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Symphoniker Hamburg / Magdalena Kožená / Gergely Madaras

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Sun, Jan 26, 2025, 11:00
Gabriel Fauré and Claude Debussy were both influenced by the same musical movement. Fauré's orchestral suite from his incidental music to "Pelléas et Mélisande" is considered his finest orchestral work. Israeli conductor and composer Ohad Ben-Ari, based in Berlin, will premiere his song cycle "Paterson" with the Hamburg Symphony. The cycle is based on Ron Padgett's poetry from Jim Jarmusch's film. Olivier Messiaen's "Poèmes pour Mi" is a tribute to his wife Claire Delbos, written during her pregnancy. Smetana's "The Moldau" will be performed, reflecting the fact that the Vltava (Moldau) river contributes more water to the Elbe than the Elbe's own source.

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Keywords: Vocal Music

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Symphoniker Hamburg
Magdalena KoženáMezzo-Soprano
Gergely MadarasConductor

Program

Suite from »Pelléas et Mélisande«, Op. 80Gabriel Fauré
PatersonOhad Ben-Ari
Poèmes pour Mi für Singstimme und KlavierOlivier Messiaen
Vltava (Die Moldau) / Sinfonische Dichtung / aus: Má vlast (Mein Vaterland)Bedřich Smetana
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