Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele

Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony will perform at the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in early May. The festival opens with the premiere of Mike Svoboda's "Adam und Eva," a music-theater piece for six singers, an actor, choir, and orchestra based on Peter Hacks's comedy and commissioned by SWR and Landestheater Linz.

Beethovenfest Bonn

Im Anschluss an die Frankfurter Konzerte gastiert das hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt mit Ivan Repušić beim Beethovenfest Bonn. Auf dem Programm stehen neben einer Ouvertüre von Dora Pejačević die Uraufführung eines neuen Werks für Violine, Violoncello, Klavier und Orchester des katalanischen Komponisten Ferran Cruixent, das vom Beethovenfest in Auftrag gegeben wurde, sowie Antonín Dvořáks 8. Sinfonie.

Notre-Dame de Paris

In early summer 2025, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and chief conductor Alain Altinoglu will perform in Paris. At Notre Dame Cathedral, they will premiere Thierry Escaich's "Te Deum," composed for the cathedral's reopening.

SWR Symphonieorchester

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, renowned for his captivating performance at the 2018 royal wedding, is a celebrated cellist. His passion for the instrument ignited in childhood, inspired by Jacqueline du Pré's rendition of Elgar's Cello Concerto. This program features Elgar's Concerto and Brahms' Symphony No. 4, a work described as possessing "unprecedented energy" by Hans von Bülow.

Sonderkonzert | SWR SYMPHONIEORCHESTER

Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15, will be performed by pianist Alexandre Kantorow, the SWR Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

Les Métaboles / SWR Experimentalstudio

In his late work, Luigi Nono always also transformed the music into moving ambient sound. To achieve that, he regularly worked with the legendary SWR Experimentalstudio. One example is his vocal and instrumental work »Diario polacco No. 2«, in which electronic sounds permeate the hall. His work »›Hay que caminar‹ sognando«, in contrast, features two violinists wandering from one music desk to the next. Under conductor Léo Warynski, the Les Métaboles vocal ensemble and the SWR Experimentalstudio remember Nono the political man. When martial law was introduced in Poland in 1981 he wrote »Quando stanno morendo / Diario polacco No. 2« and dedicated it to persecuted Polish friends and comrades. Nono composed »›Hay que caminar‹ sognando« in 1989, one year before his death. With its »choreographic« arrangement, it epitomises an inscription, seen on a monastery wall, that had fascinated Nono: »Wanderer, there is no path. All that matters is the walking.«

SWR Symphonieorchester | Abokonzert 2

The program features works by Anatoly Lyadov ("The Enchanted Lake"), Sergei Rachmaninoff (Piano Concerto No. 3), and Sergei Prokofiev (Symphony No. 3). Performers include Leif Ove Andsnes on piano, the SWR Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Juraj Valčuha. A pre-concert introduction starts at 6 PM.

Widmann | Reinecke | SWR Experimentalstudio

“I’m fascinated by the problem of composing intermediate spaces – that is, the spaces that lie often between polarities, however covert, fragile or breathless.” Mark Andre explores the transitions between spirit and matter with a passion and meticulousness second to none. Fixed variables are far less interesting to him than states of flux. He is concerned with experiences that only become possible when borders are crossed. The two solo pieces on this programme arose in close collaboration with two equally gifted performers: the clarinettist Jörg Widmann and the double bass player Frank Reinecke. Both are famous for probing their own mental and physical limits, over and over again. Andre and Reinecke worked on the double-bass piece iv 18 “Sie fürchten sich nämlich” for three years. Reinecke describes the result: “It’s always a question of the ineffable. We’re suddenly very close to a secret, but the closeness doesn’t unveil the secret”. Fear and bliss lie cheek by jowl in the musical world of Mark Andre – and it’s almost always the Bible that opens the gateways to new dimensions.

Silvesterkonzert des SWR Symphonieorchesters

SWR Symphonieorchester | Abokonzert 7

Joseph Haydn's Symphony in F minor, Hob. I:49, and Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43, performed by the SWR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The concert will also include an introductory talk at 7 pm.