White Rose

Dresden, Festspielhaus Hellerau — Main Hall

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Fri 02 Jun 2023, 19:30

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About the Event

This programme recounts the fate of the resistance fighter Sophie Scholl, which is reflected on this evening by musical and visual means. »The White Rose Trilogy« by the American composer David Chesky is a contemporary exploration of the topic. In the second movement of the work, the recitation of the names of the member of the White Rose resistance group creates a reference to Arnold Schoenberg’s composition »A Survivor from Warsaw«. The photographer and violinist Barbara Luisi contributes another artistic component with her visual concept. Musically, the world premiere is implemented by the innovative American conductor Eric Jacobsen, the Dresdner Sinfoniker, also renowned for its experimental projects, and the Sächsisches Vocalensemble, a perennial audience favourite.

In cooperation with HELLERAU ‒ European Centre for the Arts, and kindly supported by the Foundation Art and Music for Dresden

Program

Bach, Johann Sebastian – Motet »Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir« BWV 228
Chesky, David – »The White Rose Trilogy«
Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitriyevich – Chamber Symphony Op. 110a (based on the String Quartet No. 8, arr. for String Orchestra by Rudolf Barschai)
Jacobsen, Colin – / Siamak Aghaei: »Ascending Bird«

Program is subject to change

Artists

Orchestra:	Dresdner Sinfoniker 1996. The first European symphony orchestra dedicated entirely to contemporary music is born. Originally, the two founders Sven Helbig and Markus Rindt had only wanted to start up a band. However, their search for interesting and new forms of expression resulted in a multicoloured mixture of jazz, today's orchestral music, exotic music, and moreover in having to ask the question just which 'band' could encompass all these areas of music.
Choir:	Sächsisches Vocalensemble The German chamber choir Sächsisches Vocalensemble was founded by Matthias Jung in 1996. The choirs main repertoire are the compositions by Heinrich Schütz and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Soloist:	Luisi, Barbara
Narrator:	Aschenbrenner, Luise
Conductor:	Jacobsen, Eric