Artists
Program
John Bull
St. Thomas Wake
John Bull
The King's Hunt
John Bull
Corranto Battle
Edward Elgar
The Severn Suite Op. 87
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Out of Black Dust
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hänsel und Gretel
Arrangement for Brass Ensemble and Narrator by Hans-Joachim Drechsler

The brass ensemble of the Staatskapelle Berlin makes its Pierre Boulez Saal debut with a program spanning three centuries of music history. Sumptuous arrangements of harpsichord works by Renaissance composer John Bull are followed by Elgar’s colorful Severn Suite and Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Out of Black Dust, written in 2007. The concert’s second part is dedicated to Engelbert Humperdinck’s beloved fairy-tale opera Hänsel und Gretel, heard in an adaptation for brass and speaker, narrated in German.

Approximate running time: 2h with one intermission
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Pierre Boulez Saal
Französische Straße 33 D
10117 Berlin
Season 2022–2023,
LINDENBRASS
ELGAR, TURNAGE, HUMPERDINCK
Ensemble & Orchestra
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