Status: 14.05.2021 12:55 p.m.
Bloody water, frogs, hail and impenetrable darkness: Thomas Hengelbrock presents Handel’s “Israel in Egypt” in the Elbphilharmonie as part of the Hamburg International Music Festival.
With its splendid musical language, the oratorio “Israel in Egypt” by Georg Friedrich Händel is overwhelming not only with its orchestral sophistication, but above all with the vivid and gripping choirs.
Thomas Hengelbrock and the Balthasar Neumann Choir and the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble interpret this work with their uncompromising exploration of all facets, and thus create an exciting thriller on the concert stage.
“Israel in Egypt”: Handel’s most avant-garde work
Thomas Hengelbrock calls it “Handel’s most avant-garde work”: the oratorio “Israel in Egypt”. So it is made for Hengelbrock and the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble and Choir, who always uncompromisingly sound out all textual and musical facets of a work.
Exciting crime thriller with excellent vocal soloists
Whether bloody water, jumping frogs, impenetrable darkness or hymnal praise to God: the musicians bring every musical detail to life in intense colors. Thanks also to excellent vocal soloists, the story, musically ingeniously illustrated by Handel, is transformed into an exciting thriller on the concert stage.
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NDR Culture | 16.05.2021 | 20:00
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