Sat, 19 Oct 2024 19:30

Elbphilharmonie Kleiner Saal

Katharina Konradi / Catriona Morison / Song Recital

Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano – Songs by Schumann, Brahms, Fauré and others

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Doors open 18:00
Pre-concert talk 18:30
Start 19:30
Interval
End ca. 21:30

From the Lied to the Mélodie

France calls the German art song »Le lied«. This resonates respect for this world-famous phenomenon, but also a lot of autonomy at the same time. The French art song is actually very self-confidently called »mélodie«. With Katharina Konradi and Catriona Morison, two equally top-class singers present a programme which delightfully contrasts Schumann and Brahms’ songs with their French contemporaries.

Katharina Konradi is best known to the Hamburg audience from the local State Opera, where you could already have experienced her as an ensemble member in numerous leading roles. Catriona Morison’s award-winning mezzo-soprano impresses with its »warm-earthy timbre and excellent clarity«, as the FAZ wrote about one of her song recitals.

The political and military conflicts between Germany and France in the 19th century did not stop even when it came to art – many French composers wanted to audibly break away from their neighbours. However, this does not mean that people had closed their ears to sounds beyond the border. France’s most important song composer, Gabriel Fauré, loved the classical song form just as much as Brahms. Ernest Chausson gravitated more to Richard Wagner’s free recitative.

As repertoire gems, the singer duo have brought along songs by a sister duo: the opera diva Maria Malibran died at just 28 years old and, in addition to umpteen thousands of fans, also left behind a handful of songs. Her sister Pauline Viardot-García, conversely, became very old – and is one of France’s composers absolutely worth rediscovering!

Programme (booklet)

Duo-Liederabend Konradi / Morison / Bushakevitz (German only) (PDF, 2.7 MB)

Performers

Katharina Konradi soprano

Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano

Ammiel Bushakevitz piano

Programme

Robert Schumann
Erste Begegnung / from: Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74
Liebesgram / from: Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74
Mailied / from: Mädchenlieder, Op. 103
Frühlingslied / from: Mädchenlieder, Op. 103
An die Nachtigall / from: Mädchenlieder, Op. 103
An den Abendstern / from: Mädchenlieder, Op. 103
Bedeckt mich mit Blumen / from: Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138

Johannes Brahms
Junge Lieder I / from: Neun Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 63
Die Mainacht / from: Vier Gesänge, Op. 43
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer / from: Fünf Lieder, Op. 105
Ständchen / from: Fünf Lieder, Op. 106
Weg der Liebe »Über die Berge« / from: Three Duets for Soprano and Alto, Op. 20
Weg der Liebe »Den gordischen Knoten« / from: Three Duets for Soprano and Alto, Op. 20
Die Meere / from: Three Duets for Soprano and Alto, Op. 20
Die Boten der Liebe / aus: Duette für Sopran und Alt op. 61

– Interval –

Ernest Chausson
La nuit / from: Deux Duos, Op. 11
Réveil / from: Deux Duos, Op. 11

Gabriel Fauré
Pleurs d’or, Op. 72
Puisqu’ici bas / from: Deux Duos, Op. 10

Fernando J. Obradors
Coplas de Curro Dulce
El molondrón / aus: Canciones clásicas españolas, Band 4
Del cabello más sutile
El vito / aus: Canciones clásicas españolas

Pauline Viardot-García
Habanera, VWV 1019

Maria Malibran
Le prisonnier

Mélanie Bonis
Le Ruisseau / aus: Duett oder Chor für zwei Frauenstimmen und Orchester op. 21

Gabriel Fauré
Tarentelle / from: Deux Duos, Op. 10

Encore:

Johannes Brahms
Die Schwestern / aus: Duette für Sopran und Alt op. 61

Camille Saint-Saëns
El desdichado

Pre-Concert Talk

with Marvin Deitz (in German)

18:30 / Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal

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

Arrival time

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Concert tickets for the Grand and Recital Halls authorise a visit to the Plaza from two hours before the start of the concert or event. Visitors to the Kaistudios require a separate Plaza ticket to visit the Plaza.

Admission times:

Events without pre-concert talk:
Recital Hall Foyer: 60 minutes before the start of the event
Recital Hall: 30 minutes before the start of the event

Events with pre-concert talk:
Recital Hall Foyer: 90 minutes before the start of the event
Recital 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.
Getting here

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Platz der Deutschen Einheit
20457 Hamburg

The Elbphilharmonie can be easily reached by bus, underground, bicycle and ferry.

The nearest stops include:
Underground line U3: Baumwall
Underground line U4: Überseequartier
Bus 2, 111: Am Kaiserkai (Elbphilharmonie)
Bus 6: Auf dem Sande (Speicherstadt)
Ferry 72 (from Landungsbrücken pier): »Elbphilharmonie« pier
StadtRAD (bicycle sharing system) stations: U Baumwall (Elbphilharmonie) and Am Kaiserkai / Großer Grasbrook

Multistorey car park in the Elbphilharmonie (open 24/7, 435 parking spaces):
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Finding your seat

All visitors enter the building via the main entrance; access to the concert hall is via the Plaza, the public viewing platform on the 8th floor of the Elbphilharmonie. The Plaza can be reached from the entrance area via the Tube (long escalator) or lifts. Your tickets will be checked twice: at admissions in the main entrance area and on the Plaza in front of the staircase to the Grand or Rcital Hall. Stairs and lifts lead from the Plaza to the concert hall foyers.

The Recital Hall is situated on the 10th floor and can be accessed via a stairway or lift.
Cloakroom

The cloakrooms are located in the foyer (fee: € 2). Jackets and handbags may be taken into the hall.

Walking-stick umbrellas, bags sized A3 (42 x 30 cm) or above, luggage and other bulky items must be stored in the lockers (largest size 27 x 87 x 47 cm) located in the corridor leading to the ticket shop on the ground floor (on the right-hand side of the entrance area).

Strollers and prams can be left with the admissions personnel on the Plaza. Wheeled walkers can be handed in at the hall entrances.
Toilet Facilities

Facilities for guests of the Recital Hall are located in the Recital Hall Foyer.

An accessible toilet is located in the foyer.
Photography and video recordings

It is forbidden to take photographs or record videos during a concert or event. Video recordings and photography are permitted for private purposes only on the Plaza and in the foyers as well as before the start or following an event in the concert hall, provided that you respect the privacy of other visitors and do not interfere with regular business operations. Employees may not be photographed or filmed.

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.
Accessibility

All halls and spaces are accessible for visitors with disabilities. More information at www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/accessibility.

Lifts to the Plaza are located in the tunnel on the right-hand side of the Tube (long escalator). From the Plaza, access to the Grand and Recital Hall foyers is via lifts, also located to the right. Please note: cloakrooms for visitors to the Grand Hall are only located on the 11th floor. From there, the upper floors can be accessed via further lifts.
Coughing, clapping, chatting – Tips for your concert visit

A concert at the Elbphilharmonie is a unique experience for both audience and artists. Guests and musicians alike rave about the precise acoustics in the Grand Hall. You can hear every note, even from the highest balcony.

Unfortunately, the opposite is also true: even presumably quiet noises from the audience are clearly audible in the entire hall. We therefore ask our visitors to take the following recommendations into consideration: Tips for your concert visit