Halberstadt
The young Princess Fedora Palinska attends a circus performance in St. Petersburg. The main attraction is the mysterious Mister X, who always appears wearing a black mask. Fedora, in any case, is in love with an unknown man, unaware that he is in fact that very mysterious equestrian artist. Through an intrigue by Prince Sergius, the union of the two seems doomed to fail, but in the end love triumphs over pride and jealousy. Alongside "The Csárdás Princess" and "Countess Mariza," this operetta is among Emmerich Kálmán's most popular works. Slavic color, Viennese lightness, and melancholic tones combine in a score that continues to enchant to this day — between waltz-like bliss and emotional depth.
Look forward to the first musical surprise package of the new year! We promise you: the Harz Symphony Orchestra, under the usual spirited baton of General Music Director Johannes Rieger, will once again spare you any good resolutions this time too and instead light a fireworks display of exquisite feel-good compositions by masterful composers.
Björn Diemel is a criminal defense lawyer. As such, he has his hands full with tough guys. Because this not only takes a toll on his work-life balance, but also on his relationship with his little daughter and his marriage, his wife sends him to a seminar with a mindfulness coach. And the smart lawyer makes a great effort to put what he has learned into practice. When his client, a dangerous mafia boss, gives him trouble, he simply kills him in strict accordance with the rules of mindfulness. A feast for actors and a killer of a good time.
Aram Khachaturian 1903 – 1978 Concert Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873 – 1943 Symphony No. 2 in E minor op. 27 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 – 1893 Overture to “Romeo and Juliet”
Paris, 1680. Men die. A stab to the heart, a robbery. The victims wear gold jewelry—unique pieces, created by a master. Cardillac. His talent is a curse. He works not out of artistic sensibility, but out of obsession. Every work is a part of his soul cast in gold. Every sale a loss. A small death. What remains is the greed for one’s own creation. An obsession that devours everything: love, reason, life. Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale “The Lady of Scuderi,” “Cardillac” unfolds to music performed live by the Harz Symphony Orchestra as a breathtaking contemporary dance piece—a hypnotic psychodrama about the dark side of devotion.
Commissioned work, world premiere by the Board of Trustees of Stadtkultur Halberstadt e.V. Camille Saint-Saëns 1835-1921 Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 Georges Bizet 1838-1875 Symphony in C major
Maurice Ravel 1875-1935 Ma mère l´oye; German: Mother Goose Alan Menken *1949 Beauty and the Beast - Film Music Suite
Richard Wagner 1813-1883 Good Friday Spell from “Parsifal” Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Emilie Mayer 1812-1883 Symphony No. 5 in F minor
A single shot is to decide the marriage of the huntsman’s assistant Max to his beloved Agathe. Afraid of failing, he is tempted by the shady Kaspar into making a pact with dark powers in the Wolf’s Glen: six sure-fire magic bullets for him, but with the seventh the devil may strike down any victim he chooses. Carl Maria von Weber’s "Der Freischütz," premiered in 1821, is the epitome of German Romanticism in music and, alongside Wagner’s "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg" and Beethoven’s "Fidelio," is regarded as the German national opera par excellence. No one before had made the intrusion of the supernatural and the uncanny sound so evocative. Few operas have yielded so many melodies that have entered the popular song repertoire as "Der Freischütz."
Version by Rosmarie Vogtenhuber-Freitag Based on the book: HEIMSUCHUNG Copyright © 2007 by Albrecht Knaus Verlag, a division of the Random House Publishing Group GmbH, Munich, Germany All rights reserved No matter what happens in the world, the grass in the garden keeps growing. On a meadow by a lake in Brandenburg stands a house. An architect built it. It was his home. People come and go in the house. Die. New ones arrive. Time changes, the house remains. People are married, driven out, engaged, betrayed, abandoned, cared for and wounded. The acclaimed novel by Booker Prize winner Jenny Erpenbeck tells one hundred years of German-German history, from the 1920s through the Nazi era, the GDR, the reunification, and up to the present day, through the story of a house on Lake Scharmützelsee. A search for home, an examination of memory and longing, culminating in the realization that everything is transient. A moving piece about all of us.
Musical by Frank Wildhorn Book and lyrics by Jack Murphy Orchestration and arrangements by Kim Scharnberg and Koen Schoots German by Kevin Schroeder Original production: Theater St. Gallen The young, ambitious sailor Edmond Dantès falls victim to a plot by envious people around him. Just before his promotion to captain, he loses not only his reputation and freedom, but also his great love to a rival. While he languishes in the notorious prison fortress Château d’If off the coast of Marseille, his enemies enjoy wealth and social recognition. But a fellow inmate reveals to him the way to a treasure, which Dantès uses for an elaborate revenge.
Sergei Prokofiev 1891-1953 Symphony No. 1 in D major op. 25, "Classical" Dmitri Shostakovich 1906-1975 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major op. 102 Igor Stravinsky 1882-1972 Pulcinella
In cooperation with the Saxony-Anhalt State Music Council e.V. and the city of Halberstadt, in collaboration with the German Orchestra Foundation, the Impuls Festival and the Curatorium for Urban Culture. Showcase of the jury-selected entries of the young composers' competition. Awarding of the Andreas Werckmeister Prize of the city of Halberstadt, the Prize of the German Orchestra Foundation, the Impuls Prize and the Prize of the Curatorium for Urban Culture.
