Concert

ACHT BRÜCKEN | Music for Cologne

„If the American song does need an evangelic, no one is more suitable than Thomas Hampson.” One will have to agree with the “Chicago Tribune” journalist: Hampson may be a celebrated operatic baritone, an expert on Mahler and all around one of the most important performers of the German romantic song. His greatest passion though, is considered to be American songs. For three days he will be promoting his passion – within the framework of a piano-song evening (May 2) and a master’s course the academy of music (May 1) and finally in concert with Munich’s philharmonic orchestra.

Thomas Hampson Baritone

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel Conductor

George Gershwin
Cuban Overture (1932)
for orchestra

Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings op. 11 (1938)

Ferde Grofé
The Painted Desert
from: Grand Canyon Suite (1929-1931)

Ferde Grofé
Cloudburst
from: Grand Canyon Suite (1929-1931)

Ferde Grofé
On the Trail
from: Grand Canyon Suite (1929-1931)

Steven Stucky
American Muse (1999)
for Bariton and orchestra

George Gershwin / Frank Campbell-Watson
An American in Paris (1928)
Tone Poem for Orchestra

On air (radio): Fr, May 18, 2012, 8.05pm , „WDR 3 Konzert“

supported by the “Kuratorium KölnMusik e.V.”, MusikTriennale Köln GmbH

Ticket Information: www.achtbruecken.de