Sat, 31 Dec 2022 17:00

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Julia Bullock / Alan Gilbert

New Year’s Eve Concert – R. Strauss / Gershwin / Boulanger / Ravel

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Julia Bullock © Allison Michael Orenstein

Viennese waltzes and songs from America

To accompany the New Year’s Eve dancing, chief conductor Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra strike up music of the early 20th century. While Strauss and Ravel debunk the legendary Vienna cheerfulness, soprano Julia Bullock exudes American vibes.

In the composer’s own lifetime, Richard Strauss’s opera »Der Rosenkavalier« was already such a success that he compiled a »best of« for orchestra. The work’s popularity comes not least from the many waltzes, which always have a hint of irony about them. After a short and impressionistic burst of spring fever in Lili Boulanger’s »D’un matin de printemps«, her countryman Maurice Ravel throws the Viennese waltz into chaos in his dark »La valse«.

Julia Bullock makes her Elbphilharmonie debut in this concert. Like Alan Gilbert, the singer, curator and activist comes from the USA, where she made her first appearance under his baton with the New York Philharmonic in 2015. The magazine Musical America voted the exceptional soprano its Artist of the Year 2021, describing her as »an agent of change«. Tonight she performs American songs by Margaret Bonds and George Gershwin.

Programme (booklet)

Programme New Year's Concert 2022-2023 (German only) (PDF, 4.3 MB)

Performers

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Julia Bullock soprano

conductor Alan Gilbert

Programme

Richard Strauss
Suite aus »Der Rosenkavalier« op. 59

George Gershwin
Somebody from Somewhere / aus dem Film »Delicious« (Regie: David Butler, USA1931)

Margaret Bonds
The Negro Speaks of Rivers / Bearbeitung für Orchester von Jannina Norpoth

George Gershwin
Summertime / aus der Oper »Porgy and Bess«

Margaret Bonds
Winter Moon / Bearbeitung für Orchester von Jannina Norpoth

George Gershwin
Soon aus Strike up the Band

Zugabe:

Leonard Bernstein
Somewhere / aus: West Side Story

Lili Boulanger
D’un matin de printemps für Orchester

Maurice Ravel
La valse / Poème chorégraphique für Orchester

Zugabe:

Leonard Bernstein
Ouvertüre aus Candide

Estimated end time

18:45

Concert Broadcast

The concert will be broadcast live in the Elbphilharmonie Mediatheque, on ARD television and on NDR Kultur.

Promoter: HamburgMusik / NDR

From the Mediatheque : Videos, Podcasts, Articles

Video on demand from 1 Jan 2023 : Silvesterkonzert / NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Zum Tanz ins neue Jahr legt Chefdirigent Alan Gilbert Musik des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts auf. Auf dem Programm: Werke von Ravel und Strauss. Starsopranistin Julia Bullock singt Gershwin und Bonds. #LiveStream

: NDR Podcast: About Music

About flying conductor's batons, rehearsals and why presenting the news is like driving a car: a video podcast with conductor Alan Gilbert and newsreader Michail Paweletz (in English). #Interview #Podcast

Location : Elbphilharmonie
Großer Saal

Heart of the Elbphilharmonie: the Grand Hall seats 2,100 guests in the »vineyard« style. The stage for artists and orchestras is situated at the centre of the concert hall and is surrounded by terraced seating.

Arrival time

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Admission times:

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

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Grand Hall Foyer: 90 minutes before the start of the event
Grand 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.
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Cloakroom

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Jackets or coats and small handbags may be taken into the hall.

Cloakroom fee: €2
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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, because »Everything Can Be Heard Here«.
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):
Please note that visitors to the Elbphilharmonie should use the entrance marked »Elbphilharmonie«. The entrance »Elbphilharmonie Hotel« is reserved for »The Westin Hamburg« hotel guests.

Please find more information about prices and advance booking of the discounted flat rate on this page: arrival by car
Accessibility

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

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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