Die Kunst der Flö­te − Recor­der con­certs and more with Swiss Vir­tuo­so Mau­rice Ste­ger

The recor­der is argu­ab­ly one of the best-known yet most ver­sa­ti­le instru­ments of the Baro­que era and when Mau­rice Ste­ger picks up his instru­ments, a see­mingly fami­li­ar sound trans­forms into a fire­works dis­play of impres­si­ve vir­tuo­si­ty, char­ming wit, and pure musi­cal ima­gi­na­ti­on. The Swiss musi­ci­an is one of the out­stan­ding recor­der play­ers of our time and is renow­ned world­wi­de for his elec­tri­fy­ing inter­pre­ta­ti­ons of Ear­ly Music.

Tog­e­ther with the Bre­mer Barock­or­ches­ter, he pres­ents the rich sounds of the Ita­li­an and Ger­man Baro­que in Bre­men. Anto­nio Vival­di— one of the era’s gre­at mas­ters— takes cen­ter stage; his music is brim­ming with rhyth­mic ener­gy and bril­li­ant soloi­stic ide­as; music that instant­ly cap­ti­va­tes the ear. His works are joi­n­ed by other musi­cal dis­co­veries, such as works by J. A. Has­se, which bring out the full, colorful sple­ndor of the peri­od.

The detail­ed pro­gram will be announ­ced short­ly.


“Mau­rice Steger’s vir­tuo­si­ty and sen­se of style are admi­ra­ble.”
It is hard­ly sur­pri­sing, then, that he has been dub­bed the “Paga­ni­ni,” a “wizard,” “the world’s lea­ding recor­der play­er,” or an “elec­tri­fy­ing and inspi­ring con­duc­tor.” Living up to such high expec­ta­ti­ons requi­res not only Steger’s asto­nis­hing tech­ni­que but also cha­ris­ma, intellect, and a very spe­cial sen­si­ti­vi­ty to the music. Mau­rice Ste­ger demons­tra­tes all of this to his audi­ence, cap­ti­vat­ing them—whether play­ing or conducting—with his inten­se tone and bound­less ener­gy in a wide varie­ty of con­cert for­mats across the glo­be. He appears regularly—as a soloist, con­duc­tor, or in a dual role—with lea­ding peri­od-instru­ment ensem­bles such as the Aka­de­mie für Alte Musik Ber­lin, La Cetra Barock­or­ches­ter Basel, the Venice Baro­que Orches­tra, The Eng­lish Con­cert, Il Pomo d’oro, and I Baroc­chis­ti, as well as with modern orchestras inclu­ding the Zurich Cham­ber Orches­tra, the Frank­furt Radio Sym­pho­ny, Les Vio­lons du Roy (Cana­da), the Munich Cham­ber Orches­tra, the NDR Radio­phil­har­mo­nie, and the Musik­kol­le­gi­um Win­ter­thur. It is con­sis­t­ent­ly remar­kab­le how, fol­lo­wing a peri­od of working with him, all the­se ensem­bles sound transformed—tonally sen­si­ti­ve and distinc­ti­ve, yet always his­to­ri­cal­ly infor­med and brim­ming with expres­si­ve vita­li­ty in the here and now.

"Barock&Umzu" Con­cert Series 26/27: Con­cert 4
June 05, 2027
Con­cert: 8:00 PM
Venue: Unser Lie­ben Frau­en Kir­che
Address: Unser Lie­ben Frau­en Kirch­hof 27-29, 28195 Bre­men
Pho­to Mau­rice Ste­ger: Nico­laj Lund