A concert full of orchestral power and sonority: Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Gesangsszene from Sodom and Gomorrah – written in 1962/63 against the backdrop of the arms race between the superpowers – creates an apocalyptic vision of the end of the world.
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Kirill Petrenko performs the colossal work with baritone Christian Gerhaher, a regular and acclaimed guest of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Iannis Xenakisʼ Jonchaies and György Kurtág’s Stele are also expressive and dramatic, making full use of all the possibilities of an orchestra.
Plus, there is the world premiere of a new work by Martón Illés.
- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Kirill Petrenko - Conductor
- Christian Gerhaher - Baritone
Iannis Xenakis
Jonchaies for Orchestra
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Song Scene after Words from Sodom and Gomorrah by Jean Giraudoux
- Christian Gerhaher - Baritone
Márton Illés
Lég-szín-tér (world premiere)
Commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation, financed by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
György Kurtág
Stele for large orchestra op. 33
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Participating artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Christian Gerhaher
Kirill Petrenko
