Programme 2009 (PDF) - Beethovenfest Bonn

B e e t h o v e n f e s t B o n n 4. 9. – 3. 10. 2 0 0 9 In the LIght
thomas hengelbrock the 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Baroque
ray of hope
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T homas Hengelbrock’s career
is on the up. Since he wowed the
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hey are virtuosos on their instruments:
more than 30 years
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steIgenBerger
crowds at the Beethovenfest tanya Aspelmeier,
ago the 12 cello players of the
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2006 and at the Salzburg Festival gudrun Sidonie Otto,
Berliner Philharmoniker began
PetersBerg
with Mozart’s »Il Rè pastore«, Katja Stuber Soprano
making music with their own the 12 Cellists of the
the charismatic conductor has Delphine galou,
idiosyncratic combination of mu­ Berliner Philharmoniker
brought out new productions and Peter Kennel Alto
sical instruments. The result has Works by
re­recordings in the Festspiel­ hermann Oswald,
been an original string ensemble Johann Sebastian Bach,
haus Baden­Baden, at the Salz­ Julian Podger Tenor
and an exciting crossover. The Francis Poulenc, Boris Blacher,
burg Festival and at the Parisian Matjazˇ Robavs,
unique »Berlin 12«, which has gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel
Bastille Opera. He returns to the Marek Rzepka Bass
already been awarded the ECHO and Astor Piazzolla
Beethovenfest 2009 with his Balthasar­neumann­Chor
Klassik twice, has mastered an amongst others
Balthasar­Neumann­Ensemble Balthasar­neumann­ensemble extensive repertoire including ? 35
and ­Choir. On the 250th anniver­ thomas hengelbrock Conductor many arrangements and original Sponsored by the Kreissparkasse Köln
sary of George Frideric Handel’s george Frideric handel:
compositions. They captivate
and the LBS West.
death, the programme includes »Messiah« HWV 56
their audiences through the change
the »Messiah«, one of the grea­ Oratorio with words from the
from seriousness and humour,
test of all Baroque oratorios. Bible for solos, choir and
from profundity to light­hearted­
orchestra (original English
version, text compilation:
Charles Jennens)
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ness.
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