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Simone Young conducts Bruckner and Rihm

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Sat, Dec 7, 2024, 19:00
When Simone Young conducts Bruckner, she prefers to perform the original versions of his symphonies: “Perhaps they are not as perfect as the later versions,” she explains. “But they have a modernity that the later ones lack.” In this concert, she presents the original version of the Second Symphony from 1872, and combines it with Wolfgang Rihm’s one-act opera Das Gehege. This dark and enigmatic piece depicts a woman who, on the eve of German reunification, frees an eagle from captivity, tries to seduce it, and ultimately kills it.

Keywords: Contemporary, Symphony Concert, Vocal Music

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Musicians

Berliner PhilharmonikerOrchestra
Simone YoungConductor
Vida MiknevičiūtėSoprano

Program

Wolfgang RihmDas Gehege. A nocturnal scene
Anton BrucknerSymphony No. 2 in C minor (1st version from 1872)
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