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Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano

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Mon, Jun 30, 2025, 20:00
In this concert, which concludes Kent Nagano’s ten-year tenure as General Music Director, two essential strands of his concert dramaturgy for Hamburg come together. On the one hand the reference back to tradition, and the Hamburg-based composer Johannes Brahms to be precise, whose four symphonies have been performed by the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra both in its Hamburg concerts and on tour in recent years. And then sounds of the present day, in the form of pioneering world premieres. A... Read full text

Keywords: Symphony Concert, Vocal Music, World Premiere

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Musicians

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Audi Jugendchorakademie
Mojca ErdmannSoprano
Evan HughesBariton
Kent NaganoConductor

Program

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98Johannes Brahms
Sinfonie für Sopran, Bariton, Chor und Orchester »Anahata« (Uraufführung) / Kompositionsauftrag des Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters Hamburg (Uraufführung)Alex Nante
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