NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester / NDR Vokalensemble / Alan Gilbert
Alex Paxton: New Work / Deutsch: Urworte – Elbphilharmonie Visions
The sound of the present age in the Grand Hall – the festival for 21st-century music composed for symphony orchestra
Focusing on the here and now: after a brilliant start in 2023, the »Elbphilharmonie Visions« festival returns in a second edition. Stylistically diverse works from the 21st century are on the programme – created by contemporary composers who respond to the present and its issues with their individual voice.
The extremely entertaining opening concert presents a new work by the young British crossover composer Alex Paxton, who fuses video game soundtracks, virtuoso chamber music and jazz improvisation into an unmistakable style for which he received the Claussen Simon Composition Prize. »Paxton’s fascinating score made a strong impression on me from the very first moment,« enthuses Alan Gilbert, festival initiator and chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, who is truly passionate about modern compositions.
Some of the best radio orchestras from Germany and Austria, which have always rendered outstanding services to contemporary music, once again ensure top musical quality during the festival.
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester / NDR Vokalensemble / Alan Gilbert
Alex Paxton: New Work / Deutsch: Urworte – Elbphilharmonie Visions
SWR Symphonieorchester / Florian Hölscher / Christoph Sietzen / Emilio Pomàrico
Alberto Posadas: New Work / Johannes Maria Staud: Whereas the Reality Trembles – Elbphilharmonie Visions
WDR Sinfonieorchester / Arabella Steinbacher / Ryan Bancroft
Olga Neuwirth: Masaot / Clocks Without Hands / Georges Lentz: … To Beam in Distant Heavens … – Elbphilharmonie Visions
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien / Bas Wiegers
Elbphilharmonie Visions
NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover / Anja Petersen / Pierre Bleuse
Hugues Dufourt: L’enclume du rêve d’après Chillida / Arnulf Herrmann: Tour de Trance – Elbphilharmonie Visions
Frankfurt Radio Symphony / Matthias Hermann
Mason: Sympathetic Resonance / Lachenmann: My Melodies – Elbphilharmonie Visions
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester / Lawrence Power / Alan Gilbert
Dalit Warshaw: Responses / Magnus Lindberg: Viola Concerto / Dai Fujikura: Tocar y Luchar – Elbphilharmonie Visions
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