8 concert with Barbara Hannigan
“Late Night” concert with Simon Rattle and Barbara Hannigan
Numerous times the enchanting soprano Barbara Hannigan together with Simon Rattle has presented musical discoveries that are impressive for both their modernity and their intense sensuality. This Late Night concert consists of the song cycle Quatre Chants pour franchir le seuil by Gérard Grisey, a fragile, atmospheric music full of unworldly melancholy.
10 Dec 2016Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon RattleBarbara Hannigan
Gérard Grisey
Quatre Chants pour franchir le seuil for soprano and 15 instrumentsBarbara Hannigan Soprano
Krystian Zimerman plays Brahms
Krystian Zimerman is someone who looks for the truth behind the notes with a ruthless unwillingness to compromise – which is why all of his recordings are a precious rarity. Here, we present his performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 from June 2015. The performance with Sir Simon Rattle is as multifaceted as Brahms’s work: floating poetically, spirited and forceful, but always infused with the dark introspection of late Romanticism.
25 Jun 2015Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon RattleBarbara Hannigan, Krystian Zimerman
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 80 in D minorUnsuk Chin
Le Silence des Sirènes for soprano and orchestra (German première)Barbara Hannigan Soprano
Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D minor, op. 15Krystian Zimerman Piano
- free
Interview
Unsuk Chin and Barbara Hannigan about “Le Silence des Sirènes”
Barbara Hannigan and Simon Rattle with “Façade” by William Walton
What a programme Sir Simon Rattle and soprano Barbara Hannigan assembled for this Late Night: naughty, sophisticated, sexy and subversive – and also very British. William Walton’s 1923 “entertainment” Façade brought him overnight the reputation – deservedly – of an enfant terrible of modern English music.
12 Jun 2015
Late Night at the PhilharmonieMembers of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon RattleBarbara Hannigan
Kurt Weill
“Youkali” · “Je ne t’aime pas” · “Lost in the Stars”William Walton
Façade for reciter and six instruments- free
Interview
Barbara Hannigan about Kurt Weill and William Walton
Andris Nelsons and Barbara Hannigan
In addition to the German repertoire, the Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons’s favourite compositions include works from north-east Europe. This preference is also reflected in Nelsons’s concert from December 2013 with Brahms’s Fourth Symphony, and two wistfully sensuous contemporary works by the Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks and the Danish-born Hans Abrahamsen. The soloist is the soprano Barbara Hannigan.
21 Dec 2013Berliner Philharmoniker
Andris NelsonsPēteris Vasks
Cantabile for stringsHans Abrahamsen
Let me tell you for soprano and orchestra (première)Barbara Hannigan Soprano
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98- free
Interview
Barbara Hannigan in conversation with Hans Abrahamsen and Paul Griffiths
Simon Rattle conducts Schumann and Dutilleux
Hopeful enthusiasm and flashes of disturbance and depression: the fusion of these contradictory states characterise Robert Schumann, not only as a man but also as a composer. They are also evident in both his “Rhenish” Symphony and the overture to the opera Genoveva which Simon Rattle conducts in this concert. Plus, soloist Barbara Hannigan sings Henri Dutilleux’s mystical, filigree song cycle Correspondances.
16 Feb 2013Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon RattleBarbara Hannigan
Robert Schumann
Genoveva, op. 81: OvertureHenri Dutilleux
Correspondances for soprano and orchestraBarbara Hannigan Soprano
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 97 “Rhenish”- free
Interview
Barbara Hannigan on her work with Henri Dutilleux
“Late Night” concert with Simon Rattle and Barbara Hannigan
Barbara Hannigan has endeared herself to Berlin audiences on many occasions with her stunning voice, stage presence and taste for bizarre humour. These qualities also come to bear in this Late Night concert with Simon Rattle, in which, among other things, she performs William Walton’s experimental and whimsical Façade in which we see Sir Simon in a very unusual role.
15 Dec 2012
Late Night at the PhilharmonieMembers of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon RattleBarbara Hannigan
Paul Hindemith
Kammermusik (Chamber music) No. 1, op. 24 no. 1Hans Werner Henze
Being Beauteous, cantata for coloratura soprano, harp and 4 cellosBarbara Hannigan Soprano
William Walton
Façade for reciter and six instruments: ExcerptsBarbara Hannigan Speaker
Boulez meets Stravinsky
Pierre Boulez has set standards with his performances of the music of Stravinsky. In this concert from 2010, he pays double homage to his older colleague: firstly as the conductor of Stravinsky’s fairytale opera Le Rossignol, and secondly with his own composition ... explosante fixe ..., which he wrote in memory of Stravinsky. The evening’s soloists include flautist Emmanuel Pahud and the soprano Barbara Hannigan.
18 Sep 2010Berliner Philharmoniker
Pierre BoulezEmmanuel Pahud, Barbara Hannigan
Pierre Boulez
... explosante-fixe ... for flute with live-electronics, two flutes and ensembleEmmanuel Pahud Flute, Marion Ralincourt Flute, Sophie Cherrier Flute, Mitglieder des IRCAM Paris Sound Direction
Igor Stravinsky
Le Rossignol (The Nightingale) (concert performance)Barbara Hannigan Soprano (Nightingale), Stephanie Weiss Mezzo-Soprano (Cook), Julia Faylenbogen Mezzo-Soprano (Death), Edgaras Montvidas Tenor (Fisherman), Roman Trekel Baritone (Emperor of China), Georg Zeppenfeld Bass (Chamberlain), Peter Rose Bass (Bonze), Jan Remmers Tenor (Japanese Ambassador), Wolfram Teßmer Baritone (Japanese Ambassador), Rundfunkchor Berlin (Tenants), Simon Halsey Chorus Master
- free
Interview
Pierre Boulez in conversation with Emmanuel Pahud
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Mitsuko Uchida and Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle’s performance of the complete piano concertos of Beethoven was a highlight of the 2009/2010 season. The soloist was Mitsuko Uchida: a “queen of her instrument” (The New York Times) who has been charming Berliner Philharmoniker audiences since 1984 with her at once sensitive and sinewy tone. To start off the cycle, the First Piano Concerto was framed by two works by Ligeti and Jean Sibelius’ First Symphony.
04 Feb 2010Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon RattleMitsuko Uchida, Barbara Hannigan
György Ligeti
AtmosphèresLudwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in C major, op. 15Mitsuko Uchida Piano
György Ligeti
Mysteries of the Macabre (version for coloratura soprano and orchestra)Barbara Hannigan Soprano
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, op. 39- free
Interview
Mitsuko Uchida in conversation with Gerhard Forck
