Barbara Hannigan / Ludwig

Debussy / Schönberg / Berg

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This concert has already taken place! 12 | 25 | 48 | 67 | 78
Barbara Hannigan
Barbara Hannigan © Raphael Brand
  • Doors open 19:00

  • Start 20:00

  • Interval

  • End ca. 21:45

Description

The German television arts show »aspekte« recently described her as a »cult figure of contemporary classical music«. For some time, Barbara Hannigan has performed as a soprano as well as a conductor. And what is more, she writes, plays and conducts – ideally with the Ludwig ensemble – a Dutch collective of musicians with whom she shares a passion for unusual interpretations.

At the Elbphilharmonie, Hannigan appears with a programme of beguiling diversity. Opening with Debussy’s subtly mystic »Syrinx«, it moves on to a threshold piece of the approaching modern: Schönberg’s »Verklärte Nacht« (Transfigured Night) evokes the harmonic language of Romanticism, yet atonality is not far away.

After excerpts from »Lulu«, Alban Berg’s opera about the ecstatic life of a femme fatale, the concert closes with music by George Gershwin. In »Girl Crazy« urban jazz meets European art music, laced with a turbulent love story.

Performers

Ludwig orchestra

Ingrid Geerlings flute

Barbara Hannigan soprano and conductor

Programme

Claude Debussy
Syrinx für Flöte solo

Arnold Schönberg
Verklärte Nacht op. 4 (Fassung für Streichorchester)

– Interval –

Alban Berg
Lulu-Suite / Sinfonische Stücke aus der Oper »Lulu«

George Gershwin
Suite aus »Girl Crazy«

Supporting programme

Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:00
Lecture-Performance: Ludwig Ensemble, Zentralbibliothek

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Promoter: HamburgMusik

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