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Symphoniker Hamburg / Diana Adamyan / Han-Na Chang

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Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 18:00
Wherever it is important to convey the impression of enormous speed, of a rapid, glorious final spurt by means of selected music to moving images, the film and advertising industry prefer to use the well-known gallop from the William Tell Overture. However, this unspeakable habit creates a completely false impression of the entire overture to Rossini’s last opera. Who would have thought to expect the wonderful interplay between the solo cellos at the beginning or the refreshing freshness provided by... Read full text

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Musicians

Symphoniker Hamburg
Diana AdamyanViolin
Han-Na ChangConductor

Program

Ouvertüre zu »Guillaume Tell«Gioacchino Rossini
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26Max Bruch
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73Johannes Brahms
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