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Swiss musician (1923-2006)
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Just call me ‘Engel’
Chris’s Cache previews Lise Davidsen‘s concert with six sopranos singing the five Wesendonck Lieder , plus a tenor interloper (Jonas Kaufmann, of course), and a mezzo (Hanna Schwarz )
2023-09-17 15:59:00
Das Floß der Medusa, Komische Oper, 16 September 2023
Hangar 1, Tempelhof AirportImages: Jaro Suffner La Mort – Gloria Rehm Jean-Charles – Günter Papendell Charon – Idunnu Münch Four Dead – Takshiro Namiki, Taiki Miyashita, Yauci Yanes Ortega, Matthias Spenke, Fermin Basterra Thirteen Dying – Polly Ott, Agnes Dasch, Sarah Papodopoulo, Viola Weimker, Claudia Buhrmann, Orine Nosaki, Wiebke Kretzschmar, Martin Fehr, Christoph Eder, Hartmut Schröder, Martin Netter, Thomas Heiß, Werner Matusch Fourteen Surviving – Angela Postweiler, Uta Krause, Veronika Burger, Claudia van Hasselt, Julia Hebecker, Ulrike Jahn, Hans-Dierer Gilleßen, Michael Schaffrath, Matthias Eger, Laurin Oppermann, Philipp Schreyer, Simon Berg, Enrico Wenzel, Frank SchwemmerTobias Kratzer (director)Rainer Sellmaier (designs)Marguerite Donlon (choreography)Julia Jordà Stoppelhaar (dramaturgy)Lighting – Olaf FreeseSound design – Holger SchwarkChoir Soloists of the Komische Oper (director: David Cavelius)Movement Choir and Children’s Extras of the Komische OperVocalconsort BerlinStaats- und Domchor Berlin (director: Kai-Uew Jirka)Orchestra of the Komische Oper, BerlinTitus Engel (conductor)Henze’s Raft of the Medusa may lay claim to the most […]
2021-12-28 15:55:07
[…] the ending of the Thirty Years War, and perhaps there is a hint in its choice of text, the remarkable Old Testament prophecy of Herod's infanticide, here two altos (counter-tenor Alexander Chance and Nicholas Mulroy in high tenor mode) wove intense suspensions and dissonances over dark and sombre instruments (trombones and continuo). Wondrous and striking. After a further movement, the graceful Padouana from Schein's Banchetto Musicale, we finished the first half with Schütz's Siehe, es erschien der Engel SWV403, also from the 1650s. It sets the text of the angel's intervention sending the Holy Family to Egypt. This was for soprano (Miriam Allan), two violins and continuo but offsetting this with music for eight voices and ensemble. There some vivid contrasts, dazzling cornet writing, and lovely intimate moments for soprano and two violins. Dance and joy never seemed to be far away. For the second half we moved to Die Weihnachtshistorie written when Schütz was […]
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