Keywords: Special Concert
| Clark Rundell | Conductor |
| Brad Mehldau | Piano |
| Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin |
| Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Brad Mehldau and improvisations |
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This evening is dedicated to two outstanding Romantic composers: Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann. When the young Brahms introduced himself to the Schumanns in Düsseldorf, it marked the beginning of an intense friendship. Schumann, impressed by Brahms' talent, published an article praising him as a "strong warrior" whose piano sonatas were already "veiled symphonies." Brahms, like Schumann, initially composed exclusively for piano before exploring other genres. Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor dissolved the typical classical concerto's solo-ensemble opposition, interweaving piano and orchestra. Brahms' Symphony No. 2, a cheerful counterpart to his weighty first, features soft horns, elegant strings, and a pastoral character, incorporating folk song elements characteristic of German Romanticism. The lyrical side theme of the first movement even quotes his lullaby, "Guten Abend, Gute Nacht."
The Familienkonzert invites music lovers of all ages to experience the thrill of classical music. Led by Boian Videnoff, children discover how music conveys emotions and learn about orchestral instruments. This interactive journey into the world of classical music allows children to participate and explore the art form.
Discover alternatives to the typical quartet setup! Explore Eugène Bozza's Suite for four horns, capturing the beauty of Provence, alongside works by Constantin Homilius and American virtuoso Kerry Turner, both showcasing the rich tones of this brass instrument.
Alain Altinoglu continues his Brahms cycle with the 3rd Symphony, aiming for a fresh, agile sound. This sunny symphony is paired with Brahms-Haydn connections, featuring award-winning hr solo trumpeter Sebastian Berner performing Haydn's Trumpet Concerto. Altinoglu emphasizes transparency over opulence in Brahms's "symphonic forest idyll." Brahms's "Variations on a Theme by Haydn" complements the program, although the theme's origin is debated.
This season the Philharmonic State Orchestra's Music and Science series celebrates its 10th anniversary. A reason to look forward! Into the future, to what science and music will have to say in 2025. As a new cooperation partner on the path of unlimited possibilities, we welcome “Science Slam”, who are experts in bringing the latest research findings to the stage in a short, concise and scientifically correct manner. In order to convey the issue in an understandable and entertaining way, all aids are permitted. In the three themed concerts this season, music and science will be experienced less as complementary opposites than as complementary fields of creativity. Nothing less than the future is being negotiated: the current scientific breakthroughs, which will explode on three evenings in specially tailored chamber music programs by the musicians of the Philharmonic State Orchestra. At the beginning of 2023, it was sobering to read that a current study recorded fewer and fewer major discoveries and breakthroughs in research, because after all the findings of the 20th and 21st centuries, the mountain of knowledge that researchers need to acquire in advance is constantly growing before new findings emerge become tangible, the excitement for 2025 increases even more: Will humanity colonize a new planet? Or develop a cure for Alzheimer's? Can we find a way to end world hunger? And to avert the climate catastrophe? And how does the ongoing change sound musically? You will find out in spring 2025!
This Valentine's Day, the WDR Funkhausorchester, in collaboration with emerging conducting talents from Forum Dirigieren, will perform the most beautiful romantic melodies from opera, operetta, film, and musical.
With a massive orchestra, boys' choir, girls' choir, and alto solo, Mahler paints vivid pictures in his Third Symphony. He himself described it as "something like never before: a symphony that depicts creation, from the insensitive stiff, purely elementary existence to the delicate creation of the human heart, which reaches beyond itself. It goes far, far beyond natural size, and in comparison, everything human shrinks."In many ways, Gustav Mahler was a boundary-breaker with his "maximalist" symphonies. He both completed the symphonic tradition in the footsteps of Beethoven and set the course for the future. The dreamlike alto voice and the bright choirs in the fourth movement create a sense of fragility and tenderness. Here, the distinguished Scottish alto Beth Taylor participates. The symphony culminates in an emotional chorale that grows and sweeps everything along in a hymn to love.Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra's chief conductor Ryan Bancroft leads the forces. He conducted Mahler's Fifth Symphony with the orchestra in the autumn of 2023. "The Third is definitely a challenge for any orchestra and conductor, but the music is also very direct: Mahler tells a story."Read more about chief conductor Ryan Bancroft
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