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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).
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.
The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (German: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester) is a German radio orchestra.Affiliated with the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; North German Broadcasting), the orchestra is based at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany.
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (pronounced [ˈnɔʁtˌdɔʏtʃɐ ˈʁʊntfʊŋk]; "North German Broadcasting"), commonly shortened to NDR (pronounced [ˌɛndeːˈʔɛʁ] ⓘ), is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg.
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 ...
Hamburg: July 6–8 President Trump arrived at Hamburg and had a bilateral meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel on July 6. [141] President Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump spoke at the G20 summit [142] at Hamburg Messe. He attended an event at Elbphilharmonie. He held several bilateral meetings, including one with Russian president Vladimir ...
The original lineup of the Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best, regularly performed at different clubs in Hamburg, West Germany, during the period from August 1960 to May 1962; a chapter in the group's history which honed their performance skills, widened their reputation, and led to their first recording, which brought them to the attention of ...