Hilary Hahn
Matthias Goerne
Gloria Chien
Colburn Celebrity Recital
An all-star trio performs Beethoven and Bach selections, plus Reena Esmail’s new work that treats silence as a “nourishing gift.”
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Thu Dec 3, 2026 8pm
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Hilary Hahn
Matthias Goerne
Gloria Chien
Three-time Grammy winner Hilary Hahn teams up with pianist Gloria Chien, “who appears to excel in everything” (The Boston Globe), and acclaimed lied singer Matthias Goerne, whose voice carries “every tremor of emotion with clarity and depth” (Bachtrack), for an intimate evening at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Blending a new English text with fragments of German poetry from a Holocaust survivor, Esmail’s Wir features a call-and-response that she says, “echoes across the canyons of history into our present hope that it’s not too late to recover solitude.”
Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte, which translates to “To the distant beloved,” similarly explores longing and separation, while his more cheerful “Spring” Sonata captures the warmer, zestier aspects of life. “Despite being one of his most optimistic works, the Sonata was written as the composer came to accept that he would never hear again. To this sunny piece Hahn [brings] perfection and energy” (Bachtrack).
Select songs and arias by Beethoven and Bach also bring emotional depth and brilliance to this special performance.
- Approx. 1.5-2 hours, no intermission
This concert is supported by the Colburn Foundation.
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Program
BEETHOVEN
Allegro
Adagio molto espressivo
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Hilary Hahn, violin
Gloria Chien, piano
BEETHOVEN
Adelaide, Op. 46
Mailied, Op. 52, No. 4
Der Liebende, WoO 139
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Gloria Chien, piano
BEETHOVEN
Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend
Wo die Berge so blau
Leichte Segler in den Höhen
Diese Wolken in den Höhen
Es kehret der Maien, es blühet die Au
Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Gloria Chien, piano
Reena ESMAIL
Die Urnen der Stille
Noone Sees
Einiges Schweig
Finsternis / Wilderness
Einiges Sprach
Silence Come
Wir
LA Phil co-commission
with generous support from Suma Matai and Manoj Mathew
Hilary Hahn, violin
Matthias Goerne, baritone
J.S. BACH
Hier in meines Vaters Stätte, BWV 32
Welt, ade, ich bin dein müde, BWV 158
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