RIAS Kammerchor, Instrumentalist*innen der Jungen Deutschen Philharmonie, Gregor Meyer, GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher

According to Henze, his concerto Musen Siziliens, which premiered in 1966 as part of the Berliner Festwochen, was intended to “be fun” – both for the audience and the performers. Johannes Brahms must have been thinking on similar lines when experimenting with multiple permutations of “Viennese” three-four time in his Liebeslieder waltzes for voices and four-hand piano. The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin will perform both works at the Musikfest Berlin together with the piano duo GrauSchumacher who in the words of the Süddeutsche Zeitung have “perfected four-hand piano-playing”, accompanied by musicians of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie conducted by Gregor Meyer. As an atmospheric opener, Henze’s otherworldly, mysterious Notturno sets the tone.

Programme

Hans Werner Henze
Notturno, Serenade for Wind Instruments, Double Bass and Piano

Hans Werner Henze
Musen Siziliens, Concerto for mixed chorus, two pianos, wind instruments and timpani

Interval

Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder-Waltzes for voices and piano four-hands, op. 52