Thu, 13 May 2027 19:30

Ema Nikolovska / Song Recital

Massenet / Dowland / Scott

Tickets €32 €32

Sean Shibe & Ema Nikolovska © Sophie Wolter

Doors open 18:00
Pre-concert talk 18:30
Start 19:30
Interval

The Principle of Diversity

»The duo captivates with an ambitious journey through the centuries, stopping at (almost) nothing.« Anyone reading this enthusiastic review in Berlin’s Tagesspiegel of Ema Nikolovska and Sean Shibe’s programme »Orlando« can sense that the time-honoured recital format has been given a comprehensive update.

The programme was inspired by the main character of an experimental novel by Virginia Woolf. Orlando experiences an eventful life story spanning several centuries and ultimately even changes gender. It is only logical that such a multi-layered source material calls for an equally multifaceted adaptation. And so Nikolovska and Shibe made this versatility the modus operandi of an evening spanning no fewer than 11 composers and six centuries!

The programme’s trajectory ranges from the Baroque sounds of John Dowland through the Romantic sensibility of Franz Schubert to contemporary voices such as Thomas Adès, and incidentally includes music by Bob Dylan as well. To do justice to the breadth of this repertoire, Sean Shibe plays both classical and electric guitar and further expands the sound spectrum with electronic elements. You are warmly invited to join us on this journey through the centuries!

Performers

Ema Nikolovska mezzo-soprano

Sean Shibe guitar, e-guitar and electronic

Programme

Orlando

Jules Massenet
Ô souverain, ô juge, ô père / Arie des Rodrigue aus der Oper »Le Cid«

John Dowland
Praeludium
Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite F I/66
Think’st Thou Then by Thy Feigning
Come, Heavy Sleep F I/40

Sasha Scott
1000 Parts of You

Detlev Glanert
Insel der Düfte / aus: Orlando-Lieder
Hexensabbat / aus: Orlando-Lieder

Thomas Adès
Over the Sea / Szene der Blanca aus der Oper »The Exterminating Angel«

Detlev Glanert
Lied der Wehmut / aus: Orlando-Lieder

Thomas Adès
Habanera / Arie der Leonora aus »The Exterminating Angel«

– Interval –

Detlev Glanert
Orlandos Traum / aus: Orlando-Lieder
Lied vom Meer / aus: Orlando-Lieder
Der Hippogryph / aus: Orlando-Lieder

Cassandra Miller
Dream Memorandum

Hans Abrahamsen
See the Limpid Spring / aus: Two Inger Christensen Songs

Franz Schubert
So laßt mich scheinen / aus: Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister

John Dowland
Orlando Sleepeth

Pauline Viardot-García
Aimez-moi

Bob Dylan
Masters of War

Laurie Anderson
O Superman (for Massenet)

Pre-Concert Talk

(in German)

18:30 / Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal

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Hamburg International Music Festival

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Promoter: HamburgMusik

Location : Elbphilharmonie
Kleiner Saal

The Recital Hall, designed in contrast to the Grand Hall in the classic »shoebox« style, offers seating for up to 550 people.

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Recital Hall: 30 minutes before the start of the event

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Recital Hall: 15 minutes before the start of the talk

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Ema Nikolovska / Song Recital

The Principle of Diversity

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