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A Librarian’s Choice #9

Five works are presented below. Each of them presents very different thematic anchor points for a programme, but their musical conception is so open that the most diverse points of contact can arise.

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Philippe Manoury - « Die letzten Tage der Menschheit »

Philippe Manoury presents a new work commissioned by the Cologne Opera, with its world premiere that was on June 27, 2025 — a Thinkspiel directed by Nicolas Stemann, featuring the opera chorus and the Gürzenich Orchestra conducted by Peter Rundel: Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (The Last Days of Mankind). The libretto, based on a tragedy written between 1915 and 1919 by Viennese satirist and polemicist Karl Kraus, was written by Philippe Manoury, along with Patrick Hahn and Nicolas Stemann.
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A Librarian’s Choice #8

Five works are presented below. Each of them presents very different thematic anchor points for a programme, but their musical conception is so open that the most diverse points of contact can arise.

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A Librarian’s Choice #7

Five works are presented below. Each of them presents very different thematic anchor points for a programme, but their musical conception is so open that the most diverse points of contact can arise.

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A Librarian’s Choice #6

Five works are presented below. Each of them presents very different thematic anchor points for a programme, but their musical conception is so open that the most diverse points of contact can arise.

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A Librarian’s Choice #5

Five very different works by the Brazilian composer are presented below, which demonstrate a very broad range of musical inspiration in every respect.

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A Librarian’s Choice #4

Five works are presented below. Each of them presents very different thematic anchor points for a programme, but their musical conception is so open that the most diverse points of contact can arise.

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