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Beethoven's 9th Symphony beautifully captures the joy of human connection. There's hardly a more atmospheric way to start the new year than with this famous masterpiece.
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Beethoven's 9th Symphony beautifully captures the joy of human connection. There's hardly a more atmospheric way to start the new year than with this famous masterpiece.
A musical trip to America at the year's end featuring composers Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin, whose works blend new Western and jazz sounds with European classical traditions. Between Bernstein's "Divertimento" and Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess", hear one of America's strongest female voices: composer Jessie Montgomery (born 1981). Her "Freedom Songs" were written for soprano Julia Bullock and arrange traditional African-American music.
"Jauchzet, frohlocket!" Bach's Christmas Oratorio rings in Advent with rousing choirs, atmospheric solos, and contemplative chorales. A star cast of soloists, the WDR Rundfunkchor and Sinfonieorchester, and conductor Simon Halsey bring the timeless story of peace on earth to life.
Bach's Christmas Oratorio is a holiday staple. In this unique concert format, the audience actively participates by solving puzzles in an exclusive Bach Escape Room game. Only upon successful completion will the beloved Christmas music be heard.
Tamina Kallert geht mit dem WDR Rundfunkchor auf eine Wunderschön-Reise nach Italien: Sie machen Halt an erlesenen Stationen mit italienischer Chor- und Opernliteratur und traditionellen Gassenhauern wie "Santa Lucia", "O sole mio", Puccinis "Nessun dorma" und weiteren Titeln von Monteverdi bis Morricone.
Cristian Măcelaru and Gustav Mahler's collaboration has become known for unique interpretations, especially of Mahler's Third Symphony. This symphony explores connections between nature and spirituality, the tangible world and the divine. Mahler described symphonies as building a world with available techniques, depicting the emergence of life from inanimate matter, evolving through flowers, animals, humans, and spirits to angels.
Cristian Măcelaru and Gustav Mahler's collaboration has become known for unique interpretations, especially of Mahler's Third Symphony. This symphony explores connections between nature and spirituality, the tangible world and the divine. Mahler described symphonies as building a world with available techniques, depicting the emergence of life from inanimate matter, evolving through flowers, animals, humans, and spirits to angels.