Artist

Admin

Conductor

Kirill Petrenko

Bass

Andrea Mastroni

Tiresias

Singer

Tenor

Michael Spyres

Oedipus

Mezzo-soprano

Ekaterina Semenchuk

Jocasta

Bass-baritone

Derek Welton

Creon

The messenger

Spoken

Bibiana Beglau

The narrator

Orchestra

Berliner Philharmoniker

The Golden Twenties

Berlin

Germany

Berliner Philharmonie

Public

Oedipus Rex

Symphony No. 1 "Berliner Sinfonie"

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Kirill Petrenko brings the 1920s to life again with an early work by Kurt Weill. The influence of Liszt, Mahler and Strauss on Weill can be heard in his rarely performed Symphony in One Movement. The music is captivating, brash and brilliant, but also features delicate, chamber music-like passages. We also hear Stravinsky’s opera-oratorio Oedipus rex, composed in 1927 and set in ancient Greece. Its music is crystal-clear neoclassicism – how could it be otherwise?

English

The Golden Twenties by Stravinsky, Weill, From (2021/2021), Conductor Kirill Petrenko, Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

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