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Bonaparte - The Quiet Show

Saturday, 2/24/2024 at 8:00 PM

Bonaparte - The Quiet Show

Saturday, 2/24/2024
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Gewandhaus zu Leipzig (Mendelssohn-Saal)
Augustusplatz 8
04109 Leipzig

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Bonaparte mit Doppeltournee der Extreme - The QUIET & The RIOT Tour 2024

Was macht ein Chaot, wenn in der Welt das Chaos ausbricht? Er kommt zur Ruhe. Und was, wenn sich der Sturm dann legt? Dann geht er auf Doppel-Tournee – und verbindet beide Welten! Der Schweizer Kultmusiker Bonaparte gibt nach vier Jahren sein Bühnen-Comeback mit einer Tour der Extreme. Laut oder leise, schwitzig oder besinnlich, pogo oder flöten, die Supernova oder das Schwarzes Loch – the choice is yours: Auf der The QUIET & The RIOT Tour haben Fans die einmalige Möglichkeit, in zwei radikal unterschiedlichen Konzertformen die besinnlichste, oder die stürmischste Seite Bonapartes zu erleben.

In ehrwürdigen Stätten klassischer Musik geht es introvertiert, entschleunigt und auf der Suche nach Urhamonien zu. QUIET. Die ruhigen Bonaparte-Stücke bekommen einen neuen, ganz eigenen Raum im Oeuvre des Künstlers. Beispielhaft steht sein meistgehörter Hit Melody X, der auch aus der Netflix-Serie Dark bekannt ist und anlässlich der Tour neu inszeniert wird. Bespielt werden unter anderem der Berliner Pierre-Boulez-Saal, die Hamburger Laeiszhalle, der Stuttgarter Mozartsaal oder der Münchner Carl Orff Saal. Let’s travel inward together.

Auf der anderen Seite schlägt die Tour ins explosive Gegenteil um. In Rockclubs wie dem Festsaal Kreuzberg, dem Kölner Gloria, oder dem Leipziger Täubchenthal wird es maximal laut, schweißtreibend und extrovertiert. Wie in Bonapartes wohl ikonischstem Song Anti-Anti oder dem Kulthit Too Much wird hier dadaistisch und brutal absolut alles rausgehauen. Der maximale Tanzrausch, das Crowdsurfen, der Exzess – Let’s RIOT!

In beiden Formaten, ob Explosion oder Introspektion, werden neue Stücke und musikalische Arrangements präsentiert. Für Fans, die diese Dualität Bonapartes in all ihren Kontrasten erleben wollen, stehen Doppel-Tickets bereit. Aber auch für jedes einzelne der Konzerte gilt: You are hereby officially invited to come and celebrate the wonderful absurdity of life with us!

Einlass: 19.00 Uhr

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Concert introduction: 10:15 AM in Schumann-Eck

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Concert introduction: 10:15 a.m. at the Schumann Corner

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Concert Entry: 7:00 PM

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Concert introduction: 10:15 a.m. at the Schumann Corner

Concert introduction: 10:15 a.m. at the Schumann Corner

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From a completely different world comes Mozart's Piano Concerto KV 271. The musical originality, mastery of orchestration, and innovative energy break the conventions of his time, and Mozart already demonstrates in his last Salzburg concert the mastery that will characterize his piano concertos of the Viennese years. The icing on the cake: The grande dame of the piano, Elisabeth Leonskaja, interprets this musical milestone.

Concert introduction: 10:15 AM at Schumann-Eck

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Tupaia

WILLIAM WALTON
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra op. 68

EDWARD ELGAR (1857–1934)
Enigma Variations op. 36

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Julian Steckel - Cello
Tianyi Lu - Conductor

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Concert Introduction: 6:45 pm at Schumann-Eck

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Martin Suter & Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre

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An exciting new SILLY chapter has begun – "We look forward to seeing you!"

Concert doors open: 19:00 Uhr

Leipzig

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8:00 PM

MDR-SINFONIEORCHESTER
MDR-RUNDFUNKCHOR

Dennis Russell Davies | Conductor

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Concert introduction: 6:45 PM in Schumann-Eck

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- World Premiere -

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MDR Symphony Orchestra
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Constantin Trinks - Conductor

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Concert Introduction: 10:15 AM at Schumann-Eck

Concert Introduction: 10:15 AM at Schumann-Eck

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Programme will be announced later.

MDR Symphony Orchestra
MDR Children's Choir
Magyar Radio Symphony Orchestra (Hungarian Radio Children's Choir)
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Alexander Schmitt - Conductor

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11:00 AM

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 –1856)
Requiem for Mignon op. 98b

KURT SCHWERTSIK (born 1935)
Fioretti per San Francesco for Soloists, Mixed Choir, Organ, and Orchestra

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
Symphony in B-flat major Hob. I:102

MDR Symphony Orchestra
MDR Radio Choir
Christoph Prégardien - Tenor
Mirella Hagen - Soprano
Dennis Russell Davies - Conductor

A "powerful, yet delicate and cautious sonic panorama around Francis of Assisi's
poetically ecstatic praise of God" has been composed by Kurt Schwertsik with his Fioretti based on texts by, among others, Angelus Silesius,
Francis of Assisi, and Andreas Gryphius - a choral symphonic work that has been characterized as a "sum of the Austrian choral tradition between Haydn, Bruckner, and Franz Schmidt," subtly enhanced with more modern compositional achievements. We congratulate Schwertsik on his 90th birthday. Preceded by a rarity from Schumann's choral-symphonic oeuvre and another from Haydn's twelve late "London" symphonies, which Davies will record with the MDR Symphony Orchestra in preparation for the composer's grand anniversary in 2032.

Concert Introduction: 18:45 at Schumann-Eck

Concert Introduction: 18:45 at Schumann-Eck

Leipzig

4/6/2025
7:30 PM

ENNIO MORRICONE (1928–2020)
Compositions for orchestra and music for films such as "The Hateful Eight," "The Mission," and others.

MDR Symphony Orchestra
Frank Strobel - Conductor

Ennio Morricone is a legend of film music and has immortalized himself in the memories of cinephiles worldwide with scores for films like "Once Upon a Time in the West," "The Mission," or "The Hateful Eight." But beyond that, his creative range includes numerous works for the concert hall - for orchestra, choir, and chamber ensembles. Thanks to Frank Strobel and his team at the European Film Philharmonic, these compositions are now accessible. In this concert, we present the famous and the lesser-known side of a genius.

Concert introduction: 6:45 p.m. at Schumann-Eck

Concert introduction: 6:45 p.m. at Schumann-Eck

Leipzig

4/15/2025
7:30 PM

SERGEJ TANEJEW (1856 –1915)
“Johannes von Damaskus” Cantata Op. 1

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906 –1975)
The Execution of Stepan Rasin Op. 119 Symphonic Poem for Baritone, Choir, and Orchestra

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750) / LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565
Wake, awake, call us, the voice BWV 645

MDR Symphony Orchestra
MDR Radio Choir
Keri-Lynn Wilson - Conductor
Vitalij Kowaljow - Bass

Mendelssohn was not the only one who could bring Bach's works closer to the contemporary audience through his romanticizing orchestrations. The Halle native Robert Franz – pianist, composer, and university music director – was also interested in the music of the past. His arrangement of the cantata BWV 21 from 1868 exemplifies the creative engagement with Bach's musical language. Tanejew also showed great affinity for historical compositional styles, whose polyphonic artistry even earned admiration from his teacher Tchaikovsky. The little-known cantata here narrates in a compelling choral-symphonic movement the last hours of John of Damascus. In contrast, Shostakovich chose a very worldly theme for his cantata, which, in a historical manner, served as a parable for the brutal oppression of his time.

Concert Introduction: 10:15 AM in the Schumann Corner

Concert Introduction: 10:15 AM in the Schumann Corner

Leipzig

6/15/2025
11:00 AM

LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918–1991) Dances from "On the Town"

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898–1937) Porgy and Bess Suite for orchestra, arranged by Morton Gould

PHILIP GLASS (born 1937) "M"– Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 Composition commission of the Ruhr Piano Festival and MDR

MDR Symphony Orchestra Maki Namekawa - Piano Dennis Russell Davies - Conductor

With Bernstein, Gershwin, and Glass, three icons of American music, we enthusiastically conclude the concert season. Bernstein's first musical from 1944 is full of angular rhythms, jazzy harmonies, and blues-tinged melancholy – the dances are the musical essence. Prior to Bernstein, Gershwin had already chosen a revolutionary theme in his opera Porgy and Bess – it is about love and survival in a black-inhabited neighborhood – and also incorporated the music of his protagonists such as Spirituals, Blues, and Jazz into the composition. Morton Gould arranged this "American Folk Opera" for the concert hall. In 2023, the MDR Symphony Orchestra and Maki Namekawa successfully premiered Philip Glass's new piano concerto – now also to be experienced in Suhl and Leipzig.

Concert introduction: 10:15 am in the Schumann Corner

Concert introduction: 10:15 am in the Schumann Corner

Leipzig

6/29/2025
11:00 AM

Inka Bause - 40 Jahre Musik – Die Tour zum Jubiläum

INKA “40 Songs - 40 Years” - The Album and the Big Tour for the Anniversary

Inka Bause celebrates her 40th stage anniversary in 2025. A large part of the country knows her primarily from hosting "Bauer sucht Frau," but she already had her first TV appearances at the age of 15.

Now, a true milestone is approaching her:

INKA - the album and the big tour for the anniversary. For the first time, many of her old songs will be released digitally and played live.

The album "INKA" is a journey through 4 decades, old and new - through East and West, from teenager to adult woman. This sonic journey through her life is quite unique in the entire German market: two biographies, two careers. With this album, you will get to know the artist INKA in a whole new way. It is designed like a musical diary. In addition to the music, it is enriched with a lovingly and elaborately designed booklet - full of private pictures, memories, and personal stories about each song.

This very journey will continue for INKA on her tour in the autumn of 2025.

As the daughter of the most successful composer of the GDR, Arndt Bause, it was natural that INKA would also pursue a musical path. After many years of lessons in violin and piano as well as music theory, she studied singing at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin. She graduated in 1989 with an exam (now a Master's degree). During this time, she became the teen star of an entire generation.

INKA has received numerous awards and prizes, ranking high on hit parades in radio and TV. She is the only artist to receive the "Silver Bong" five times - as the winner of the East German counterpart to the ZDF hit parade. Here, she was the first East German artist to achieve 3rd place in 1990. This marked her entry into the entire German market. She is well-known among schlager enthusiasts, not least for her summer hit "Florian" (2001).

She is also increasingly making a name for herself as a host at ZDF, HR, and MDR. RTL has taken notice of her. Since 2005, she has hosted many formats for the channel. With the most successful format "Bauer sucht Frau," she will already celebrate her 20th anniversary in 2024.

However, she has never let go of music. In the meantime, she has founded her own record label at Universal/Electrola and produces her albums with her teams herself. For years, she has also written many of her lyrics herself.

Doors open at 6:00 PM.

Leipzig

11/21/2025
7:00 PM

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