Symphoniker Hamburg / Clara-Jumi Kang / Ilan Volkov

Date & Time

Thu, Oct 17, 2024, 19:30

Venue

Time for a celebration! On 18 October 1748, the Peace of Aachen put an end to the eight-year War of the Austrian Succession. For the celebrations, an »opéra pour la paix« (opera for peace) was commissioned from the Paris Opera, to which two leading artists lent their pens: Louis de Cahusac for the libretto and the already 66-year-old Jean-Philippe Rameau for the music. The two consummate professionals needed less than five weeks before »Naïs« could go on stage with great... Read full text

Keywords: Baroque, Symphony Concert

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Musicians

Symphoniker Hamburg
Clara-Jumi Kang	Violin
Ilan Volkov	Conductor

Program

Jean-Philippe Rameau	Suite aus »Naïs«
Alexander Glasunow	Konzert für Violine und Orchester a-Moll op. 82
Robert Schumann	Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

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