Classical Music
Symphoniker Hamburg / Tara Erraught / Szymon Nehring / Sylvain Cambreling
Sunday, 22/06/2025 / 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM / Laeiszhalle (Großer Saal)
»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
Tara Erraught 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
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