In this concert, which concludes Kent Nagano’s ten-year tenure as General Music Director, two essential strands of his concert dramaturgy for Hamburg come together. On the one hand the reference back to tradition, and the Hamburg-based composer Johannes Brahms to be precise, whose four symphonies have been performed by the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra both in its Hamburg concerts and on tour in recent years. And then sounds of the present day, in the form of pioneering world premieres. A brief review conjures up performances of Widmann’s ARCHE, Dusapin’s »Waves«, and Shepherd’s »On a Clear Day«, to name just a few outstanding new works. This concert – a crowning finale and farewell at the same time – sees the premiere of a new symphony by the young Argentinian composer Alex Nante, in his inimitably dreamlike, spiritual sound language.
PERFORMERS
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg orchestra
Audi Jugendchorakademie choir
Mojca Erdmann soprano
Evan Hughes baritone
Olivier Latry organ
Kent Nagano conductor
PROGRAM
Alex Nante
Sinfonie für Sopran, Bariton, Chor, Orgel und Orchester »Anahata« (Uraufführung)
- Interval -
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
