Hamburg's new concert hall
Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits Hamburg's new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie. Plus German composer Jorg Widmann and a discussion about the relationship between belief and music.
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Inside the Elbphilharmonie concert hall
Duration: 18:33
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The world's most exciting concert hall?
Duration: 20:06
Jorg Widmann
Duration: 09:54
Beyond belief: music and religion
Duration: 12:38
The world's most exciting concert hall?
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The β¬860m Elbphilharmonie concert hall in the German port city of Hamburg has finally opened its doors, seven years later than planned, and ten times over the original budget.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes a tour of the building and meets the hallβs director Christoph Lieben-Seutter, who explains how he arrived at the Elbphilharmonie in 2007 expecting the hall to be finished within three years β and reveals his ambition to make it the most exciting concert hall in the world.
Jorg Widmann is one of three composers who have been commissioned to write new works for the opening festivities at the Elbphilharmonie. He describes how he was struck by βhow the silence soundsβ in the hall, and the feeling of being βa part of the whole thingβ from any seat in the room.
Inspiring architecture
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While musicians explain how they are inspired by the buildingβs architecture - βI feel like Iβm in a spaceshipβ¦ you really feel like you are in the futureβ - journalists, officials and concert-goers give their view on whether the concert hall is really worth the huge sum of money spent on it.
How does it sound?
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British journalist Martin Kettle, who heard the opening concert at the Elbphilharmonie, assesses criticisms that have emerged of the acoustics in the new concert hall.
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Beyond belief: music and religion
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How do music and religion intertwine in the modern world? And how does one inspire the other?
As the Southbank Centre launches a year-long festival, Belief and Beyond Belief, exploring issues of art and faith, composers Roxanna Panufnik, Jennifer Walshe and John Rutter discuss their own experience of how the spiritual and the musical meet each other in their work, and writer Philip Ball outlines how science has historically brought music and religion together.ΒMore information:
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Role Contributor Presenter Sara Mohr-Pietsch Interviewed Guest Jorg Widmann Interviewed Guest John Rutter Interviewed Guest Roxanna Panufnik Interviewed Guest Jennifer Walshe Interviewed Guest Philip Ball Broadcasts
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