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Konzert im Pierre Boulez Saal

Date & Time
Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 19:30
Anknüpfend an die Premiere von György Kurtágs Oper Fin de partie (nach dem Drama von Samuel Beckett), die im Januar 2025 in der Staatsoper Unter den Linden stattfindet, widmen sich Dirigent Finnegan Downie Dear und die Staatskapelle einem weiteren Werk dieses bedeutenden ungarischen Komponisten. In What is the word wird der gesamte Pierre Boulez Saal zur Spielfläche für diese faszinierende Komposition mit Worten Samuel Becketts von 1990/91. Eingerahmt wird das Werk mit Musik von Béla Bartók und Franz Schubert, die... Read full text

Keywords: Symphony Concert, Vocal Music

Info & Ticket (www.staatskapelle-berlin.de)
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Musicians

Finnegan Downie DearConductor
Dalia SchaechterRecitation
Adriane QueirozSoprano
Natalia SkryckaAlto
Junho HwangTenor
Carles PachonBariton
Friedrich HamelBass

Program

Béla BartókDivertimento für Streichorchester Sz 113
György KurtágSamuel Beckett: Mi is a szó / What is the word op. 30b
Franz SchubertSinfonie Nr. 5 B-Dur D 485
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