Inspiring ensemble and vocal performances
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The concert performance of Britten's chamber opera "The Rape of Lucretia" on May 27 and 28 in the Small Hall of the Elbphilharmonie was a celebrated success for the participating students under the direction of Ulrich Windfuhr
In his 1946 work, Britten uses the slender orchestral formation of 13 instruments for subtle color effects, for example in the dark unison of the horn and bassoon. This was, according to the Hamburger Abendblatt, "sensitively illuminated by the ensemble of the Hamburger Hochschule under the direction of Ulrich Windfuhr. In this chamber-musical fabric, there was plenty of room for the eight vocal solo parts, including one female and one male voice each in the role of the ancient choir."
"klassik-begeistert.de" - the only independent, journalistic classical music blog in the German-speaking world - also praised the collaboration between vocal students from the Lübeck University of Music and instrumentalists from the HfMT: "The musicians perform this work with the required tension, friction and precision. This applies both to the string section with its well-toned timbre and impressive brutality of expression and the winds with their lyrical, incredibly intense passages, as well as the harp with its strange, effective passages and the percussion with its onomatopoeic, almost cinematic effects."
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