End of semester concert summer semester 2025 Conductor: UMD Stefan Ottersbach Soloist: Ithay Khen
Conductor: Miriam Schulze More Details will be announced soon
Conductor: Elim Chan mezzo-soprano: Rihab Chaieb Ophelia, Hamlet's lover in Shakespeare's tragedy, goes mad after Hamlet's departure and drowns in a river under mysterious circumstances. Her fate inspired Mel Bonis to create masterpieces. This impressionistic piece with its dazzling harmonies, its delicate and cool beauty and its passionate moments is a paean to life, love and death. Mel Bonis' image of the biblical figure of Salomé is strongly oriental in colour. The entire piece thrives on changing atmospheres: slow syncopations are followed by light-footed glissandi, agonising and mysterious psalmody accompanies sensual passages, surprising tempo changes allow passion and destruction determine the musical form. The cycle comes to a close with this complex and passionate piece. With its original and elegant harmonies, its yearning rhythms, its sensuality and its oriental-coloured moments, this piece has all the characteristics of the great works of the composer's mature period. Mel Bonis creates the image of a powerful and seductive Cleopatra in her magnificent palace, utilising the unlimited possibilities of the large orchestra. She takes her time to bring the musical discourse to its emotional climaxes in a variety of ways. All of the pieces in the composition cycle are united by a basic musical ...
Mel Bonis' image of the biblical figure of Salomé has a strong oriental flavor. The entire piece thrives on changing atmospheres: slow syncopations are followed by light-footed glissandi, tormenting and mysterious psalmody accompanies sensual passages, surprising tempo changes allow passion and destruction to determine the musical form.
The work consists of three preludes of 4 minutes each, reminiscent of a shining star. The first prelude describes the end of the night, the song of the birds that begin to sing at dawn and the sunrise. singing at dawn and the rising of the sun. The second prelude emphasizes the gentle morning sun and the awakening of nature to the sun's rays. the sun's rays. The third prelude describes the sun at its zenith, the full light that accompanies it and man's joy at this star. The work ends with great energy and a radiant atmosphere. From the description of fue 10400
Yuri Kuroda: Violin Violoncello: Sarah Jacob The 12-minute sonata in three movements was composed in April 2020. It was commissioned by Florent Audibert. The first movement, lasting 4'30, consists of a melodic theme played by the cello and violin (bar 1 to bar 8). It is then developed in the form of five variations.
1. Adagio ma non troppo 2. Allegretto 3. Romanze 4. Allegro molto vivace
Musical direction: Christina Pluhar Luciana Mancini - mezzo-soprano Benedetta Mazzucato- mezzo-soprano Vicenzo Capezzuto- alto Celine Scheen- Soprano Doron Scherwin- Zinc Kinga Ujszaszi- Baroque violin Jesus Merino Ruiz- Baroque violin Diana Vinagre- Baroque cello Josep Maria Marti Duran- Theorbo & Baroque guitar David Mayoral- Percussions Leonardo Terrugi- double bass Dani Espasa- Harpsichord & Organ
