Brett Dean and the Karajan-Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker Brett Dean and the Karajan-Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Composer in Residence

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Info

Dream sequences, moonlight, melancholy – Composer in Residence Brett Dean and the Karajan-Akademie explore nocturnal worlds of sound and shadow: Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s late-Romantic String Sextet captures the shimmering spirit of the Belle Époque, while György Kurtág’s surreal piece ... quasi una fantasia ... appears as a distant echo of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. Dean contributes two works of his own: the evocative Dream Sequence and the dark Epitaph, a moving homage to five artist friends who have died. 

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Artists

Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
Brett Dean conductor
Annika Treutler piano

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Programme

Brett Dean
Dream Sequence

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
String Sextet in D major, op. 10

Interval

Brett Dean
Epitaphs for string quintet

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”: 1st Movement Adagio sostenuto

György Kurtág
...quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 No. 1

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Additional information

Duration ca. 2 hours and 30 minutes (incl. 20 minutes interval)