Classical Philharmonic Northwest
The Classical Philharmonic NorthWest is an orchestra in the northwest of Lower Saxony . Since it was founded in 1996, it has brought classical and romantic works of orchestral literature to a wide audience in Bremen , in the Bremen region and on international concert tours.
Characteristic
The Classical Philharmonic NorthWest was founded in 1996 under the name "The Chamber Symphony". It is made up of around 50 musicians from the Diepholz district , the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and the surrounding area. You have taken on the maintenance of the symphonic orchestral literature, especially the Classical and Romantic periods . In addition, modern composers and concert series with baroque music are also regularly on the program.
The orchestra is characterized by great internationality. Musicians from 10 nations make music together. A group of friends supports the work of the orchestra and its conductor. The promotion and cooperation with young musicians is intensively cultivated.
Concert activity
The orchestra performs nationally and internationally on concert tours.
- In the 2007/2008 concert season, it performed the romantic fairy tale opera “ Hansel and Gretel ” by Engelbert Humperdinck in Syke , Stuhr , Sulingen , Diepholz , Wildeshausen , Hoya , Verden , Nordenham , Ritterhude and in Bremen.
- The New Year's concerts at the beginning of each new year are already a cherished tradition.
- In the summer of 2007, the overtures , arias and orchestral works of Italian opera were on the program under the motto “Belcanto” .
- Several concert tours led to southern Germany, France and Italy . In the summer of 2001 the orchestra made a guest appearance in Latvia and performed Beethoven's 9th Symphony, which had not been performed in Latvia for 25 years, to an audience of over 2,000 in Riga .
- The musicians also appear in smaller subgroups such as salon orchestras and baroque orchestras .
Orchestra leader
Director of the orchestra since its inception in 1996, who lives in Syke and working musicians Ulrich Semrau (* 1962 in Bremen). After completing his degree in music college with a focus on trumpet and conducting, and private studies in Hanover and Malmö , he worked as a trumpet soloist and conductor . Concert tours have taken him to Austria , Denmark , Latvia, Hungary , Canada and several times to France.
literature
- Concerts 2007/2008. Classical Philharmonic Northwest. Syke 2007, 32 p.m. Fig.