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Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins on tour with HK Gruber and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Oct. 10, 2014

Weill’s <em>Seven Deadly Sins</em> on tour with HK Gruber and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra

HK Gruber, who has had a long and fruitful engagement with the works of Kurt Weill, brings his expertise to the podium in November to lead the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in performances of Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins) and selections from Der Silbersee (The Silver Lake). Gruber’s frequent collaborator, mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager, brings the Sins’ Anna I to life with members of the acclaimed amarcord vocal ensemble as the Family, in a program that also includes two works by Darius Milhaud. Following performances in Sweden (Örebro, November 7; Stockholm, November 8), the program tours to Germany (Neumarkt, November 14; Tuttlingen, November 15; Düsseldorf, November 18) and Austria (Vienna, November 17).

Weill composed Die sieben Todsünden for George Balanchine’s “Les Ballets 1933” in his final collaboration with Bertolt Brecht, who penned the libretto. Their “ballet-chanté” premiered in Paris in 1933 with Lotte Lenya and Tilly Losch as Anna I and Anna II. Balanchine revived the work in 1958 for the New York City Ballet, featuring Lenya and Allegra Kent; a new production by Lynne Taylor-Corbett in 2011 starred Patti LuPone and Wendy Whelan.

Also performed frequently in concert, The Seven Deadly Sins has recently made its way around the United States with cabaret artist Storm Large as Anna I, from Carnegie Hall’s Spring For Music (Leonard Slatkin, conductor) and the Grant Park Music Festival (Carlos Kalmar, conductor) to the Ojai Music Festival (Eric Jacobsen, conductor) and the Louisville Orchestra (Teddy Abrams, conductor). Spring 2015 promises more performances, with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra (March 21) and Portland Symphony Orchestra (April 19, 21) conducted by Robert Moody.

For details on the Swedish Chamber Orchestra’s performances, please visit www.orebrokonserthus.com.

Visit www.kwf.org for more information on Kurt Weill.

Kurt Weill
The Seven Deadly Sins (1933)
ballet chanté in nine scenes
lyrics (Ger) by Bertolt Brecht


for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, bass, dancer and corps de ballet
2(2pic).1.2.1-2.2.1.1-timp.perc-hp.pno.bnj(gtr)-str


35'

Der Silbersee (The Silver Lake) (1932-1933)
A Winter’s Tale in three acts
book and lyrics (Ger) by Georg Kaiser
for three sopranos, mezzo-soprano, three tenors, three baritones, two basses and SATB chorus
2.1.2.1-0.2.2.0-timp.perc-hp.pno-str
70’

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