ConcertPulseWDR Sinfonieorchester "mein Fleisch"
Date & Time
Fri, Nov 8, 2024, 19:00Nicolaus A. Huber will celebrate his 85th birthday on December 15, 2024. The NOW! Festival sends him birthday greetings in advance. Huber, a native of Lower Bavaria, left a huge mark on Essen as a composition professor at the Folkwang University from 1974 to 2004. His former student, Gordon Kampe, composed a commissioned work for two voices and orchestra. Johannes Maria Staud's new percussion concerto and two Huber classics will be performed. In 2017, he composed "...der arabischen 4", and with "laissez vibrer", he composed the first solo for 18 tubular bells, reminiscent of his childhood.A summary from original text in German | Read the original
Keywords: NOW! Laissez vibrer, Vocal Music, World Premiere
Musicians
| Anna-Lena Elbert | Soprano |
| Holger Falk | Bariton |
| Christoph Sietzen | Drums |
| WDR Sinfonieorchester | |
| Brad Lubman | Conductor |
Program
| "Whereas the reality trembles" - Konzert für Schlagzeug und Orchester(Deutsche Erstaufführung) | Johannes Maria Staud |
| "... der arabischen 4" für Orchester und Zuspielungen | Nicolaus A. Huber |
| "laissez vibrer" - Solo für 18 Röhrenglocken | Nicolaus A. Huber |
| "mein Fleisch" für zwei Stimmen und Orchestermit Textfragmenten von Senthuran Varatharajah(Uraufführung, Auftragswerk des Festival NOW! und des WDR) | Gordon Kampe |
