NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Thomas Hampson / Alan Gilbert

Date & Time

Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 20:00

Venue

»Peace, peace on Earth!« Arnold Schönberg’s message in his choral work »Friede auf Erden« is unequivocal. But it’s also an illusion: the composer was not the only one to admit as much after he had completed the score. Recent events in the political arena make this plain to us all. But the improbability of achieving peace on earth makes it all the more important to repeat these words as often as possible. And this prompted Alan Gilbert to choose this... Read full text

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Musicians

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Prager Philharmonischer Chor
Thomas Hampson	Bariton
Lukáš Vasilek	Choir rehearsal
Alan Gilbert	Conductor

Program

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11	Samuel Barber
Songs My Mother Taught Me / arrangement for orchestra by Toshio Hosokawa	Charles Ives
Tom Sails Away / arrangement for orchestra by Toshio Hosokawa	Charles Ives
Memories: a. Very Pleasant; b. Rather Sad / arrangement for orchestra by Toshio Hosokawa	Charles Ives
The Housatonic at Stockbridge / arrangement for orchestra by Toshio Hosokawa	Charles Ives
The Things Our Fathers Loved / arrangement for orchestra by Toshio Hosokawa	Charles Ives
Four Walt Whitman Songs	Kurt Weill
Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth) for Mixed A-Cappella Choir, Op. 13	Arnold Schönberg
Symphony No. 4	Charles Ives

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