World Doctors Orchestra / Stefan Willich

World Doctors Orchestra

Das World Doctors Orchestra mit den studentischen Chören aus Köln und Bonn präsentiert aus Anlass des 100-jährigen Bestehens der Hochschule für Musik und Tanz ein Konzert zu Gunsten von Kinderherzen e. V. / Hilfe für herzkranke Kinder national und international.

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Stefan Asbury

Born in Teheran, Sara Abazari is one of today’s leading voices in her country’s contemporary music. Her two latest compositions, which were recently premiered in the Berlin Philharmonie and the Konzerthaus, are directly connected with the movement »Woman, Life, Freedom« and the prominent role of women in Iran. »in solidum« is a piece that was premiered in its first version in autumn 2023; the new, large-scale orchestral work by the composer, who studied in Cologne and Vienna, is now being performed by the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. With Galina Ustwolskaja (1919-2006), the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra preesents one of the 20th century’s most uncompromising composers after the interval. Ms Ustwolskaja gained a reputation for her visionary and always highly unusual combinations of instruments: »Dies irae« is scored for eight double basses, piano and a large, resonant wooden block, which the percussionist beats with enigmatic hammer blows. Performances of the work produce the picture, precisely calculated by the composer, of an archaic ritual that evokes a set of metaphors between death, protest and apotheosis: this is a »breakthrough piece«, a musical onslaught on all conventional boundaries, and indisputably Ustwolskaja’s most famous work. The evening opens with Edgar Varèse’s virtuoso piece »Intégrales« for wind instruments and percussion, one of the founding documents of 20th century music. Written for the avant-garde »International Composers’ Guild«, which was founded in 1921 by Carlos Salzedo and Varèse himself, »Intégrales« was given its first performance in March 1925 in New York’s Aeolian Hall.

NDR Jugendsinfonieorchester / Stefan Geiger

Johannes Brahms’ Fourth Symphony and Stravinsky’s suite from »The Firebird« are among the masterpieces of the orchestral literature – and also among the favourites of the members of the NDR Jugendsinfonieorchester (NDR Youth Symphony Orchestra). The enchanting story of »The Firebird« utilises all of the orchestra’s sound-painting possibilities; Brahms’ Fourth Symphony sank »deeper and deeper into the soul« of the orchestra at the Berlin premiere, as the violinist Joseph Joachim wrote to his musician friend Johannes Brahms. We cordially invite you to an encounter with these two »orchestra favourites«.

Family concert: Wonder world orchestra

New World Symphony

The movie Chevalier popularised the incredible life story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, but his music is even more exciting, and today it’s just the start of an adventure that begins in 18th-century Paris, and ends with the glorious melodies of Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony.It’s popular for a reason, but for pure elegance and enchantment it’s hard to top Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, performed by LPO Principal Flute Juliette Bausor plus the incredible Alexander Boldachev – a harpist with the charisma of a rock star. LPO 2024/25 Fellow Conductor Matthew Lynch completes a dream team: this should be magical.

Mahler Chamber Orchestra: Music from the New World

Antonello Manacorda and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra open our International Chamber Orchestra series with music from the “New World”. Anton Dvorak’s Ninth Symphony, written in New York, clearly expresses the influences of both indigenous and African American melodies – although the work is also unmistakably Bohemian in colour. 2024 marks the 150th birthday of the brilliant Charles Ives, the first American composer to gain truly global recognition. Anna Prohaska sings selected songs by Ives, juxtaposed with songs by Gustav Mahler, his European contemporary.

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / NDR Vokalensemble / Stefan Geiger

Put down the gaming console, get off the couch – and into the Elbphilharmonie! On this evening, the hits that make the hearts of all gamers and science fiction fans beat faster are on the programme: music from »Fortnite«, »Starfield«, »Clash of Clans« and »Chrono Cross« as well as from »Star Trek«, »Star Wars«, »Interstellar« and »The Matrix«. And all performed live by real people from the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in the galactically spectacular hall of the Elbphilharmonie! It’s not only a feast for the ears, but also for the eyes. The composers and arrangers were happy to use the full range of the high-gloss orchestral sound to depict the most daring fantasy worlds – the creation of which can be best observed at the Elbphilharmonie.

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / NDR Vokalensemble / Stefan Geiger

Put down the gaming console, get off the couch – and into the Elbphilharmonie! On this evening, the hits that make the hearts of all gamers and science fiction fans beat faster are on the programme: music from »Fortnite«, »Starfield«, »Clash of Clans« and »Chrono Cross« as well as from »Star Trek«, »Star Wars«, »Interstellar« and »The Matrix«. And all performed live by real people from the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in the galactically spectacular hall of the Elbphilharmonie! It’s not only a feast for the ears, but also for the eyes. The composers and arrangers were happy to use the full range of the high-gloss orchestral sound to depict the most daring fantasy worlds – the creation of which can be best observed at the Elbphilharmonie.

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / NDR Vokalensemble / Stefan Geiger

Put down the gaming console, get off the couch – and into the Elbphilharmonie! On this evening, the hits that make the hearts of all gamers and science fiction fans beat faster are on the programme: music from »Fortnite«, »Starfield«, »Clash of Clans« and »Chrono Cross« as well as from »Star Trek«, »Star Wars«, »Interstellar« and »The Matrix«. And all performed live by real people from the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in the galactically spectacular hall of the Elbphilharmonie! It’s not only a feast for the ears, but also for the eyes. The composers and arrangers were happy to use the full range of the high-gloss orchestral sound to depict the most daring fantasy worlds – the creation of which can be best observed at the Elbphilharmonie.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Iván Fischer

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra reunites with Maria João Pires for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 ‘Jeunehomme’, paired with Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony.