Two traditional Hamburg ensembles will come together this evening: the Albert Schweitzer Youth Orchestra Hamburg and the Hamburg Girls’ Choir. They will perform a joint concert that focuses on the diversity of romantic soundscapes and the expressiveness of young musicians.
The Hamburg Girls’ Choir, which has been an integral part of Hamburg’s musical life for decades, will open the evening with works for female voices a cappella. Jean Sibelius’s first work unfolds a Nordic soundscape of simple beauty, in which clear lines and floating harmonies immediately appeal to the listener. Claude Debussy’s rarely performed cantata adds a different aesthetic to the soundscape: impressionistic and full of color nuances
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Following this opening, the Albert Schweitzer Youth Orchestra takes to the stage. The overture to Carl Maria von Weber’s Freischütz is an important work of German Romanticism. Dramatic contrasts merge with folk melodies in this opera overture. This is followed by Richard Wagner’s monumental music, which challenges the orchestra across its entire tonal range.
This evening’s program combines Nordic restraint, French tonal poetry, and the drama of German Romanticism. It shows how young musicians are reviving the great works of music history with energy and sincerity. The result is a concert in the Grand Hall of the Elbphilharmonie that unfolds an impressive musical panorama ranging from the intimacy of chamber music to the sonority of the orchestra.
PERFORMERS
Albert Schweitzer Jugendorchester orchestra
Mädchenchor Hamburg choir
Judith Wurm soprano
Sara Gouzy mezzo-soprano
Gesa Werhahn choir director
Sebastian Beckedorf conductor
PROGRAM
national and international choir music for girls choir
Jean Sibelius
Impromptu op. 19
Claude Debussy
La damoiselle élue
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Carl Maria von Weber
Overture from »Der Freischütz«, Op. 77
Richard Wagner
Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt
Richard Wagner
Prelude and Liebestod from the opera »Tristan und Isolde«, WWV 90
