Season Opening Concert: Christian Thielemann & Staatskapelle Dresden

Synopsis

Hanns Eisler believed that “if you wish to possess the future you must first conquer the past”. And so it is with his “Ernste Gesänge” (Serious Songs), which are not only concerned with memory, but also with the hope of future happiness. 50 years after the Dresden premiere, Christian Thielemann and Thomas Hampson perform this final work by Eisler at the Season Opening Concert 2013/2014 of the Staatskapelle Dresden. Not untypically for Bruckner, his Fifth Symphony is a confrontation with the past, in this case resulting in a “polyphonal masterpiece”. —– PROGRAM: Hans Eisler: Ernste Gesänge for Baritone and String Orchestra / Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105

Additional Info

• No: A055501680000
• Composer: Eisler, Bruckner
• Conductor: Christian Thielemann
• Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden
• Artists: Thomas Hampson
• Production year: 2013
• Run time: 01:48:00
• Director: Henning Kasten
• Producers: A production of UNITEL in cooperation with Semperoper Dresden and CLASSICA
• Format: HDTV 16:9