Name: Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Jörg Widmann
Start: 2023-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Konzerthaus Berlin

Organization

Conductor

Jörg Widmann

Instrumentalist

Christa Schönfeldinger

Glass Harmonica

Orchestra

Konzerthausorchester Berlin

Konzerthaus Berlin

Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Jörg Widmann

Berlin

Germany

Großer Saal

Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Jörg Widmann: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 Mozart (+3 More)

Public

Adagio & Rondo for Glass Harmonica in C minor, KV 617

Armonica

Symphony No. 7

The Marriage of Figaro

Approved

Bass

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

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Soprano

Singer

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Countertenor

Contralto

Baritone

Tenor

Bass-baritone

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

When he last stood on the podium of the Konzerthausorchester in the fall of 2020, Jörg Widmann thrilled audiences with his energy and musicality. Performing then as conductor, composer and clarinet soloist, this time he has arrived without his clarinet to give the solo spotlight to a very rare instrument – the glass harmonica. On it, Christa Schönfeldinger plays Mozart, in whose time the ethereal-sounding “friction idiophone” was quite in demand in Europe’s concert halls. This boom lasted until about 1830. Widmann uses the exotic instrument in his orchestral work “Armonica”, in which it is not only featured, but also becomes the model for orchestral sound itself. The two works are framed by Mozart’s fast-paced overture to “The Marriage of Figaro” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, already a triumphant success when it premiered in 1812.

English

Als er im Herbst 2020 zuletzt am Pult des Konzerthausorchesters stand, begeisterte Jörg Widmann den Saal mit enormer Lebendigkeit und Musikalität. Damals als Dirigent, Komponist und Klarinettensolist präsent, kommt er dieses Mal ohne Klarinette, um stattdessen einem sehr seltenen Instrument den Solopart zu überlassen: Der Glasharmonika, auf der Solistin Christa Schönfeldinger Mozart spielt.

Zu dessen Zeit wurde das ätherisch klingende „Reibidiophon“ in Europas Konzertsälen begeistert gefeiert. Der Boom hielt allerdings nur bis etwa 1830 an. Als Komponist hat Widmann der Exotin mit „Armonica“ vor ein paar Jahren ein neues Stück geschaffen. Darin ist sie nicht nur selbst besetzt, sondern stellenweise auch Vorbild für den Orchesterklang.

Eingerahmt werden die beiden Werke mit Glasharmonika von Mozarts rasanter Ouvertüre zu „Figaros Hochzeit“ und Beethovens Sinfonie Nr. 7, die bereits bei ihrer Uraufführung 1812 ein ungeheurer Erfolg war.

Deutsch

Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Jörg Widmann by Mozart, Widmann, Beethoven, From (2023/2023), Conductor Jörg Widmann, Konzerthaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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