NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / MDR-Rundfunkchor / NDR Vokalensemble / Alan Gilbert

Visions 1: Alex Paxton / Bernd Richard Deutsch

Sold out 12 | 18 | 30 | 41 | 54 Remaining tickets occasionally available at box office
Sold out 12 | 18 | 30 | 41 | 54 Remaining tickets occasionally available at box office
Alan Gilbert
Alan Gilbert © Marco Borggreve
NDR Vokalensemble
NDR Vokalensemble © Marius Engels / NDR
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra © Nikolaj Lund
  • Doors open 19:00

  • Start 20:00

  • Interval

  • End ca. 22:10

Energy boost for the whole week

»Elbphilharmonie Visions« enters its second round with musical fireworks: under the baton of chief conductor and festival initiator Alan Gilbert, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra performs the new work »World Builder, Creature« by young British high-flyer Alex Paxton. »I want to make music that makes me feel most alive when I’m writing it and when I’m listening to it,« explains the 33-year-old. The result: an unmistakable blend of video game soundtracks, virtuoso chamber music and jazz improvisation, which was honoured with the Claussen Simon Composition Prize.

Visions x RIAA: After a concert, immerse yourself in club culture with good drinks and experience hip DJs in a new location – the Elbphilharmonie and RIAA make this possible. The former catering area on the 5th floor of the Elbphilharmonie was quickly converted into a hip pop-up bar, where RIAA provides a finely curated programme with international DJs during the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« festival. On the turntables this evening: Time Is Away and Daniel Jahn. Concert tickets for the respective evening entitle the holder to admission, space on site is limited. Go to DJ line-up and see more information

Visions Trio Bonus 30%: If you buy tickets for three or more concerts of the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« festival at the same time, you will receive a 30% discount. Simply select »Visions Trio-Bonus 30%« in the shopping basket.

Prelude: the concert introduction

Performers

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

NDR Vokalensemble

MDR-Rundfunkchor

conductor Alan Gilbert

Programme

Talk in English with Alan Gilbert, Alex Paxton & Bernd Richard Deutsch

Alex Paxton
World Builder, Creature (Uraufführung, ausgezeichnet mit dem Claussen-Simon-Kompositionspreis)

– Interval –

Bernd Richard Deutsch
Urworte (world premiere)

Supporting programme

Fri, 7 Feb 2025 21:30
DJ set by Time Is Away & Daniel Jahn, Elbphilharmonie, Kaispeicher / 5. & 6. Etage

Festival

Elbphilharmonie Visions

Promoter: NDR / HamburgMusik

Supported by Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung

From the Mediatheque : Videos, Podcasts, Articles

Elbphilharmonie Talk with Alan Gilbert

The NDR chief conductor Alan Gilbert on »Elbphilharmonie VISIONS« 2025 and the importance of contemporary music (in Englisch)

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: Alex Paxton – A Portrait

»Magic Sound Stuff« – Meet the British composer and trombonist Alex Paxton.

Heard anew: Bernd Richard Deutsch

Questions for the composers featured in the new music festival »Elbphilharmonie Visions«

HEARD ANEW: Alex Paxton

Questions for the composers featured in the new music festival »Elbphilharmonie Visions«.

Stories with the hashtag #Visions

A biennial festival featuring music of the 21st century.

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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