Bock auf Klassik?! - Klassik und Kölsch

In the mood for classical music? Then come to the Kölner Philharmonie when the Gürzenich Orchestra celebrates the end of the semester together with the students of our city. Under the motto "Concert & Kölsch", you can look forward to an evening with top-class artists in a relaxed atmosphere. After the concert, Leon Weber aka LCAW and Gürzenich Orchestra percussionist Uwe Mattes invite you to a performance of Steve Reich's "Six Pianos" in an adaptation for live electronics with marimba. Free drink included!

About the program:
Impressive stuff, you simply have to experience it live: In his piece Helix , Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen drives the orchestra into a breathtaking maelstrom of speed and intensity. With Jean Sibelius, on the other hand, you can literally hear the grass grow. His Symphony No. 2 is a case in point: a living musical being gradually unfolds from three notes, like a sounding organism. Conductor Tarmo Peltokoski knows how music from his homeland should sound. And piano star Jan Lisiecki undertakes a pianistic rollercoaster ride in Grieg's demanding piano concerto.

"Fancy some classical music?"
Concert and Kölsch beer

EKSTASE
Mon 15.04.24 8 pm
Kölner Philharmonie

Sergei Prokofiev
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
No. 3 in C major op. 26
1917-21
Richard Wagner
Prelude and Liebestod
from Tristan und Isolde WWV 90
1859/63
Alexander Scriabin
Le Poème de l'Extase
1905-08

Benjamin Grosvenor Piano

Elim Chan Conductor and moderator

LCAW DJ and electronics

Gürzenich String Quartet

After-Hour with LCAW DJ + live electronics

8 € for young adults

https://www.guerzenich-orchester.de/de/programm/bock-auf-klassik/1162