Symphoniker Hamburg / Jane Archibald / Szymon Nehring / Sylvain Cambreling

• Classical Music

»That was my first work played by an orchestra and my first contact with a large audience. I was 22 years old at the time,« reports Olivier Messiaen. Les offrandes oubliées (The Forgotten Offerings) was composed in 1930 and premiered on 19 February 1931 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées by the Orchestre des concerts Straram under the direction of its chief and namesake Walther Straram. The »symphonic meditation« (the subtitle) is based on linguistically tangible yet abstract ideas. The texts were written by Messiaen himself. The themes of the three verses (Cross – Sin – Eucharist) can be understood as situations of contemplation, descent and rapture and form the three sections of the work.

PERFORMERS

Symphoniker Hamburg orchestra

Jane Archibald soprano

Szymon Nehring piano

Sylvain Cambreling conductor

PROGRAM

Olivier Messiaen
Les offrandes oubliées

Vincenzo Bellini
Ouvertüre, Casta Diva und Cabaletta aus »Norma«

Olivier Messiaen
Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père

Olivier Messiaen
Prière du Christ montant vers son Père

Frédéric Chopin
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21