Tue, 10 May 2016 20:00

Laeiszhalle Großer Saal

Thomas Hampson / Lieder Recital

2nd Hamburg International Music Festival

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Doors open 19:00
Start 20:00
Interval

»Thoughts are free«

The American baritone Thomas Hampson has long been a regular on the world’s most venerated opera and concert stages. His velvety voice and irresistible charisma have earned him an international fan-base and countless standing ovations, as it happens, also in the Laeiszhalle. A commitment close to his heart is »Song of America«, a project collaboration with The Library of Congress celebrating the history of creativity in America.

In this Liederabend of art songs from the New and Old Worlds, the most contemporary American creation is Jennifer Higdon’s »Civil Words«, inspired by and using speeches from the Civil War, for example, by Abraham Lincoln. Hampson and his pianist of choice, Wolfram Rieger, compare political European Lieder with their American counterparts, by way of illustration, the German revolutionary song »Die Gedanken sind frei« (Thoughts Are Free) about the freedom of speech from the famous student marches in Wartburg in the 1800s.

Programme (booklet)

Programme Thomas Hampson (German) (PDF, 2.2 MB)

Performers

Thomas Hampson baritone

Wolfram Rieger piano

Programme

»Die Gedanken sind frei – Lieder aus der Alten und der Neuen Welt«

Gustav Mahler
Lied des Verfolgten im Turm / aus: Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Alexander von Zemlinsky
Mit Trommeln und Pfeifen op. 8/3 / aus Turmwächterlied und andere Gesänge op. 8

Gustav Mahler
Revelge / aus: Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Paul Hindemith
O, nun heb du an, dort in deinem Moor op. 14/2 / aus 3 Hymns of Walt Whitman for baritone and piano op. 14

Charles Ives
Tom Sails Away / aus Three songs of War
In Flanders Field / aus Three songs of War

Antonín Dvořák
Cigánské Melodie op. 55

– Interval –

Jennifer Higdon
Civil Words

Henry Thacker Burleigh
Ethiopia Saluting the Colors

Margaret Bonds
The Negro Speaks of Rivers

Jean Berger
Lonely People

Leonard Bernstein
To What You Said

Zugabe:

Samuel Barber
Sure on this shining night op. 13/3

Stephen White
Shenandoah

Supporting programme

Mon, 9 May 2016 18:00
Talk im Kulturcafé mit Thomas Hampson, Elbphilharmonie Kulturcafé

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Festival

2nd Hamburg International Music Festival

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Promoter: HamburgMusik gGmbH

Location : Laeiszhalle
Großer Saal

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.)

Cloakrooms

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.
Toilet Facilities

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).
Getting here & parking

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.
Laeiszhalle is not at the Elbphilharmonie

The Laeiszhalle is a separate concert hall located three kilometres away from the Elbphilharmonie.
Arrival time

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.
Accessibility

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

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.

During your visit

Food and Drink

Before the concert and during intermissions

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