Gewandhausorchester, Daniele Gatti: Wagner, Strauss at Gewandhaus
About the Event
In Leipzig's beloved Gewandhaus, hear the Gewandhaus Orchestra under the baton of Daniele Gatti for a captivating performance of works by Wagner and Strauss.
Before Wagner and Strauss, Beethoven had already linked E‐flat major and the sound of horns with the heroic. But the musical heroic epics are also inherent in C minor tragedy and funeral march. Strauss' hero will be victorious. Wagner's hero, too, but he does not live to see his victory or the heroine‐like transfiguration of his deeds by Brünnhilde. Nor the funeral march through night and stage fog. Wagner lets it swell grandly into a triumphal procession.
Practical Information
Due to its history, the Gewandhaus Orchestra stands for civic engagement in a special way. With a view to the challenges of the present and the community‐building, inspiring and transformative potential of music, it has launched a democracy initiative in 2022. On pressing issues of justice, resources, media, institutions, education, identity, resilience and faith, public and cultural figures engage in dialogue with each other, with the audience and with musical performances.
'Resonance' is the motto above the musically inspired, culturally initiated discussion of basic values, understanding of democracy and social togetherness. We invite you to join in the discussion at round tables and to experimentally explore and musically experience political, sociological, acoustic and interpersonal facets of resonance in workshops and performances. Inspired by musical artworks, we open spaces for voices of the present and for ideas that strengthen the common good — in exchange between all those who want to help shape society.
