Changing Light

Date & Time

Fri, May 9, 2025, 19:45

Venue

Flöte und Sopranstimme sind Schwestern – nicht nur im Geiste, sondern auch aufgrund ihrer Klangcharakteristika. Einen handfesten Beweis dafür liefern Camilla Hoitenga und Anna Herbst mit dem Programm »Changing Light«. Im Laufe ihrer Laufbahn hat Camilla Hoitenga – 1954 in Michigan/USA geboren – über Jahrzehnte eng mit Kaija Saariaho zusammengearbeitet und zahlreiche ihrer Werke (ur-)aufgeführt, darunter »Dolce Tormento«. Hier verschmilzt die betörende Piccoloflöte mit Francesco Petrarcas Sonett 132, einer von der Instrumentalistin abschnittsweise vorgetragenen Idealisierung des Weiblichen. Was in »Dolce... Read full text

Keywords: Vocal Music

Info & Ticket (www.koelner-philharmonie.de)

Musicians

Camilla Hoitenga	Flute
Anna Herbst	Soprano

Program

Itsutsu no Tanka 5 mélodies sur des poèmes d'Ono no Komachi für Flöte und Frauenstimme	Clément Mao-Takacs
Laconisme de l'aile für Flöte und Elektronik ad libitum. Text von Saint-John Perse	Kaija Saariaho
Monochromer Garten VIII für Altflöte	Malika Kishino
Dolce tormento für Piccoloflöte. Text von Francesco Petrarca	Kaija Saariaho
Changing Light Version für Sopran und Flöte. Text (Abendgebet) von Rabbi Jules Harlow	Kaija Saariaho

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