Haydn-Orchester Hamburg

Haydn-Orchester Hamburg / Mathias Weber / Rida Murtada

The Haydn-Orchester Hamburg is regarded as one of northern Germany’s top amateur orchestras. Founded in 1977, Rida Murtada has occupied the position of musical director since 2003. The orchestra performs biannually at the Laeiszhalle.

Haydn-Orchester / Sarah Christian / Rida Murtada

The Haydn-Orchester Hamburg is regarded as one of northern Germany’s top amateur orchestras. Founded in 1977, Rida Murtada has occupied the position of musical director since 2003. The orchestra performs biannually at the Laeiszhalle.

Haydn Bruckner

Haydn Bruckner

75 Jahre Akkordeon-Orchester Hamburg-Eimsbüttel

The Akkordeon-Orchester Hamburg-Eimsbüttel von 1949 e.V. (AOE) is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The highlight of the anniversary year is the autumn concert in the Recital Hall of the Laeiszhalle. The AOE is looking forward to showing the audience how versatile this instrument is and offers a colourful mixture of pieces ranging from classical to pop. Conductor Stefanie Perl-Kindel will conduct the concert together with guest conductor, composer and arranger Tobias Dalhof. The ensemble of the Hamburg-Eimsbüttel Accordion Orchestra under the direction of Andreas Schulze will also be taking part, as it has done for decades.

Haydn and Dvorák

Due to illness, cellist Amalie Stalheim has been forced to cancel. This also results in a programme change for tonight's concert. Instead of Grażyna Bacewicz’s First Cello Concerto, we will hear the German cellist Julian Steckel perform Haydn’s First Cello Concerto.The seas, lakes, streams, and rivers have always been important sources of inspiration for artists, poets, and composers. In Smetana's famous Moldau, celebrating its 200th anniversary, we hear how the bubbling smaller streams meander through the landscape before merging into the mighty river. The melody comes from an old folk song that we recognize as Ack Värmeland, du sköna. Perhaps Smetana heard the melody when he was working as a conductor in Gothenburg in the 1850s?Like Smetana, Antonín Dvorák was from Czechia. In both their music, Czech culture and nature are important ingredients. Dvorák had great international success during his lifetime and was appointed, for example, as a composition professor in New York. His Symphony No. 9, "From the New World", is the most famous, but many consider his seventh symphony to be one of his very best works.Julian Steckel steps in at the last minute as the soloist in a true classic: Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major – a masterpiece that disappeared and was rediscovered almost 200 years later, in the mid-20th century (incidentally, in Prague, which adds a Czech connection to the programme). The renowned German cellist Julian Steckel is admired for his emotional depth and communication with audiences. His career took off after winning the ARD Music Competition in 2010, and since then, he has performed with many of the world's leading orchestras.The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is led by German conductor Ruth Reinhardt – currently involved in the Royal Swedish Opera's production of Verdi's La traviata in spring 2024. She made her debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at a summer concert in 2018.

Moritzburg Festival Orchester

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, a highlight of his work, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, nicknamed "Fate", will be performed by Yefim Bronfman and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. This concert promises pure Romanticism.

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

Newly appointed Düsseldorf music director's "Rhenish" Symphony, possibly inspired by Cologne Cathedral, exudes the motivational boost of his move to the Rhine. Paavo Järvi conducts this energetic piece, following Arvo Pärt's soundscapes. Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson returns as soloist in Schumann's Piano Concerto, after a global tour with Bach's Goldberg Variations.