Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to “Coriolan”, Op. 62
Franz Schubert: Selected orchestral songs
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D 417
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Julian Prégardien, tenor
Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano & musical direction
Johannes Hinterholzer, horn
Camerata Salzburg
Gregory Ahss, violin & musical direction

Franz Schubert: Adagio in E-flat Major, D. 897 („Notturno“)
Johannes Brahms: Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91
Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps

Anthea Barać, mezzo-soprano
Maja Pawelke, clarinet
Anna-Maria Brödel, violin
Reynard Rott, cello
Julia Bartha, piano

Arno Lücker, dramaturgy

The chamber concerts given by Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover are the most personal concerts you can experience. The programmes are put together by the orchestra’s musicians themselves. These include, for example, works that have long been on their wish lists. Some musicians may have played one of the selected works for the first time at the start of their studies – and are now encountering this music again. Another musician may be seeking the challenge of finally venturing to tackle a composition considered ‘difficult’. The motivations are as varied as the personalities in such a large orchestra. The theme of the chamber concerts at the Landesmuseum is: stepping away from the tutti ensemble – and boldly embracing the small ensemble, where every voice remains audible at all times! In this way, chamber music becomes a laboratory of curiosity – personal, immediate, unfiltered.

Patricia Nolz, mezzo-soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Gustav Mahler: Five Songs on Poems by Friedrich Rückert, as well as songs by Richard Strauss and Alexander Zemlinsky.

Galina Cheplakova, Cio-Cio-San
Ida Aldrian, Suzuki
Inés López Fernández, Kate Pinkerton
Stefano La Colla, Pinkerton
Kartal Karagedik, Sharpless
Jürgen Sacher, Goro
Colin Aikins, Prince Yamadori
Tigran Martirossian, Uncle Bonzo

Vincent Boussard, stage director
Vincent Lemaire, set design
Christian Lacroix, costumes
Guido Levi, lighting
Alice Meregaglia, chorus master

Carlo Montanaro, musical director
Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera

"Once upon a time..." fairy tales & ballads

Georg Nigl, baritone
Nicholas Ofczarek, recitation
Olga Pashchenko, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

Maria Bengtsson, soprano
Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone

Iván Fischer, conductor
Budapest Festival Orchestra
The Pan-European Chorus
Irene Verburg, chorus preparation

Olga Neuwirth: Monster's Paradise

Lisa-Marie Lebitschnig, Vampi
N.N., Vampi (Schauspielerin)
Leah Bedenko, Bampi
N.N., Bampi (Schauspielerin)
Markus Butter, Der König-Präsident
Andrew Watts, Mickey, des Königs höriger Adlatus I | Todesengel II
Eric Jurenas, Tuckey, des Königs höriger Adlatus II | Todesengel I
Nikita Ivasechko, Ein Bär

Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
Tobias Kratzer, director
Matthias Piro, Co-Regie
Johanna Schulz-Bongert, stage concept
Rainer Sellmaier, set  & costume design
Michael Bauer, lighting design
Jonas Dahl / Janic Bebi, videos
Markus Noisternig, live electronics
Oliver Brunbauer / Olga Neuwirth, sounddesign & samples
Julien Aléonard, sound design
Christopher Warmuth / Katharina John, dramaturgy

Grazer Philharmoniker | Statisterie der Oper Graz

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

Maria Bengtsson, soprano
Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone

Iván Fischer, conductor
Budapest Festival Orchestra
The Pan-European Chorus
Irene Verburg, chorus preparation

Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Andreas Schager, Tristan
Kwangchul Youn, König Marke
Miina-Liisa Värelä, Isolde
Adrian Eröd, Kurwenal
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Brangäne

Alexander Soddy, musical direction
Calixto Bieito, Inszenierung
Rebecca Ringst, staging
Ingo Krügler, costumes
Michael Bauer, lightig

Charles Ives: Hymn
Georg Friedrich Händel: Frondi tenere ... Ombra mai fù (Largo des Serse aus »Serse« HWV 40)
Georg Friedrich Händel: Verdi prati »Green pastures« (Arie des Ruggiero aus »Alcina« HWV 34)
Jessie Montgomery: Strum (Bearbeitung für Streichorchester)
Georg Friedrich Händel: Langue offeso (Arie des Sesto aus »Giulio Cesare« HWV 17)
Georg Friedrich Händel: Lascia ch'io pianga (Arie der Almirena aus »Rinaldo« HWV 7b)
Johann Christian Bach: Symphonie g-moll op. 6/6

Wiener KammerOrchester
Anja Mittermüller, mezzo-soprano
Johannes Beranek, moderation & conductor