BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:http://www.infomax-online.de/imxeventmanager/
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/Berlin
TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/Europe/Berlin
X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Berlin
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6a0c4e7ab88a7
LOCATION:Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, 20457 Hamburg
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Leonidas Kavakos / Matthias Pintscher
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Matthias Pintscher, newly appointed Music Director of the Kansas City=0D=0ASymphony and a renowned expert in 20th- and 21st-century music, has=0D=0Aput together a programme for his guest appearance with the NDR=0D=0AElbphilharmonie Orchestra that includes a birthday serenade and – in=0D=0Akeeping with the festival theme »End« – two very different works=0D=0Aof farewell to the world.=0D=0A=0D=0AWagner’s »Siegfried Idyll« is one of the most charming=0D=0Adeclarations of love in music history. The composer wrote it for the=0D=0A33rd birthday of his newlywed wife Cosima, who had just given birth to=0D=0Atheir son Siegfried. The proud father and husband dedicated the piece=0D=0Ato her with the words: »Tribschen Idyll with Fidi bird song and=0D=0Aorange sunrise, as a symphonic birthday greeting. Presented to his=0D=0ACosima by her Richard.«=0D=0A=0D=0A»It’s an absolutely incredible score,« raves Greek violinist=0D=0ALeonidas Kavakos about Karol Szymanowski’s Second Violin Concerto.=0D=0A»Millions of layers, millions of colours and incredible=0D=0Aimagination.« Unlike the better-known, dazzlingly expressive Violin=0D=0AConcerto No. 1, Szymanowski’s Concerto No. 2 for Violin and=0D=0AOrchestra is deeply inspired by Polish folk music. A friend recalled:=0D=0A»Karol would prick up his ears at the special moments, devour these=0D=0Astrange, primitive melodies and break them down into their elements.«=0D=0AIn his Second Violin Concerto – his final composition –=0D=0ASzymanowski reassembled these elements in a uniquely compelling way.=0D=0A=0D=0AOn 1 July 2026, the 100th birthday of Hans Werner Henze will be=0D=0Acommemorated – an occasion for the Hamburg International Music=0D=0AFestival to place special focus on the composer. Henze has often been=0D=0Adescribed as the last of the greats. His Seventh Symphony might even=0D=0Abe considered his »German« one. Classical in structure, the work=0D=0Areflects on the life and death of Friedrich Hölderlin: »The third=0D=0Amovement is a depiction of the suffering of the German poet Friedrich=0D=0AHölderlin in the mental asylum in Tübingen,« Henze wrote. »The=0D=0Afinal section sets Hölderlin’s poem ›Hälfte des Lebens‹ (Half=0D=0Aof Life) to music.«=0D=0A=0D=0APERFORMERS=0D=0A=0D=0ANDR ELBPHILHARMONIE ORCHESTER orchestra=0D=0A=0D=0ALEONIDAS KAVAKOS violin=0D=0A=0D=0AMATTHIAS PINTSCHER conductor=0D=0A=0D=0APROGRAM=0D=0A=0D=0ARICHARD WAGNER=0D=0ASiegfried Idyll in E major, WWV 103=0D=0A=0D=0AKAROL SZYMANOWSKI=0D=0AConcerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, Op. 61=0D=0A=0D=0A- Interval -=0D=0A=0D=0AHANS WERNER HENZE=0D=0ASymphony No. 7=0D=0A
URL;VALUE=URI:https://hamburgwhl.infomaxnet.de/standard_widget_en/en/e-ndr-elbphilharmonie-orchestra-leonidas-kavakos-matthias-pintscher?eventDateId=30228250&widgetToken=22vcqFKw4GE.&
CLASS:PUBLIC
DTSTART:20260521T200000
DTSTAMP:20260519T135018
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR