Amsterdam, Netherlands - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Glanert, Mendelssohn

Detlev Glanert Prague Symphony, Lyric Fragments after Franz Kafka
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, mezzo
Christian Immler, bass
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor

Conductor Semyon Bychkov shares with the Concertgebouw Orchestra a great love for the music of the symphonic master storyteller Detlev Glanert. This time he will conduct Glanert’s Prager Sinfonie, setting texts by Franz Kafka, who was born in Prague. In addition to influences from Brahms, Mahler, Ravel and others, Glanert’s symphonic work reflects his experience as a composer of opera. Like no other, Glanert knows the power of drama and the human voice. His Prager Sinfonie combines Kafka’s storytelling skills through Tanja Ariane Baumgartner and Christian Immler with the colourful richness of the orchestra.

Felix Mendelssohn, too, was a born musical storyteller, as his atmospheric ‘Scottish’ Symphony illustrates.