Alte Oper Frankfurt

The ECHO Klassik award-winning Ensemble Spark brings together three icons of Western music: Johann Sebastian Bach as the forefather of classical art music, Luciano Berio as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century and the Beatles as titans of pop music.

As different as these three worlds of sound may seem at first, they are united by the spirit of the visionary, an expression of subtle sensuality and the flair of constant curiosity. And this is precisely the appeal for the members of Spark, who themselves enjoy constantly reinventing and questioning themselves. They move with great virtuosity between Bach counterpoint, well-known Beatles hits and Berio's avant-garde colors.

In doing so, they constantly open up new sounds and scenarios for themselves and their audience, combining the familiar with the unheard, expanding, explaining, contrasting and creating a lively dialogue between baroque and modern. In exciting sets and innovative collages, they show that there is a little bit of Bach everywhere, a little bit of Berio in the Beatles and vice versa - and that the spirit of Berio and the Beatles was already palpable in Bach.

Photo: Christian Palm

20.2., 8 p.m.

Alte Oper (Mozart Hall), Opernplatz 1, Frankfurt

2for1: price category 1 = €49.60, price category 2 = €42.60, price category 3 = €36.60, price category 4 = €26.60, subject to availability (tickets are only valid subject to availability!). After booking here at CITY CARD, please pick up your tickets as soon as possible at the Alte Oper Frankfurt box office from February 17)

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