Keywords: Educational
| Radoslaw Szulc | Conductor |
| Rufus Beck | Speaker |
| Katharina Neuschaefer | Text |
| Martin Fengel | Illustration |
| Leonhard Huber | Music editing |
| Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks |
| “Scheherazade”, Op. 35 (excerpts) | Leonhard Huber |
| “Scheherazade”, Op. 35 (excerpts) | Leonhard Huber |
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»Senta und die verfluchte Partitur«, a spooky musical for young and old about a musical score that is cursed will give you goosebumps and make you laugh as you marvel at its magic! Four actors whisk you off into a magical mystery world and, together with around 80 musicians from the Munich Philharmonic, play music for you that has long been forgotten and may even be cursed. More information
Theater Liberi's musical "Beauty and the Beast" tells the touching story of true love. With original compositions and poetry, it whisks audiences into a magical world. A talented ensemble performs diverse choreographies to romantic ballads and pop songs. The stage design transforms between Belle's home and the enchanted castle. The story follows Belle, who lives in the castle after her father picks a rose. Belle's initial fear turns to curiosity as she discovers the Beast's soft side. She questions the mysterious prince in the mirror and the enchanted beings.
Robert Schumann’s only oratorio is based on an oriental legend: the Peri, a fallen angelic being, seeks the way back to heavenly paradise. Only those who bring »heaven’s favourite gift« will open the door to heaven. The Peri travels around the world searching until she finally finds the right gift and »Eden’s gate« opens for her again. Robert Schumann learnt about the story of the fallen angel from the Irish poet Thomas Moore, who put this »oriental romance« into verse. It inspired him to write one of his most beautiful and important works, a »new genre for the concert hall, an oratorio, but not for the prayer hall – but for cheerful people«.
To this day, "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" is one of Richard Strauss' best-known works, not least because Strauss uses the boldness of his orchestral treatment to create a musical depiction of Eulenspiegel's pranks that is as drastic as it is memorable and does not even shy away from the - apparent - end of the prankster on the gallows. Lorenzo Viotti, who not only conducts Strauss' tone poem in this family concert but also explains it himself, returns to the Deutsche Oper Berlin with this Strauss programme, where he made his successful debut in 2023 with Mahler's First Symphony.
Alexandre Kantorow, winner of the 2019 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, performs in Cologne with a grand romantic repertoire. Liszt's second piano concerto, a dramatic interplay of poetry and virtuosity, takes center stage. Schumann's "Rhenish Symphony" and Wagner's rarely heard "Faust Overture" complete the program.
What does a gondola driver sound like, how do ghosts dance and where does the moody trout splash? The NDR Vokalensemble has rummaged through its treasure chest and invites you to »sing stories«.
Where is the waltz at home? Exactly, in Vienna. It was there that the North German composer Johannes Brahms was inspired and became an enthusiastic waltz pianist. But wouldn’t »singing waltzes« be even more beautiful, he thought. Of course, and so he composed the entertaining »Liebeslieder-Walzer«. Singing and dancing along is definitely encouraged!
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