High-rise symphony
The Hochhaussinfonie was a multimedia music production by the Dresden Symphony Orchestra and the Pet Shop Boys , conceived by Markus Rindt and staged by Sven Helbig , on the evening of July 20, 2006 in Dresden .
As one of the highlights of Dresden's 800th anniversary, the 10,000 tickets were sold out days before the event.
procedure
The high-rise symphony consisted of three acts.
In the first act, a film was shown about the eventful history of Prager Straße , which thematized the destruction and construction after the Second World War, as well as the time of the fall of the Wall in 1989.
From the second act on, the Prague Line served as a projection screen. The 240 meter long prefabricated building is one of the longest residential buildings in Germany. The screen attached to it was used for short film sequences and word overlays, while the balconies to the left and right of it were included in the light show.
In the third part of the balconies for "orchestra pit" for the Dresden Symphony Orchestra and the Pet Shop Boys were to the new scoring Battleship Potemkin of the silent film Battleship Potemkin darzubieten.
History of origin
The Pet Shop Boys became aware of the recordings Mein Herz brennt , a song cycle by the Dresden Symphony Orchestra (composition: Torsten Rasch ) from 2003 based on texts by Rammstein , and then worked with the orchestra, Sven Helbig and Torsten Rasch on the new setting of the classic film Battleship Potemkin. The world premiere was in September 2004 in London's Trafalgar Square .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hochhaussinfonie is sold out. In: dresden.de. State capital Dresden, July 18, 2006, accessed on December 16, 2016 (press release).
- ^ A b "Hochhaussinfonie" by Pet Shop Boys and Dresdner Sinfoniker for the 800th anniversary of Dresden. In: dresden.de. State capital Dresden, July 19, 2006, accessed on December 16, 2016 (press release).