Strollers, prams, wheeled walkers, walking-stick umbrellas, bags sized A3 (42 cm x 30 cm) or above, sport bags, backpacks and luggage must be checked in at the cloakroom.
Jackets and handbags may be taken into the hall.
»plastik & pastorale« – Works by Kristine Tjøgersen and Ludwig van Beethoven
When conductor Riccardo Minasi takes to the podium, a search for music-historical traces, rousing energy and boldness merge into a unique artistic vision. As Principal Guest Conductor & Partner in Crime, he leads the Hamburg-based Ensemble Resonanz through Beethoven’s 6th Symphony, the »Pastorale« – a fully composed dream image of a rural idyll. Interspersed with the symphonic movements are excerpts from Kristine Tjøgersen’s ‘Piano Concerto’, which traces the sounds of Norwegian forests. Pianist Ellen Ugelvik makes miniature trees grow in the grand piano.
In the concert hall, nature is a paradox, a fantasy, a memory, an artistic recreation of the outside inside. A moment of reflection.
Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ creates such a natural world: the murmur of a brook, the cheerful bustle of the countryside, the approaching thunderstorm. An idyll, almost sacred in its beauty, which even in Beethoven’s time was more a place of longing than a reality – a romantic image that today shifts even more into the realm of the fantastic. A quick selfie with Beethoven in the greenery!
Kristine Tjøgersen, on the other hand, opens the ear to the inaudible: insects, birds, leaves and water are moulded into notes, her music gives voice to the hidden world. Memory and construction intermingle, the sound of nature becomes a deliberately staged, artificial image - acoustically condensed, decorated with miniature trees made of plastic. The Norwegian composer, who was recently awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation’s Composition Prize, creates a powerful plea for our ecosystems – beyond the sentimental romanticism of nature.
How intact is the intact world? And what responsibility do we bear for ensuring that it does not disappear outside?
Ensemble Resonanz
Ellen Ugelvik piano
conductor Riccardo Minasi
Clemens K. Thomas dramaturgy, concept, video pre-production
Evelina Dembacke video, lights
Letycia Rossi video pre-production
Kristine Tjøgersen
Klavierkonzert (Uraufführung einer Neufassung)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 »Pastoral Symphony«
Promoter: Ensemble Resonanz
Since 1908, the Laeiszhalle has been a meeting place for Hamburg's musical life. The neo-baroque Laeiszhalle Grand Hall accommodates over 2,000 guests. (Please note: The Laeiszhalle is a separate concert hall located three kilometres away from the Elbphilharmonie.)
Strollers, prams, wheeled walkers, walking-stick umbrellas, bags sized A3 (42 cm x 30 cm) or above, sport bags, backpacks and luggage must be checked in at the cloakroom.
Jackets and handbags may be taken into the hall.
Facilities for ladies are located behind the cloakrooms on all floors. Facilities for gentlemen can be found on the landing between the floors, also located behind the cloakrooms.
A fully accessible toilet for persons with mobility disabilities is located behind the cloakroom on the ground floor (Parkett links).
Laeiszhalle Hamburg
Johannes-Brahms-Platz
20355 Hamburg
The Laeiszhalle can be easily reached by bus, underground and bicycle.
The nearest stops include:
Underground line U2: Gänsemarkt / Messehallen
Underground line U1: Stephansplatz
Bus 3, X35, 112: Johannes-Brahms-Platz
Bus X3: U Gänsemarkt (Valentinskamp)
Bus 4, 5, 109: Stephansplatz
StadtRAD (public city bicycle) station: Sievekingplatz / Gorch-Fock-Wall
There are bicycle stands available in front of the Laeiszhalle.
Gänsemarkt multistorey car park: Dammtorwall / Welckerstrasse
Rate per hour or part thereof: €4.50
Night rate (18:00–06:00): maximum €11
24-hour rate: maximum €30
Please note: There are several construction sites in the immediate vicinity of the Laeiszhalle which may make it difficult to get to the concert. Please therefore plan enough time for your journey to the concert.
The Laeiszhalle is a separate concert hall located three kilometres away from the Elbphilharmonie.
We suggest visitors arrive at the Laeiszhalle main entrance not later than 30 minutes before the start of the concert or event. Late seating is not guaranteed and latecomers may not be admitted to the concert hall.
The entrance of the Recital Hall is located on Gorch-Fock-Wall.
Admission times Grand Hall and Recital Hall:
Events without pre-concert talk:
Foyer: 60 minutes before the start of the event
Hall: 30 minutes before the start of the event
Events with pre-concert talk:
Foyer: 90 minutes before the start of the event
Hall: 15 minutes before the start of the talk
If a pre-concert talk is offered for this event, it is noted above under PROGRAMME.
All halls and spaces are accessible for visitors with disabilities. More information at www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/accessibility.
Photography is permitted at the Laeiszhalle for private purposes only. Please respect the privacy of other visitors and help ensure an undisturbed concert experience for all guests and artists. Employees and artists may not be photographed.
Photography, audio or video recordings of concerts and events are strictly prohibited.
Event-related video recordings or photographs for editorial or commercial purposes must be authorised by the Press Office of the Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle.
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