When the power-hungry tyrant Dr. Cortex decides to ban live music across the globe and launch all instruments, orchestras, and sheet music into space, five extraterrestrial beings set out on a journey to save music.
The staged concert “Intergalactic Highway” takes the audience on an exciting space mission. The Dianto Reed Quintet, a young, enthusiastic woodwind quintet, plays both old classical music by composers such as Jean Sibelius, Antonio Vivaldi, and Robert Schumann, as well as new pieces. The musicians want to be free to choose their own repertoire—something they also realize on their journey. Can they use the power of music to change the tyrant’s mind?
»Twinkle Concerts« is the series of children’s concerts at the Elbphilharmonie that brings the most successful productions from all over Europe to Hamburg. At times funny and playful, at others thoughtful and reflective, the series introduces children to the world of music in a special and unique way. In addition, the popular Elfi Baby Concerts for expectant mothers and parents with babies up to one year of age continue to take place at the Elbphilharmonie and in many Hamburg districts.
PERFORMERS
Dianto Reed Quintet ensemble
María González Bullón oboe
María Luisa Olmos Ros clarinet
Erik Steven Rojas Toapanta bass clarinet
María Losada Burgo bassoon
Ovidi Martí Garasa saxophone
Johanna Paliege narrator
Marrit Van Der Burgtt costume design
Julian Maiwald lights, set, props
Tanguy Carrée video, assistant director
Benjamin Prins concept, direction
PROGRAM
A space mission in the name of music
