Mass No. 1/Die Jakobsleiter Bruckner/Schönberg
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dresden, Germany

CONNECTION TO GOD

Ingo Metzmacher is one of the great explorers among conductors. He tirelessly explores new and little-known areas of the repertoire. His curiosity already characterised him during his time as General Music Director in Hamburg between 1997 and 2005. And this also characterises the vocal symphonic programme with which he returns to the podium of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in November. One day before his 67th birthday, Metzmacher conducts two rarely performed works by two jubilarians from the Romantic and modern eras with a round birthday in 2024 – and fills the stage in the Grand Hall with an opulent line-up that, alongside the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, includes the MDR-Rundfunkchor and nine vocal soloists.

PERFORMERS
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Solist:innen des NDR Vokalensembles

Lucy De Butts soprano

Sophia Körber soprano

Alexandra Hebart mezzo-soprano

MDR-Rundfunkchor

conductor Ingo Metzmacher

Solist:innen in »Messe Nr. 1«

Claire de Sévigné soprano

Avery Amereau alto

Toby Spence tenor

Michael Nagy baritone

Solist:innen in »Die Jakobsleiter«

Michael Nagy baritone

Brenden Gunnell tenor

Bernard Richter tenor

Jens Persson Hertzman baritone

Sean Michael Plumb baritone

Toby Spence tenor

Anne Schwanewilms soprano

Claire de Sévigné soprano