Mon, 31st December 2018, 22:00 | Hall, Barocker Stadtsaal A quiet celebration of New Year's Eve PURCELL et al. Hathor Consort Robbrecht Desmet Robbrecht Desmet Robbrecht Desmet That civilisation may not sink, Its great battle lost, Quiet the dog, tether the pony To a distant post. Our master Caesar is in the tent Where the maps are spread, His eyes fixed upon nothing, A hand under his head. Like a long-legged fly upon the stream His mind moves upon silence. (W.B. Yeats) More and more people feel the desire to celebrate the turn of the year quietly. This year we will do so with the Belgium-based Hathor Consort conducted by Romina Lischka. The Austrian violist plays on many musical levels: from the Renaissance and Baroque to contemporary music and the classical North Indian dhrupad tradition. Following her involvement in George Benjamin’s opera Written on Skin, Lischka has more closely explored the links between early and modern music and has devised a new programme for New Year’s Eve with us. Among other things, the evening will have a focus on music by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell and George Benjamin’s Upon Silence. Michaela Riener – mezzo-soprano Marnix De Cat – Countertenor Hathor Consort Joshua Cheatham, Elisabeth Rumsey – tenor viol Nick Milne, Irene Klein – bass viol Conductor Romina Lischka – descant viol Mehr anzeigen