Name: Sir Simon Rattle: Szymanowski and Brahms
Start: 2023-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Usher Hall

Organization

Conductor

Simon Rattle

Chorus master

Aidan Oliver

Singer

Soprano

Iwona Sobotka

Baritone

Florian Boesch

soprano

Contralto

Hanna Hipp

Alto

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Others

Edinburgh Festival Chorus

Sir Simon Rattle: Szymanowski and Brahms

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Edinburgh International Festival

Usher Hall

Edinburgh International Festival: Szymanowski & Brahms: Stabat Mater Szymanowski (+1 More)

Public

Private

Stabat Mater, Op.53

A German Requiem

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Bass

Mezzo-soprano

Tenor

Countertenor

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

In one of Sir Simon Rattle’s farewell performances as Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, two very different choral works take centre stage. First, the Stabat Mater by Karol Szymanowski spotlights the Polish composer’s fantastical musical imagination, influenced by the cultures of the Mediterranean, north Africa and ancient Greece. His Stabat Mater is exotic and sensual, while also reflecting his own profound faith. Alongside the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Iwona Sobotka (soprano), Hanna Hipp (alto) and Florian Boesch (baritone) carry the challenging solos.

Johannes Brahms’s uplifting Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) is just as unconventional. Instead of setting the traditional Latin Requiem, Brahms chose Lutheran German texts that offer a consoling outlook on mourning. This was one of his breakthrough works, inspired by the deaths of his mother and, earlier, his mentor, Robert Schumann. In this music, sorrow meets serenity and offers us a promise of healing.

English

Sir Simon Rattle: Szymanowski and Brahms by Szymanowski, Brahms, Céa 16 Lúna 2023, Ó (2023/2023), Seoltóir Simon Rattle, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid