Hamburger Camerata / Samuel Hasselhorn / Gábor Hontvári

Date & Time

Sun, May 26, 2024, 20:00

Venue

»Give us peace« – how often have we heard these words in mass settings and hymns? But how often have they been thoughtlessly overlooked as an all too familiar line of text in the history of music? In times when this simple, yet terribly difficult request has become tragically topical, the Hamburger Camerata invites audiences to listen consciously.

Keywords: Symphony Concert

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Musicians

Hamburger Camerata
Samuel Hasselhorn	Bariton
Gábor Hontvári	Director

Program

Arvo Pärt	Da pacem Domine for String Orchestra
Gustav Mahler	Lieder from »Des Knaben Wunderhorn« / Arrangement by Klaus Simon
Mauricio Kagel	Zehn Märsche, um den Sieg zu verfehlen
Joseph Haydn	Symphony in G major, Hob. I:100, »Military Symphony«

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