of the most spectacular projects in Elbphilharmonie history.

Elbphilharmonie Talk mit dem Kronos Quartet

Eine Welt, eine Musik – David Harrington und Paul Wiancko über das legendäre Streichquartett und ihr Best-of-Programm.

Alan Gilbert conducts Beethoven and Schönberg
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Video on demand from 3 May 2024 : Alan Gilbert conducts Beethoven and Schönberg

Under the baton of its chief conductor, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra presents Schönberg’s »A Survivor from Warsaw« and Beethoven’s famous Ninth Symphony.

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: Elbphilharmonie Sessions: Pablo Barragán

For a very special »Elbphilharmonie Session«, the world-renowned clarinettist Pablo Barragán turns Hamburg’s St. Nikolai Memorial into a concert space.

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: Elbphilharmonie Sessions: Julia Hagen

The young star cellist Julia Hagen fills the Elbphilharmonie car park with music by Sofia Gubaidulina

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: Rebecca Saunders – A Portrait

On a perpetual expedition into the unknown, with an unmistakeable signature – a portrait of one of the most successful composers of our time.

Franziskan mystery play

Kent Nagano talks about »Saint François d’Assise«, the one-of-a-kind opera written by his teacher and friend Olivier Messiaen.

A PORTRAIT OF SOFIA GUBAIDULINA

Freedom in her eyes: beyond the overwhelming music, in the best sense, of the Russian composer.

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: Elbphilharmonie Explains: The composer Luigi Nono

»You can’t escape his music« – The musicologist Prof. Friedrich Geiger on Luigi Nono and his fascinating, politically relevant music.

Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s »Die Soldaten«
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Video on demand from 25 Jan 2024 : Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s »Die Soldaten«

François-Xavier Roth and the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne present Zimmermann's opera »Die Soldaten« in a spectacular production by Calixto Bieito.

Luigi Nono – A Portrait

Paths are created by walking: about the Italian composer Luigi Nono

Jörg Widmann in Interview

Why Robert Schumann belongs to the here and now: an interview with the composer about his work »Schumannliebe«.

György Kurtág: Every note in the right place

Late fame through polished and radically reduced music: About the composer György Kurtág.