The relationship between Europe and the United States is at the heart of this program, where the attachment to the traditions of the “Old World” finds its counterpoint in the most famous of Dvořák’s symphonies, a veritable link between the two continents.
Renaud Capuçon, artistic director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne since 2021, conducts and performs Mozart's A-major concerto and "Haffner" Symphony, showcasing his virtuosity and the orchestra's natural affinity for Mozart. The program also includes Beethoven's early Symphony No. 2, which still reflects Mozart's influence before Beethoven fully broke away with his "Eroica".
Superwoman and women’s activist from the get-go—and a radical one to boot: Ethel Smyth (1858–1944) went on a hunger strike in order to study at the Leipzig Conservatory. She threw stones for women’s right to vote—and wound up in prison for it. She composed sonatas, songs, concerts, wrote books, was the first woman whose opera was performed in New York. She met Clara Schumann and Pyotr Tchaikovsky and took on Brahms. And she knew: »The hour has struck for woman's work in the music world.«
The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation's Stifterkonzert initiative focuses on resonance.
The Munich Philharmonic enjoys an international reputation, in part because of their Bruckner performances. Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony is known as the »Romantic« symphony, and – with its rapturous horn call – is one of the Austrian composer’s most popular creations. Thierry Escaich’s new violin concerto »Au-delà du rêve« – a commissioned work for the Munich Philharmonic, the Elbphilharmonie and the Philharmonie de Paris – is being performed in Hamburg soon after its premiere. The 59-year-old French composer and organist is one of his homeland’s leading musicians, and he regularly works with leading orchestras and soloists. In Renaud Capuçon, Escaich has found one of the most versatile violinists of his generation as an ideal soloist – one who has mastered a broad repertoire as a soloist and as a chamber musician.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony, has already performed Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the BRSO. Now his programme includes Brahms’s Double Concerto. The special form of a concerto for multiple soloists seems to be at once a challenge and a matter close to his heart. Violinist Renaud Capuçon and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott are the protagonists in Brahms’s “work of reconciliation”. Originally conceived as a cello concerto, Brahms later gave his Op. 102 a part for solo violin, hoping it would help him to re-establish contact with the famous violinist Joseph Joachim. For years the two men had fallen out after Brahms took sides with Joachim’s wife during a marital rift. The concerto was meant to revive the deep friendship the two men had enjoyed for many years. Orozco-Estrada will also conduct Bartók’s suite from The Miraculous Mandarin (1928) and Blacher’s Paganini Variations (1947).
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony, has already performed Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the BRSO. Now his programme includes Brahms’s Double Concerto. The special form of a concerto for multiple soloists seems to be at once a challenge and a matter close to his heart. Violinist Renaud Capuçon and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott are the protagonists in Brahms’s “work of reconciliation”. Originally conceived as a cello concerto, Brahms later gave his Op. 102 a part for solo violin, hoping it would help him to re-establish contact with the famous violinist Joseph Joachim. For years the two men had fallen out after Brahms took sides with Joachim’s wife during a marital rift. The concerto was meant to revive the deep friendship the two men had enjoyed for many years. Orozco-Estrada will also conduct Bartók’s suite from The Miraculous Mandarin (1928) and Blacher’s Paganini Variations (1947).
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