Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

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Stiff breeze on the Elbe – sailor’s yarn until the beams bend!

Improvisational theater in the port of Hamburg, two feet above the Elbe: On a former cargo ship

Four storytellers spin the finest seaman's yarn and stage it for you in a maritime atmosphere

adventurous stories about life on the sea and around it. The sailors try

to outdo each other on stage. Following instructions from the audience, the

Actors your inspirations as hair-raising myths and legends come true. Unbelievable –

no lie!

Symphoniker Hamburg / Josef Špaček / Adam Hickox

Musical works that raise questions, reveal secrets and may not provide answers, but open the heart with their intensity. A concert programme that is not least about doubt and searching, but above all about the joy of being able to ask questions – this is what the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra presents in its last concert before Christmas.
The concert opens with Charles Ives’ visionary work »The Unanswered Question«, in which a lonely trumpet poses its questions to the room while strings and woodwinds lose themselves in different dimensions. A piece that has been regarded as a musical metaphor for the search for meaning since its creation. This is followed by Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade after Plato’s »Symposium«, a passionate musical exploration of the great ideas about love. The demanding solo part is performed by violinist Josef Špaček, a welcome guest with the symphony orchestra and celebrated for his flawless technique and expressive playing.

The concert concludes with Edward Elgar’s famous »Enigma Variations« – a work full of personal dedications, hidden messages and orchestral splendour. Between British humour and deeply felt introspection, the music unfolds, preserving its mysteries while touching the listener directly. Under their former principal conductor Jeffrey Tate, who died in 2017, the symphony orchestra regularly devoted itself to music from the United Kingdom – a tradition they are happy to continue today. British conductor Adam Hickox, who combines analytical clarity with passionate energy in his interpretations, makes his concert debut with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra with this multi-layered programme.

PERFORMERS

Symphoniker Hamburg orchestra

Josef Špaček violin

Adam Hickox conductor

PROGRAM

Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question

Leonard Bernstein
Serenade nach Platons »Symposion«

Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Symphoniker Hamburg / Lunch Concert

Classical music is seldom experienced in such a relaxed, informal way. The Symphoniker Hamburg’s lunch concerts make it possible: On a flying visit to Hamburg? A little time in your lunch break? Looking for an idea for a joint outing? Every one or two months, on a Tuesday lunchtime, you can just drop in at the Brahms Foyer of the Laeiszhalle. You don’t even need a ticket for the chamber music treats. Admission is free, but seating is limited. There is only a donation box at the exit – for those who enjoyed it.

The programmes are varied, with new insights into music history to be gained at each concert. Word has spread about the attractiveness of the half-hour concerts: Coming early ensures seats. The lunch concerts always begin at 12:30, but the doors at the main portal of the Laeiszhalle are already open from 11:30. Then the friendly staff of the Laeiszhalle catering will also be ready to sell light food and drinks.

PERFORMERS

Yiju Seo violin

Rafael Menges violoncello

Rafael da Cunha double bass

PROGRAM

Anton Albrechtsberger
Divertimento in F-Dur

Josef Myslivecek
Trio G-Dur

Michael Haydn
Divertimento C-Dur

Symphoniker Hamburg / Szymon Nehring / Aurel Dawidiuk

A fleeting moment of awakening: the bow touches the strings, the first notes ring out, the curtain rises, the fanfare of destiny sounds... On the third Sunday of Advent, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra invites you to a concert evening full of contrasts and emotions at the Laeiszhalle.

Mozart’s sparkling overture to »Le nozze di Figaro« opens the programme – a musical interplay of light and shadow, wit and drama. The second Mozart piece in the concert strikes a different note: his last piano concerto, No. 27 in B flat major, appears quiet and clear, with an almost supernatural transparency. It will be performed by Polish pianist Szymon Nehring, one of the outstanding pianists of his generation and a welcome guest with the symphony orchestra. The multiple prize winner of the renowned Arthur Rubinstein Competition brings the melodies to life with his refined sound culture and lyrical depth.

The second part of the evening belongs to the musical and emotional world of Peter I. Tchaikovsky. His Symphony No. 4 in F minor is a declaration of beauty despite inner turmoil – a dramatic work that oscillates between doubt and radiant certainty. It was written as a »symphony of fate« during a dark period in his life, marked by personal crises ranging from his unrequited love for a violinist to a sham marriage and a suicide attempt, for which the composer composed musical redemption as an echo. At the podium is Aurel Dawidiuk, born in 2000, one of the most exciting conductors of the younger generation, ‘a new star in the conducting firmament’ (Hamburger Abendblatt). With energy, precision and a sense of emotional depth, he leads the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra through a programme that acts as a mirror image of the soul: beauty that unfolds in movement, passion that takes shape – between elegance and eruptive force, between quiet intimacy and orchestral grandeur.

PERFORMERS

Symphoniker Hamburg orchestra

Szymon Nehring piano

Aurel Dawidiuk conductor

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture from »Le nozze di Figaro«, K. 492

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat major, KV 595

Piotr I. Tschaikowsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft - Theater 47

A lovingly arranged musical adventure in 11 scenes, suitable for ages 4 and up.
based on an idea by Peter Maffay, Gregor Rottschalk and Rolf Zuckowski
Directed by Uwe Ehlebracht - (Musik-Edition Discoton GmbH, Berlin)

Tabaluga, the little dragon, is sent on a journey by his father Tyrion to find reason. All the children are, of course, supposed to help.

They will encounter many strange companions such as the ant queen, the frog Abraxos, the giant Grykolos, the tree of life, the sea turtle Nessaja and many others who will show them what is truly important in life.

The well-known songs, such as "Ich möchte nie erwachsen sein" (I never want to grow up), which were conceived, designed and written by Peter Maffay, Rolf Zuckowski and Gregor von Radowitz, can be sung along to loudly.

"Theater 47" looks forward to welcoming all children, both big and small, and their companions.

Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft - Theater 47

A lovingly arranged musical adventure in 11 scenes, suitable for ages 4 and up.
based on an idea by Peter Maffay, Gregor Rottschalk and Rolf Zuckowski
Directed by Uwe Ehlebracht - (Musik-Edition Discoton GmbH, Berlin)

Tabaluga, the little dragon, is sent on a journey by his father Tyrion to find reason. All the children are, of course, supposed to help.

They will encounter many strange companions such as the ant queen, the frog Abraxos, the giant Grykolos, the tree of life, the sea turtle Nessaja and many others who will show them what is truly important in life.

The well-known songs, such as "I never want to grow up", which were conceived, designed and written by Peter Maffay, Rolf Zuckowski and Gregor von Radowitz, can be sung along to loudly.

"Theater 47" looks forward to welcoming all children, both big and small, and their companions.