Musica viva: Sir Simon Rattle
Purcell: Funeral Music | Haas: in vain
Programme
Henry Purcell
Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Georg Friedrich Haas
in vain
Performers
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Zoro Babel light design
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Concert video from March 6, 2021 | 01:13:46
Rehearsal impressions
How does it feel to sit on stage for several minutes in complete darkness and only feel while playing? We asked musicians of the BRSO about their experiences and wanted to know from music director Elisabeth Malzer how she deals with the problem of translating this darkness into images. Winrich Hopp, the artistic director of musica viva, has found a solution to this problem that has never existed before…
This has never been seen before: infrared cameras filming an orchestra on stage as it plays! Why is that? In the piece “in vain” by Georg Friedrich Haas there are two passages where the hall goes completely dark for several minutes and the musicians play by heart…
