Orchester ’91 / Emanuel Dantscher

Hannu Lintu & Emanuel Ax

The highly regarded Polish-American pianist Emanuel Ax is returning to the BRSO. For more than five decades he has thrilled music-lovers all over the world both with his playing and his modest, warm-hearted demeanour. The works of Frédéric Chopin have been a mainstay of his career, and he has again deepened his grasp of this music during the covid lockdown. The nobility and brilliance of his tone provide the perfect prerequisites for the F-minor Concerto, written when Chopin was 19 years old. After the intermission, Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu will conduct the 2nd Symphony by Jean Sibelius.

Hannu Lintu & Emanuel Ax

The highly regarded Polish-American pianist Emanuel Ax is returning to the BRSO. For more than five decades he has thrilled music-lovers all over the world both with his playing and his modest, warm-hearted demeanour. The works of Frédéric Chopin have been a mainstay of his career, and he has again deepened his grasp of this music during the covid lockdown. The nobility and brilliance of his tone provide the perfect prerequisites for the F-minor Concerto, written when Chopin was 19 years old. After the intermission, Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu will conduct the 2nd Symphony by Jean Sibelius.

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

Paradestücke: Mit Brahms' 2. Klavierkonzert zeigt sich Víkingur Ólafsson in dieser Saison als virtuoser Romantiker und Paavo Järvi geleitet sein Tonhalle-Orchester elegant durch die Stromschnellen in Schumanns »Rheinischer Sinfonie«.Inspiriert vom Kölner Dom? Gut vorstellbar, dass der frischgekürte Düsseldorfer Musikdirektor den überwältigenden Eindruck im feierlichen vierten Satz seiner »Rheinischen« Sinfonie verarbeitet hat. In jedem Fall ist in Schumanns ansonsten fröhlich dahinströmender Sinfonie deutlich der Motivationsschub zu spüren, den der Umzug an den Rhein ihm bescherte. Ein Paradestück für einen energiegeladenen Dirigenten wie Paavo Järvi. Und mit Víkingur Ólafsson steht ihm in der ersten Konzerthälfte der perfekte Solist zur Seite.​

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.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Festival

»I feel air from other planets« – so begins a poem by Stefan George, the poet who once stood for such an admired departure into modernity that a composer like Arnold Schönberg set some of his poems to music early on. Schönberg and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach were both avant-gardists in the best sense of the word. Both shared an emotional, technical, but also idealistic connection to the traditions from which they came. And both sought the development of art and artistic expression as a reflection of their time, developing a new musical language in the process. Schönberg (born in 1874) turned towards expressionism and later towards atonality, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (born in 1714) towards an enlightened understanding of music and as a pioneer and trailblazer for the music of Viennese Classicism. And as Arnold Schönberg and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach are both celebrating milestone birthdays this year, the Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Choir Hamburg congratulates them with this concert.

Beethovens Orchester

Beethoven's Second Symphony, composed during a time of personal despair and increasing deafness, is surprisingly cheerful and exuberant. This concert, exclusively for students in grades 3-6, explores the orchestra and its instruments in Beethoven's time, examining how he used them to create timeless music. The concert lasts approximately 60 minutes without intermission. Educational materials will be available.

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Paavo Järvi

With the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, its musical director the Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi, and the music of John Adams—which he sometimes performs alongside the composer—Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson is on friendly turf.

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.

40 Jahre das junge Orchester NRW

Gustav Mahler's 5th Symphony starts with a four-note motif, resembling Beethoven's 5th. Reflecting the era's upheaval, the symphony features stark contrasts, from somber marches to triumphant brass chorales. Mahler's focus on polyphony weaves through the composition. He considered it a "completely new style," possibly influenced by his love for and marriage to Alma Schindler in 1902. The 'Adagietto,' seen as a declaration of love to Alma, gained fame, notably through Visconti's 'Death in Venice.' The junge orchester NRW celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.