Hamburg, Germany - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; Karen Gomyo, Violin - DVOŘÁK, Bruch, F. Schubert

10jan8:00 pmHamburg, Germany - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; Karen Gomyo, Violin - DVOŘÁK, Bruch, F. Schubert

Event Details

Programme:
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: Othello – Overture op. 93
MAX BRUCH: Violinkonzert Nr. 1 g-Moll op. 26
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major D 125

Performing with:
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

Dvořák: In Blessed Bliss
Antonín Dvořák based his Othello Overture on Shakespeare’s drama of the same name. For the setting, the composer remained close to the action and drew on the model of Franz Liszt’s symphonic poem. Dvořák wrote stage directions into the original score, so to speak. For example, with the words “They embraced each other in blissful delight”, he connected opposing themes that can easily be attributed to Desdemona and Othello. And again and again echoes of works by Liszt and Richard Wagner flare up – such as the “Fire Magic” from Wagner’s “Valkyrie”.

Schubert: Powerfully luminous

Antonín Dvořák was also considered a proven admirer of Schubert’s early symphonies. In them, the Czech already thought he recognized the composer’s later individual style. Franz Schubert wrote Symphony No. 2 at the age of 17 and with it elevated Beethoven to the ideal. Like the symphonies of the Titan, Schubert’s music also pushes forward with powerful luminosity, full of energy and zest for action – and yet retains a Mozartian lightness and playfulness.

Gomyo with Fracture: Vitality and Intensity
Max Bruch, on the other hand, did not look for a model for his Violin Concerto No. 1, and yet there was another person who had a hand in it: star violinist Joseph Joachim arranged the final version so skilfully for his instrument that it was henceforth ranked as Bruch’s most popular work. With him, Karen Gomoyo makes her debut with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. The violinist has already performed with top orchestras in the USA, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. The “Chicago Tribune” describes her as a “first-class artist full of true musical mastery, vitality, luminosity and intensity”.

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Time

(Friday) 8:00 pm

Location

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Platz d. Deutschen Einheit 4, 20457