Laeiszhalle: m-Konzerte 2008/2009 With Stars and Subscriptions

Laeiszhalle: m-Konzerte 2008/2009 With Stars and Subscriptions

HAMBURG, Germany, April 1/PRNewswire/ -- The seventh season of the m-Konzerte of the Laeiszhalle - Musikhalle Hamburg presents seven subscriptions, countless concert highlights and international stars such as Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Ian Bostridge, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Fazil Say, Gabriela Montero, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Christoph Eschenbach. The climax of the season is a concert version of the "Threepenny Opera" with a top cast.

>>Nordic Concerts<<, developed within a cooperation of the most important North European concert halls, bring international orchestras to Hamburg - Philharmonia Orchestra with its new principal conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, or the Orchestre de Paris under Christoph Eschenbach.

The cycle >>Grosse Solisten<< has a strong baroque accent - Emmanuel Pahud, Jonathan Manson and Trevor Pinnock present works by J S Bach, Ian Bostridge and Northern Sinfonia present a Handel Programm and the italian Baroque specialists >>il Giardino Armonico<< accompany Bernarda Fink in her selection of Monteverdi cantatas. The legendary Hagen String Quartet follows close on the heels of the Alban Berg Quartett's 2007 success as guest string quartet in the Grosser Saal of the Laeiszhalle.

>>Small Hall - Great Music<< is the motto for a series featuring such charismatic duos as Patricia Kopatchinskaja/Fazil Say, Gautier Capuçon/Gabriela Montero, Håkan Hardenberger/Colin Currie performing exciting programmes in the Kleiner Saal of the Laeiszhalle.

For the first time the >>Rising Stars<< come to Hamburg, sent on an international tour on the strength of recommendations by the European Concert Hall Organisation.

Beyond the diverse subscription series there is the traditional spring concert of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and two further special events: Rolando Villazón devotes an evening to works of Handel, accompanied by the Gabrieli Consort & Players, directed by Paul McCreesh. The season ends with a concert performance of Kurt Weill's >>Threepenny Opera<< with a topnotch cast led by Ian Bostridge, Hannah Schwarz, Dorothea Röschmann and Angelika Kirchschlager.

All concerts are available as subscriptions except for these last three concerts. All subscription-holders have an added Elbphilharmonie-Bonus: When the programme for Hamburg's new concert hall is revealed, each and every subscription-holder will receive a personal subscription offer modelled on their own music preferences.

          For further information:     Press and Public Relations     HamburgMusik gGmbH - Elbphilharmonie und Laeiszhalle Betriebsgesellschaft     Henry C. Brinker, Head of Marketing and Communication     Tel: +49-40-357-666-50, Fax: +49-40-357-666-43     brinker@elbphilharmonie.de, http://www.elbphilharmonie.de  

Source: Laeiszhalle

For further information: Press and Public Relations, HamburgMusik gGmbH - Elbphilharmonie und Laeiszhalle Betriebsgesellschaft, Henry C. Brinker, Head of Marketing and Communication, Tel: +49-40-357-666-50, Fax: +49-40-357-666-43, brinker@elbphilharmonie.de

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