Program
Katia Tchemberdji (b. 1960)
Nur zu weinen und zu singen…
Oratorio for orchestra, mixed choir and tenor solo set to the poems by Joseph Brodsky (2023). WORLD PREMIERE
I. Death alone gathers us
II. Clouds float over the grove
III. We want to be playing tag on the green
IV. But tell me, soul, what was the look of life
V. We won’t go up the hill anymore
Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Der Ring Ohne Worte | The Ring Without Words
Symphonic suite based on the opera tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung by Lorin Maazel (1987)
I. Das Rheingold |The Rhinegold
II. Die Walküre | The Valkyrie
III. Siegfried
IV. Götterdämmerung | The Twilight of the Gods
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Details
The full Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung in 70 minutes: the musicAeterna Orchestra, conducted by Teodor Currentzis, will perform the symphonic suite The Ring Without Words, which was compiled in 1987 by conductor Lorin Maazel. Together with this composition, the world premiere of the oratorio by the modern Russian-German composer Katia Tchemberdji set to the poems of Joseph Brodsky Nur zu weinen und zu singen (Only to Cry and Sing) will take place in Saint Petersburg.