Iveta Apkalna / Benjamin Appl / Martynas Levickis by Various, Erb 11 Ott 2023, Minn (2023/2023), Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany

AIR, WIND AND BREATH Vocals, accordion, organ - a line-up that sounds as unusual as it is unique. But as dissimilar as these three instruments may appear at first glance, they have one thing in common. All three absolutely need air to produce their sounds. When titular organist Iveta Apkalna, baritone and former Rising Star Benjamin Appl and Lithuanian Martynas Levickis come together on the accordion to kick off this year's organ series in the Great Hall, you can look forward to a more than exciting sound combination of breath, air and wind (as it is called with the organ) rejoice. The program of this evening draws a wide arc across different epochs, styles and facets of human existence. From a Sofia Gubaidulina's heartfelt praise of God to basic emotions such as fear and grief in the case of the baroque composer John Dowland to the origin of all music: folk music, which pervades the concert in a variety of ways.