Tribute to György Ligeti
Tribute to György Ligeti
Concert with the Ensemble Opera Nova
Music Direction
Hans-Peter Achberger
Ensemble Opera Nova
Ensemble Opera Nova
Six Bagatelles for wind quintet (1953)
Three Etudes for Piano: «Fanfares» (1985), «En Suspens» (1994), «Der Zauberlehrling» (1994)
Hamburg Concert for Horn solo and chamber orchestra with 2 basset horns and 4 obbligato natural horns (1998/1999)
- Intermission -
Fragment for chamber orchestra (1961)
«Continuum» (1968) and «Ungarian Rock» (1978) for harpsichord solo
Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes (1962)
The Studiobühne in the third underground floor of the Opera House can only be reached via 52 stair steps and is therefore not accessible for wheelchair users.
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Tribute to György Ligeti
Abstract
Tribute to György Ligeti
On the premiere of György Ligeti's opera Le Grand Macabre the Ensemble Opera Nova dedicates a concert to this important composer of the 20th century. Ligeti classics such as the polymetrically intricate piano tudes, the shimmering harpsichord piece Continuum, the Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet or the Late Horn Concerto will be heard. Ligeti's compositions sometimes go to extremes and go beyond the scope of the usual concert experience, as when 100 metronomes rattle loose in his cult piece Poème Symphonique...
Abstract
Tribute to György Ligeti
On the premiere of György Ligeti's opera Le Grand Macabre the Ensemble Opera Nova dedicates a concert to this important composer of the 20th century. Ligeti classics such as the polymetrically intricate piano tudes, the shimmering harpsichord piece Continuum, the Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet or the Late Horn Concerto will be heard. Ligeti's compositions sometimes go to extremes and go beyond the scope of the usual concert experience, as when 100 metronomes rattle loose in his cult piece Poème Symphonique...
Tribute to György Ligeti: «Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes»
Biography
Hans-Peter Achberger,
Hans-Peter Achberger
Hans-Peter Achberger studierte Schlagzeug und Dirigieren am Konservatorium Feldkirch und der Musikhochschule Zürich sowie Philosophie und Musikwissenschaften an den Universitäten Freiburg i.B. und Zürich. Seit 1995 ist er Solo-Schlagzeuger der Philharmonia Zürich. Als Dirigent, insbesondere der neueren Musik, führten ihn Konzertreisen bis nach Südamerika und Japan. Am Opernhaus dirigierte er zuletzt Gustav Mahlers Lied von der Erde in der Fassung von Arnold Schönberg. Zudem widmet er sich dort dem Wiederaufbau des Ensembles Opera Nova – zuletzt mit einem Abend zu Kompositionen von Iannis Xenakis (Ich will den Weg des grössten Unheils gehen).
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