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8th Symphony Concert: Percussion Poetry - Classical Music at the Alte Oper - 2for1-Tickets
It's not easy to speak and play an instrument at the same time, it's easy to get stuck or out of rhythm. In jazz, musicians occasionally accompany individual passages with spoken vocals.
The percussion concerto entitled "Speaking Drums" takes the opposite approach. The drummer first speaks rhythmic syllables, then hands over the rhythm to his instrument, teaching it to speak, so to speak, until it finally speaks on its own. The starting point for the first two movements of the piece are three poems by Sándor Weöres, the third movement is inspired by a poem by Jayadeva. We can look forward to an unusual work by the Hungarian composer Peter Eötvös, who died only last year, and to Alexej Gerassimez, who will also be performing as a museum soloist in our other concert series during the 2025/26 season. Much has been interpreted into Gustav Mahler's Fifth. In contrast to its otherworldly predecessors, it is a "world symphony" oriented towards this world. After the "Wunderhorn" world had been lost, it attempts to "reshape the world from one's own self". What is undisputed about the Fifth is that, in contrast to the preceding symphonies with vocals, it can only be interpreted as a purely instrumental work in its own right. The Fifth achieved particular fame, indeed popularity, from 1970 onwards through Luchino Visconti's film adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice, where the contemplative Adagietto of the fourth movement was used to accompany psychological states and traumas. Incidentally, the percussionists in our orchestra can also shine in Mahler's Fifth, as the percussion certainly plays a leading role in the large orchestra.
Peter Eötvös: "Speaking Drums" - Four poems by Jayadeva and Sándor Weöres for solo percussion and orchestra
Mahler Gustav: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Photo: Nikolay Lund
The percussion concerto entitled "Speaking Drums" takes the opposite approach. The drummer first speaks rhythmic syllables, then hands over the rhythm to his instrument, teaching it to speak, so to speak, until it finally speaks on its own. The starting point for the first two movements of the piece are three poems by Sándor Weöres, the third movement is inspired by a poem by Jayadeva. We can look forward to an unusual work by the Hungarian composer Peter Eötvös, who died only last year, and to Alexej Gerassimez, who will also be performing as a museum soloist in our other concert series during the 2025/26 season. Much has been interpreted into Gustav Mahler's Fifth. In contrast to its otherworldly predecessors, it is a "world symphony" oriented towards this world. After the "Wunderhorn" world had been lost, it attempts to "reshape the world from one's own self". What is undisputed about the Fifth is that, in contrast to the preceding symphonies with vocals, it can only be interpreted as a purely instrumental work in its own right. The Fifth achieved particular fame, indeed popularity, from 1970 onwards through Luchino Visconti's film adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice, where the contemplative Adagietto of the fourth movement was used to accompany psychological states and traumas. Incidentally, the percussionists in our orchestra can also shine in Mahler's Fifth, as the percussion certainly plays a leading role in the large orchestra.
Peter Eötvös: "Speaking Drums" - Four poems by Jayadeva and Sándor Weöres for solo percussion and orchestra
Mahler Gustav: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Photo: Nikolay Lund
When:
19.4., 11 a.m. & 20.4., 8 p.m. (concert introduction with Ulrike Kieznle one hour before the start in the Great Hall)
Where:
Alte Oper, Großer Saal, Opernplatz 1, Frankfurt
Advantage and final price:
2for1: price category 1 = 71 €, price category 2 = 62 € (tickets subject to availability)
Terms of Use and Ticket Collection:
16-18.4., advance booking Alte Oper, Mon-Fri 10-18.30 & Sat 10-14, tickets subject to availability
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