In the organizer's words:

Guest in Lübeck: Ryan Bancroft returns to the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester on June 12 with Elgar's "Enigma", Schumann and Hillborg. Four horn players from the orchestra's own ranks form the solo ensemble.

Introductory event at 6.30 pm

Ryan Bancroft Conductor
Jens Plücker Horn
Amanda Kleinbart Horn
Edouard Cambreling Horn
Tobias Heimann Horn
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

ANDERS HILLBORG
Sound Atlas
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Concert Piece in F major op. 86 for four horns and orchestra
EDWARD ELGAR
Enigma Variations op. 36

From Stockholm to Hamburg: Bancroft conducts Hillborg
For his return to the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the American conductor Ryan Bancroft has put together a program that virtually marks out his personal professional map with works from Sweden, Germany and Great Britain. The concert starts with a young piece from Bancroft's current musical home of choice, Sweden: The head of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducts a work by former NDR Composer in Residence Anders Hillborg. This all-rounder of new music wrote his sonically irresistible "Sound Atlas" on commission from the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, among others. After the triumphant premiere in 2019, the Financial Times wrote: "If Stanley Kubrick were to return for a remake of '2001' and needed a soundtrack - Hillborg would be his man."

Full horn: Schumann's concert piece

Four horn players from the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra are then allowed to set off and blow their horns: for his Hamburg guest performance, the trained trumpeter Bancroft also pays tribute to German Romanticism with Robert Schumann's Concert Piece for Four Horns and Orchestra. Anyone who likes the rich, blaring and lyrically singing sound of the French horn will get their money's worth here more than ever before! Jens Plücker, Amanda Kleinbart, Edouard Cambreling and Tobias Heimann play - according to Schumann - "something quite curious" and, if the composer has his way, also one of his "best pieces".

Musical "Who am I?" - Elgar's "Enigma Variations"

From horn quartet to set of variations: To conclude the concert evening, Bancroft, who is also principal conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, devotes himself to what is probably the most famous piece in 19th century British music history: Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations". In this grandiose orchestrated score, the composer portrayed his friends in an equally atmospheric and varied manner - with the emotional climax in the most famous number called "Nimrod".

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