Name: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Igor Levit Alan Gilbert
Start: 2024-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Elbphilharmonie

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Elbphilharmonie & Laeiszhalle Hamburg

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NDR Sinfonieorchester

Direction d'orchestre

Alan Gilbert

Instrument

Pianist

Igor Levit

Piano

Chanteur

Michelle DeYoung

Soloist

Gerald Finley

NDR  Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Igor Levit / Alan Gilbert

Hambourg

Allemagne

Elbphilharmonie

Grosser Saal

Ndr Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Igor Levit / Alan Gilbert: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127 Bartók (+1 More)

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Concerto pour piano n° 3

Le Château de Barbe-Bleue

Simon Samuel

Valide

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Baroque Trumpetist

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Harper

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Musette de cour Player

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Tenor Violinist

Timpani

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Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

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Choeur

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Contre-ténor

Baryton-basse

Soprano

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Contralto

Baryton

Ténor

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

Continuo

Rôle muet

Rôle parlant

Voix d'enfant

Did Bartók save the best for last? Well, you can’t quite put it like that because in »Kosmos Bartók«, everything is equally brilliant and exciting. For many, however, Bartók’s third and final piano concerto – completed shortly before the composer’s death in 1945 – is the summation of his creative work. And the one-act opera »Bluebeard’s Castle« is also a special treat from the diverse oeuvre of the Hungarian composer, pianist and folk musicologist. Bringing this NDR festival to a close, star pianist Igor Levit now – with the Piano Concerto No. 3 – also brings his Bartók piano concerto cycle with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under chief conductor Alan Gilbert to a glorious conclusion. The work’s sleek, melodic and captivatingly beautiful opening sets the tone: »It has a wonderful inner balance, is full of humour, is completely accomplished,« said the American pianist György Sándor about the Third Piano Concerto.

In contrast to the first half of the concert, humour and simplicity are not necessarily the right words for describing Bartók’s 1911 opera »Bluebeard’s Castle«. In this Symbolist, Expressionist soul mystery for baritone, mezzo-soprano and orchestra, the composer served up his entire palette of musical colouration and characterisation.

The scene of the action is a sinister castle with secret chambers. Judith uses her charm to get her host, who lives alone in the castle, to open one locked door after another: first the torture chamber, then a weapons storehouse, a treasure room, a magical garden, a vast kingdom, the lake of tears – and finally the chamber containing his former wives. From each of the doors comes a beam of colourful light that further illuminates the darkness of the castle – depicted by Bartók using striking orchestral sounds. And the lady gradually breaks through Bluebeard’s closed, gloomy nature. Yet this opening to the new is also ultimately unsuccessful: »It shall now remain night forever,« sings Bluebeard after Judith is forced to follow his former wives into the chamber.

English

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Igor Levit / Alan Gilbert by Bartók, Du (2024/2024), Chef d'orchestre Alan Gilbert, Elbphilharmonie, Hambourg, Allemagne

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