Name: Eternal Music
Start: 2019-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Konzerthaus Dortmund

Organization

Conductor

Teodor Currentzis

Soprano

Nadezhda Pavlova

Contralto

Wiebke Lehmkuhl

Alto

Baritone

Dimitris Tiliakos

Others

musicAeterna Choir

Orchestra

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Eternal Music

Dortmund

Germany

Konzerthaus Dortmund

Moscow

Russia

Zaryadye Hall

Public

Private

Concert

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Tenor

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Continuo

This programme features three works, each a meditation on loss, repose for those who have passed, and the power of music to console in times of deep personal anguish. Written in 1869, the Alt Rhapsodie of Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) is a setting of excerpts from Goethe's poem, An Autumn Journey in the Harz Mountains, for alto, male chorus, and orchestra.

Madame Press died last week at ninety, by American composer Morton Feldman (1926 – 1987), is a delicate reflection by the composer on the death of his childhood piano teacher, Vera Maurina-Press. Touching in its simplicity, the motive of a falling third occurs 90 times, once for each year in the life of Madame Press. This piece is scored for a 12-member ensemble of chimes, celeste, cello, double bass, flute, horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba, and was composed in 1970.

The programme concludes with Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45 of Johannes Brahms, composed between 1865 and 1868. With the omission of violins in the first movement, the programme continues in the beautiful, lower sonority of the two previous works. Differing from the requiem texts of the catholic liturgy, which begins with prayers for the deceased, Ein deutsches Requiem speaks to the living, those who are mourning: "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted." (Selig sind, die da Leid tragen.)

Soprano Nadezhda Pavlova, alto Wiebke Lehmkuhl and baritone Dimitris Tiliakos join the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for this programme.

English

Eternal Music by Various, From (2019/2019), Conductor Teodor Currentzis, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues