Programme

Wagn r’s
Legacy

Leopold Hager Celebrating 90
Grand Auditorium
Thu

  • Leopold Hager leaning against a wall.
    ©: Casa Da Música João Messias
  • Eva Zaïcik standing in a blue dress.
    ©: Victor Toussaint

What you’ll hear and see

The music

  • Richard Wagner Ouvertüre (Tannhäuser) Wesendonck-Lieder.
  • Anton Bruckner Symphonie N° 3 3. Fassung

The artists

  • Luxembourg Philharmonic
  • Leopold Hager conducting
  • Eva Zaïcik mezzo soprano

song

It’s not every day you get to welcome back an old friend.

Leopold Hager – who led the Luxembourg Philharmonic from 1980 to 1996 – returns to the podium at 90, just two seasons after his last appearance. It’s a reunion between the orchestra and its Honorary Conductor, yes – but also between Maestro Hager and you, the audience who followed him over the decades. With music by Richard Wagner and Anton Bruckner – two composers close to his heart – Leopold Hager brings us a bold, emotionally rich programme. Still challenging himself, still inspiring, and still very much at home.

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Group of musicians from the Luxembourg Philharmonic