Guest performance The Complete Piano Etudes by Philip Glass

The Complete Piano Etudes by Philip Glass

The piano etudes by Philip Glass are modern classics. 20 pieces, sometimes meditative, sometimes rhythmic, sometimes romantic. Music that is not complicated and yet difficult to play. The famous US composer has inspired artists from almost every genre. Now ten renowned pianists from all over the world will perform the 20 etudes in the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall – something that has never been done before in this form in Germany. A spectacular evening and an entertaining journey into the beguiling world of Philip Glass are guaranteed.

Philip Glass: Koyaanisqatsi

Cinema atmosphere in the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall: the Philip Glass Ensemble plays its eponymous founder’s soundtrack to the 1982 cult film »Koyaanisqatsi« live. Translated from the American Hopi language, the film title means »life out of balance« – the criticism of the often hectic life of modern man at the time is still relevant today. Famous fans like the producers Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather) and George Lucas (Star Wars) helped to popularise the visionary film. Its narrative devices were entirely new and ground-breaking back in 1982: devoid of any plot or dialogue, people rush around through the modern, machine-influenced world in fast forward – an apocalyptic vision of the collision of man and nature, technology and the environment. The soundtrack by the minimal music legend Philip Glass enhances the hypnotic effect of the film, resulting in an audio-visual synthesis of the arts. The faster the machines turn and the assembly lines run, the more stressed the people working on them become, the more Glass ramps up the tempo of his repetitive music patterns. Although the composer himself no longer performs, his ensemble carries on the spirit of his music, true to the original.

Chillout Kammerkonsert Philip Glass Johann Sebastian Bach

Musikere fra Oslo-filharmonien inviterer deg til en avslappet og uformell konsert på Trekanten. Vi spiller med et lite orkester som fremfører minimalistisk musikk. Pust og mindfulness er kjent for å bringe oss til dypere ro og tilstedeværelse. Ved å berolige kropp og sinn med disse øvelsne, blir vi også mer mottakelig for sanseinntrykk og verden rundt oss. Dette gjelder spesielt for opplevelsen av musikk. Kanskje hører vi nye instrumenter eller dimensjoner av en låt, eller opplever de sterke følelsene musikken henter frem i oss. 15 minutter før konserten gir Fredrik Fernando Austad deg enkle øvelser som hjelper oss å legge bort stress fra hverdagen og komme tettere på musikken. Austad er puste-trener og terapeut fra To gutter som mediterer.Det er mulig å kjøpe noe å drikke i baren, sette seg i en lenestol og ta en pause fra en hektisk hverdag. Velkommen til en time med ro og harmoni der musikken fører deg inn i nye landskap!

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Piano recital by Yuja Wang

Yuja Wang is known for the dazzling fireworks of her pianism. At the same time, she has a formidable expressive range, and can render intimate moments as persuasively as she does passages of fervent emotion. In this recital, Yuja Wang offers listeners a selection of virtuosic piano works – with Samuel Barber’s lushly complex piano sonata, the diverse moods of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Preludes, and ballads by Frédéric Chopin, whose emotional spectrum ranges from contemplative intimacy to explosive drama.

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Guest performance at the Elbphilharmonie

“Complete at last the glorious work!” Something akin to these words from Haydn’s “Creation” surely went through the minds of many musicians and concertgoers when they first set foot in the Elbphilharmonie. We have been regular guests at this stunning concert hall ever since it opened in 2017. This season, our orchestra will perform here on two consecutive nights, playing some of the core repertoire featured on our recent internationally acclaimed recordings – superb symphonies by two musician friends who inspired one another: Johannes Brahms, who was born in Hamburg, and Antonín Dvořák, a native of our Bohemian home.

Guest performance at the Elbphilharmonie

“Complete at last the glorious work!” Something akin to these words from Haydn’s “Creation” surely went through the minds of many musicians and concertgoers when they first set foot in the Elbphilharmonie. We have been regular guests at this stunning concert hall ever since it opened in 2017. This season, our orchestra will perform here on two consecutive nights, playing some of the core repertoire featured on our recent internationally acclaimed recordings – superb symphonies by two musician friends who inspired one another: Johannes Brahms, who was born in Hamburg, and Antonín Dvořák, a native of our Bohemian home.

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