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Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
Snow, rain, or sunshine? The weather is unpredictable. A shrill wind blows, as if everything wants to reshuffle for a fair start into the new.
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Snow, rain, or sunshine? The weather is unpredictable. A shrill wind blows, as if everything wants to reshuffle for a fair start into the new.
The concert concludes with Ernst von Dohnányi's Sextet in C major, a popular work bordering on the American and Hollywood-esque but rooted in European classicism. It features Oslo Philharmonic members, mezzo-soprano Melis Jaatinen, and pianist Thormod Rønning Kvam. Also featured is Camille Pépin's Chamber Music, setting poems by James Joyce, tracing a love story from beginning to fading passion and friendship. Dohnányi's sextet is considered essential, filled with heroic themes and enchanting moods.
Lucas and Arthur Jussen describe Francis Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos as "typically French flamboyance, but always chic!" This colorful French program also features America, heard through French ears. Edgard Varèse's 'Amériques,' a massive work for a huge orchestra, uses a siren for the first time in music literature, capturing his childhood vision of America. This America sounds breathtaking, overflowing, exciting. A similar excitement was composed by Claude Debussy at the end of the 19th century in his 'Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,' a sultry and lucid masterpiece.