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The first public test concert at the Elbphilharmonie was held on 25 November 2016. [16] [17] The official opening concert took place on 11 January 2017 with a performance by the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under direction of Thomas Hengelbrock. [18] The first musical selection was "Pan" from Benjamin Britten's Six Metamorphoses after Ovid. [18]
The Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra) is an internationally renowned symphony orchestra based in Hamburg. As of 2015, Kent Nagano has been General Music Director ( Generalmusikdirektor ) and chief conductor (Chefdirigent).
Affiliated with the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; North German Broadcasting), the orchestra is based at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany. Earlier the ensemble was called the NDR Symphony Orchestra ( Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks ), and was also known in English as the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra .
Reminiszenz is a song cycle for tenor and large orchestra by Wolfgang Rihm composed in 2016 for the opening of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. It is subtitled Triptychon und Spruch in memoriam Hans Henny Jahnn, setting poems by Hans Henny Jahnn, Peter Huchel and Walter Muschg.
Shortly after, he played for NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, in Hamburg. He worked as an assistant to Cristoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev and Christoph von Dohanyi. In 1996, he became artistic director at Landesjurgendorchester Bremen. From 2002 to 2007 he worked with the direction for the Bremen orchestra Hochschule für Künste.
Jörg Widmann composed the oratorio ARCHE in 2016. [1] Kent Nagano commissioned a full-length work for choir and orchestra and did not make any content restrictions. [2] The commission of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra for the opening of the Elbphilharmonie has 300 performers with two soloists, two adult choirs and a children’s choir.
Due to its relatively low capacity and stage layout, the Laeiszhalle is particularly suitable for the performance of classical and early romantic repertoire, and less so for staging large-scale twentieth-century works. The management of both the Elbphilharmonie and the Laeiszhalle are under the direction of one concert company. Christoph Lieben ...
The production for choir, electronics and visuals has been staged at Milton Court Hall/London, Elbphilharmonie/Hamburg and Reina Sofia Hall/Madrid beside others. In recent years, the artist has delved into work as a director. He directed music videos, stage shows and theatrical multimedia events. [4]