The 5th Philharmonic Concert on February 3rd and 4th, will highlight a theme which is at the heart of life in Duisburg – water. For the second concert in the year of the European Capital of Culture, RUHR2010, which Duisburg is a part of, Jonathan Darlington has put together a concert with works by three European trotters. Hear the music director’s message.
Posted by JKL, 18 Jan 2010
Jonathan Darlington | Henze Project from Christoph Müller-Girod on Vimeo.
At the heart of the programme for the European Capital of Culture is the “Henze-Project”, dedicated to the contemporary composer Hans Werner Henze, a native of the Ruhrgebiet. Jonathan Darlington and the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra will kick off the symphonic programme of this yearlong festival with Henzes suite from the opera “The Bassarids”. Listen to Jonathan Darlingtons quick message about this programme, why this composer has been chosen, and why the “Bassarids” make for a good starting point for a journey into this great composer’s oeuvre.
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Just after today’s public dress rehearsal, guest soloist Wayne Marshall shared his first impressions of the Mercatorhalle’s new organ with Jonathan Darlington.The 3rd Philharmonic Concert with the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra tonight and tomorrow will consist of a triptych of French masterpieces for organ and orchestra by Poulenc, Ropartz , and Saint-Saëns .
posted py JKL, Nov 18, 2009
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Photo: Christoph Müller-Girod
Read Jonathan Darlington’s programme notes for the 3rd Philharmonic Concert with the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra – with Wayne Marshall and the Mercatorhalle concert hall’s new organ…