6. July 2023 | Press releases:

Premiere: Next Level – A Choral Symphonic Highscore Choir and Orchestra of TU Braunschweig perform together for the first time

Planned for a long time, but postponed by necessity – now the time has finally come: the choir and orchestra of Technische Universität Braunschweig will finally perform together. Almost 150 musicians and singers will take part in the four concerts starting on 15 July in the Main Lecture Hall. The programme is “Next Level”: the choir and orchestra will exclusively perform music from video and computer games.

It is a concert of a special kind and with many premieres. At the end of the semester, TU Braunschweig’s choir and orchestra will perform together for the first time. This collaboration was also made possible by the new technical conditions that the renovated Main Lecture Hall now offers. The “Next Level” programme is a homage to music from video and computer games. Film music has often been part of concerts, but with gaming music the ensembles are entering new musical territory. This area currently offers perhaps the greatest creative dynamics, because games have long since overtaken blockbuster cinema on the market anyway.

Participation has never been so large

The design of the concert programme has also developed a unique dynamic. Never before has the participation of the participants been so great as in this project. The desire to include the music of their favourite games in the programme has led to many direct contacts with composers, arrangers and other orchestras – in all directions and on all continents. Many of the compositions in the programme are already large-scale orchestral and with choir. Some, however, were only subsequently adapted for the concert hall – including early experimental electronic music that was wrested from the Commodore C64, which was manufactured in Braunschweig and only had three voices.

Admission to the concerts is free. Admission tickets will be issued one hour before the start of each concert in the Main Lecture Hall (Universitätsplatz 3, 38106 Braunschweig).

Concert dates:

  • Saturday, 15 July 2023, 20:00 hrs
  • Sunday, 16 July 2023, 19:00 hrs
  • Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 20:00 hrs
  • Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 20:00 hrs

The programme features among others

  • Rob Hubbard & Larry Fast: Zoids (1985)
  • Jessica Curry: The Light We Cast for choir a cappella
  • Chris Hülsbeck: Air Combat from “Turrican“
  • Nobuo Uematsu: Liberi Fatali (1999) from Final Fantasy 8 for choir & orchestra arranged by Andrew Skeet
  • Kōji Kondō: Suite from The Legend of Zelda (1986) for orchestra arranged by Nic Raine
  • Christopher Lennertz: Dogs of War. Main Title (2005) from “Medal of Honor 4 – European Assault“ orchestrated by Marcus Trumpp
  • Jason Hayes, Russell Brower & Derek Duke: Suite from World of Warcraft arranged for orchestra by Andrés Soto – with Legends of Azeroth, Lament of the Highborn & Free Battle Music
  • Håkan Glänte: Glory to the Queen from „Victoria 3“
  • Christopher Tin: Sogno di Volare (2016) from “Civilization 6“ for choir & orchestra on texts by Leonardo da Vinci
  • Austin Wintory: A Journey Symphony (2012) for choir and large orchestra – from: Apotheosis & I Was Born for This

Direction: Johannes Höing (choir) und Markus Lüdke (orchestra)

Host of the Games Evening: Götz van Ooyen