explore_händel

A chamber music line-up of the Stegreif Orchsters creates a creative fusion of baroque and jazz with explore_händel.


The special concert space of the planetarium creates the perfect atmosphere for an intimate encounter between orchestra and audience. This creative concert performance celebrates improvisation as a connecting element between the two musical eras of baroque and jazz.

Under the direction of Alistair Duncan, a dynamic interplay unfolds that allows Handel's works - from the Concerto Grosso to the famous ‘Aria Lascia ch'io pianga’ - to shine in a new light.

The revival as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations is a moment of reflection for Stegreif and a return to the ensemble's roots. While Stegreif became known primarily for its comprehensive, large-scale concepts, explore_händel represents a personal immersion in musical quality and the art of delicate interplay.

The cinematic projections on the dome of the planetarium, specially created for the concert, pick up on both the intimate improvised moments and the musical fireworks. Images of natural phenomena and the incomprehensible vastness of the universe focus on the immediate presence of the music, in which every experience of fragility and forlornness, but also of connection and resilience, can be expressed.


The 10xStegreif series is supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds and the Karl Schlecht Foundation.