Youth Concert: Storm Whispers

A concert lecture performance by the youth advisory board of the Konzerthaus Berlin

from 13 years

Synergia Piano Trio

Juan-Esteban Rendón violin

‍Camilo Chaparro violoncello

‍Maria Shykyrinska Piano

‍Anny Yang Piano

‍Tigran Mirzoian percussion

‍Linda Kokkores text

‍Tillmann Triest dramaturgy

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Sofia GubaidulinaTen Preludes for Solo Cello (excerpts)

‍John Psathas“One Study One Summary” for marimba, junk percussion and audio playback

‍Ludwig van Beethoven1st movement (Largo – Allegro) from the Sonata in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 (“The Tempest”)

‍Astor Piazzolla“Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas” (The Four Seasons), arranged for piano trio by José Bragato (excerpts)

‍Philip Glass“Opening” from “Glassworks”, arranged for marimba by Tigran Mirzoian

‍Harold Arlen“Over the Rainbow,” adapted by Federico Kurtz de Griñó

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The sun stings, the air shimmers, the earth breathes heavily. A warm breeze blows, a single leaf falls from a branch. Then silence. The calm before the storm?

In their concert-lecture performance, the members of the Youth Advisory Board explore the fragile moment just before a summer thunderstorm. Alternating between music and dialogue, they explore the fleeting nature of the moment, which threatens to quickly change in the oppressive humidity. A downpour, thunder, and wind that stir everything up. And on the horizon?

With a shimmering cello by Sofia Gubaidulina, John Psatha's swirling and crashing percussion, the fiery rhythms of Astor Piazzolla and other music, the Youth Council invites you to encounter the forces of nature, to pause for just a breath and listen carefully.

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