VOICES (Max Richter) Hamburg 2021 Grace Davidson, Birgit Minichmayr

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Voices  
• Composer: Richter Max  
• Libretto:
• Venue & Opera Company: Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Germany  
• Recorded: 2022
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Grace Davidson, Birgit Minichmayr
• Conductor: Kevin John Edusei  
• Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: ARTE, DG Stage+  
• Date Published: 2021  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Quote from DG Stage+

  Voices is a homage to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a hopeful and optimistic work for “negative orchestra”, choir, electronics, soprano, violin and piano, in which Max Richter aimed to create a space in which musicians and the audience could engage with the “inspirational principles” of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The “negative orchestra” – a response to the world in 2020 – turns the orchestra on its head: cellos and bass dominate, their deep sound intermittently punctuated by the violin and soprano. In addition to the music, the composer has recorded hundreds of voices from around the world reading out parts of the Human Rights Declaration in their native tongues – these are the “voices” of the work’s title.

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