• Fri. 23.08.
  • 8.00 p.m.
  • Lübeck
    ·Musik- und Kongresshalle

Works by Bach and Schubert

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

Programme

    • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
    • Die Kunst der Fuge für Orchester BWV 1080, daraus: Contrapunctus I (Arr. by Maximilian Otto)
    • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Concerto for violin, strings and basso continuo No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041
    • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Die Kunst der Fuge für Orchester BWV 1080, daraus: Mirroring Contrapunctus (Arr. by Aziza Sadikova) for Orchestra
    • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Concerto for violin, strings and basso continuo No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
    • Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
    • Symphony No. 3 in D major D.200

Conductor

Omer Meir Wellber

Omer Meir Wellber is one of the leading conductors of opera and orchestral repertoire. He is Music Director at the Volksoper in Vienna, Music Director of the Teatro Massimo Palermo and Artistic Director of the Toscanini Festival. He is also a regular guest with renowned orchestras such as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Wiener Symphoniker, the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich.

Omer Meir Wellber’s long-standing collaboration with the Semperoper Dresden culminated in his position as Principal Guest Conductor from 2018 to 2022. Since 2010, he has been conducting new productions and re-recordings as well as symphony concerts with the Sächsische Staatskapelle. Highlights as Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic include concerts at the BBC Proms and the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival. Despite his many international engagements, Omer Meir Wellber still maintains close ties with ensembles in his native Israel, for example as Music Director of the Raanana Symphonette with whom he is particularly committed to music education and outreach. In addition, Wellber is also active as a writer and published his first novel ‘Die vier Ohnmachten des Chaim Birkner’ (The Four Faints of Chaim Birkner) in autumn 2019, also translated into Italian and French. He has already collaborated several times with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen in concerts and on joint tours.

Violin

Hilary Hahn

A three-time Grammy Award winner, she combines expressive musicality, artistic curiosity and technical skill with a diverse repertoire that she shares with the worldwide community. Hilary Hahn is a prolific recording artist whose recordings have won every international award. A staunch advocate of new music, she has also commissioned, premiered and recorded many contemporary works, including the Grammy award-winning Album ›In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores‹. This American violinist is currently Artist in Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at London’s Wigmore Hall.

This season, Hahn appears as soloist on concertos like Einojuhani Rautavaara’s ›Deux Sérénades‹ in its US premiere and many more. She also performs several solo recitals this season as well as the Bach repertoire.

Since the beginning of her career, Hilary Hahn has cultivated a strong relationship with her fans which, in addition to her social media activities and ›Bring Your Own Baby‹ concerts for parents with small children, also includes various educational initiatives. Hilary Hahn has received numerous awards and much recognition for her multifaceted commitment. In 2021 she was awarded the Herbert von Karajan Prize and in the same year gave the opening address at the annual ›Women in Classical Music Symposium‹. In 2023, she was named ›Artist of the Year‹ by Musical America. Hilary Hahn has a longstanding artistic friendship and collaboration with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.

Conductor

Omer Meir Wellber

Omer Meir Wellber is one of the leading conductors of opera and orchestral repertoire. He is Music Director at the Volksoper in Vienna, Music Director of the Teatro Massimo Palermo and Artistic Director of the Toscanini Festival. He is also a regular guest with renowned orchestras such as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Wiener Symphoniker, the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich.

Omer Meir Wellber’s long-standing collaboration with the Semperoper Dresden culminated in his position as Principal Guest Conductor from 2018 to 2022. Since 2010, he has been conducting new productions and re-recordings as well as symphony concerts with the Sächsische Staatskapelle. Highlights as Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic include concerts at the BBC Proms and the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival. Despite his many international engagements, Omer Meir Wellber still maintains close ties with ensembles in his native Israel, for example as Music Director of the Raanana Symphonette with whom he is particularly committed to music education and outreach. In addition, Wellber is also active as a writer and published his first novel ‘Die vier Ohnmachten des Chaim Birkner’ (The Four Faints of Chaim Birkner) in autumn 2019, also translated into Italian and French. He has already collaborated several times with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen in concerts and on joint tours.