Sinfonieorchester und Kammerchor der Universität Hamburg / Thomas Posth

Hector Berlioz’s »Symphonie fantastique« is a cult-like reverence for art and the emotional worlds of the artist. The unspeakable, complex emotions that can truly be expressed in their full depth only through music are explored in this work with intense breadth and depth in every direction.

The Symphony Orchestra of the University of Hamburg will perform this unique masterpiece of music history in the second part of the concert. In the first part, the Chamber Choir of the University of Hamburg will devote itself entirely to longing, affection, trust, and vulnerability – in short, to powerful emotions in their most artistically elevated forms – through fantastic works by Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and Caroline Shaw.

PERFORMERS

Kammerchor der Universität Hamburg chamber choir

Orchester der Universität Hamburg orchestra

Thomas Posth conductor

PROGRAM

Johannes Brahms
Fünf Gesänge für gemischten Chor a cappella op. 104

Gustav Mahler
Urlicht / aus: Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Die Stimme des Kindes

Caroline Shaw
And the Swallow

- Interval -

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique