7. Philharmonisches Konzert: Nature & Fate

In the organizer's words:

NATURE & FATE

Arvo Pärt (*1935)
"Fratres" (version for percussion and strings)

Daniel Michael Kaiser (*1976)
"White, Vanishing" (2022)

Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 5 in E minor op. 64 ("Symphony of Fate")

Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Timur Zangiev

Concert introduction at 10.15 am in the foyer

"Music must exist through itself. The mystery must be there, independent of any instrument. The highest value of music lies beyond its timbre."

Arvo Pärt 's 1977 work "Fratres" (Brothers) illustrates this view particularly vividly, as it exists for a wide variety of instrumentations. The version for strings and percussion of the piece was created in 1991, in which a mathematically constructed melody is played over a drone in fifths in an almost monotonous, yet seemingly soothing manner.

Eternal repetition goes well with eternal ice: "White, Vanishing" by Daniel Michael Kaiser is the result of a journey to the "northernmost village in the world", 1200 km from the North Pole. He interweaves the recordings made there in the snow and ice with the orchestral sound to create a fateful sound image of our fragile world.

Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky's world was also fragile. He was described by his nanny as a sensitive "porcelain child" and struggled with the feeling of being "different" throughout his life. In his Fifth Symphony, the so-called "fate theme" develops per aspera ad astra and gives expression to his desperate wish for a happy ending.

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