Verwandlung

Have you ever heard an orchestra improvise?

Then it's about time. For over 50 years, one of the most renowned young orchestras in North Rhine-Westphalia has been bringing together the most talented young musicians in the state - and bringing a breath of fresh air to the stage.

The evening begins in an unusual way: with a free orchestral improvisation - a rare moment in which music is created in the here and now.

The first half of the concert focuses on concentrated female power in classical music: Alma Mahler, Dora Pejačević and Malika Kishino show how powerful, diverse and groundbreaking female composers have shaped the sound of orchestral music - then and now.

Everything is characterized by "transformation" - by inner processes, change and new beginnings.

The program concludes with the next great transformation: Brahms' Symphony No. 1 - a monumental journey from doubt to liberation.

Program:

1. Improvisation
2. Malika Kishino - Butterfly Dream (world premiere)
3. Alma Mahler - Four Songs
4. Johannes Brahms - Symphony No.1

Conductor: Susanne Blumenthal

Mezzo-soprano: Elvira Bill

further information:https://lje-nrw.de/ensembles/landesjugendorchester-nrw/projekte/verwandlung