Liebeslied

„My angel, my all, my very self“; Beethoven thus idolizes his „immortal beloved“ in his now famous love letter.
He contemporaneously composed his 8th symphony, whose exuberance inspired ensemble reflektor to write a love letter of their own.
Here, the ensemble connects Beethoven’s 8th with the Liebeswalzer of Brahms and pop songs from Nena, Whitney Houston and Roberta Flack – along with love letters, that the orchestra musicians have written and received in the course of their own lives.

In 2020, the album „Liebeslied“ was released by PASCHENrecords.

Program

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Liebeslieder-Walzer op. 52 & 65

I will always love you (Whitney Houston, 1992)
Dolly Parton, Arr. Malte Schiller

Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann (Nena, 1984)
Jörn Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Carlo Karges

Killing me softly (Roberta Flack, 1973)
Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8 F-Major op. 93

involved artists

ensemble reflektor

conductor // Thomas Klug

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