12.03.2019

WERNER GÜRA sings Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Bach in March

The sought-after tenor Werner Güra continues his concert activities in March, starting with a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in Munich. Like all concerts presented by MünchenMusik during the 2018/2019 season, this is dedicated to the memory of the conductor Enoch zu Guttenberg, who passed away last June and had been originally scheduled to lead this performance. It will be conducted by Roberto Abbado, with whom Werner Güra already sang the Ninth Symphony last July during the final performance of the Herrenchiemsee Festival, to great acclaim.


Cast

Susanne Bernhard, soprano
Annely Peebo, mezzo-soprano
Werner Güra, tenor
Shenyang, baritone

KlangVerwaltung Orchestra
KlangVerwaltung Chorus
Conductor: Roberto Abbado


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Die erste Walpurgisnacht by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy is featured in the concerts by the Collegium Vocale Ghent and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Brussels and Antwerp, conducted by David Afkham.


Programme

Franz Liszt: Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust, S. 110
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15, K. 450
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60


Cast

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Sophie Harmsen, mezzosoprano
Werner Güra, tenor
Johannes Weisser, baritone
Tareq Nazmi, bass
 
Collegium Vocale Gent
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Conductor: David Afkham


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At the end of March, there is an advance glimpse of Easter, as concert performances of J. S. Bach’s St. John Passion take Werner Güra to Brescia, Munich and Berlin. Justin Doyle conducts the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the RIAS Chamber Chorus and a high-carat ensemble of soloists.


Cast

Elizsabeth Watts, soprano
Benno Schachtner, altus
Werner Güra, tenor (Evangelist)
Raphael Höhn, tenor (arias)
Dominik Köninger, bass (Christus)
Matthias Winckhler, bass (arias)

RIAS Kammerchor

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Conductor: Justin Doyle