Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano

Boulez: Répons / Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 »Pastoral«

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Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano © Benjamin Ealovega
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra © Claudia Höhne
  • Doors open 18:30

  • Pre-concert talk 19:00

  • Start 20:00

  • Interval

  • End ca. 22:00

Pierre Boulez’s »Répons« was one of the remarkable highlights of Kent Nagano’s »Philharmonische Akademie« at St. Michaelis at the beginning of his tenure as General Music Director in Hamburg. He staged the »interchange« between chamber ensemble and soloists to great effect, as well as between electronically altered and unaltered sounds, within the sacred walls of Hamburg’s »Michel« church. The major construction project for the »Elbphilharmonie« was still underway at the time. Ten years later, Nagano revisits this exceptional work by the composer, conductor and founder of the IRCAM Institute in Paris, bringing it to the new and yet already firmly established concert hall on Hamburg’s River Elbe.

Performers

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

conductor Kent Nagano

Pierre Carré IRCAM live electronics

Sylvain Cadars IRCAM sound

Programme

Pierre Boulez
Répons für sechs Solisten, Ensemble und Live-Elektronik

– Interval –

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 »Pastoral Symphony«

Pre-Concert Talk

with Michael Sangkuhl (in German)

19:00 / Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal

Festival

Hamburg International Music Festival

Spotlight

Pierre Boulez

Promoter: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

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During your visit

Elbphilharmonie Plaza

A public viewing platform on the 8th floor of the Elbphilharmonie

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Food and Drink

Before the concert and in the interval

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Coughing, clapping, chatting

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