Name: Epitaph
Start: 2022-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Berliner Philharmonie

Organization

Musikfest Berlin

Conductor

Titus Engel

Instrumentalist

Randy Brecker

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Orchestra

Big Band der Deutsche Oper Berlin

Epitaph

Berlin

Germany

Berliner Philharmonie

Public

Private

Approved

Accordionist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Tenor

Singer

Bass

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

"Epitaph" is Charles Mingus' "opus summum", a full-length monumental work with two big bands and other orchestral instruments. It was not performed for the first time until 1989, ten years after his death, following a first attempt that failed disastrously in 1962. Since then, it has been regarded as a key work of the so-called "Third Way", which fuses elements of jazz from gospel and Dixie to hardbob and free jazz with influences of classical modernism. The rarely performed work will be heard on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Charles Mingus under the baton of Titus Engel, played together by members of the BigBand of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and students of the Jazz-Institut Berlin - and star guests such as trumpeter Randy Brecker.


“I am a conductor and I play everything, from very new music to baroque. In my youth, however, I was a jazz fan. I played double bass, just like the great Charles Mingus, my idol. At the time, I was able to hear one of the very rare performances of his opus magnum, EPITAPH, and I was blown away. Two big bands on stage, music that is multi-layered and charged with energy. Mingus never heard his composition as it was intended; the world premiere in 1962 went wrong, and he could not be there the entire time because of his terms of parole. Our performance fulfils a dream I’ve had since my youth: to conduct EPITAPH once myself, the whole thing, just as Mingus intended it. Americans use the term “Third Stream” for a hybrid of New Music and jazz – EPITAPH is the best piece to come out of this movement. Part of it is notated, part improvised. We perform it with the big band of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and with very young performers studying at the Jazz Institute Berlin (JIB). It will be a multi-generational project, an adventure.” – Titus Engel

Titus Engel, 46, studied music and philosophy in his hometown of Zurich before training as a conductor in Dresden. In 2020 he was chosen as Conductor of the Year by the “Opernwelt” magazine. He takes up the position as chief conductor of the Basel Sinfonietta in the coming year.

English

Epitaph by Mingus, Fra (2022/2022), Dirigent Titus Engel, Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

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