Concert essays

Background information and insights

Each of our symphony concerts is accompanied by a detailed essay that allows you to delve deep into the music, the composers and the works. The texts offer musicological insights, explain background information and contexts, and make the concert experience even more vivid. Whether you are already a connoisseur of classical music or curious about something new, these essays open up fascinating perspectives and invite you to experience the concerts with a new perspective. Be inspired and discover the stories behind the works that make our performances unique.

Gefühlslandschaften zwischen Rachmaninow, Poulenc und Tschaikowsky

Das Essay folgt den Spuren von Rachmaninows „Fels“, Poulencs Doppelkonzert und Tschaikowskys Vierter Sinfonie – drei Werke, die auf je eigene Weise von Hoffnung, Enttäuschung und dem Ringen um Sinn erzählen. Zwischen Lermontows Symbolwelt, Pariser Salonkunst und russischer Schicksalssymphonie entfaltet sich ein Panorama musikalischer Seelenzustände zwischen Aufbruch und Ergebung.

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Villa-Lobos and the Sound of the Amazon

Based on Sebastião Salgado's profound commitment to the Amazon, this essay focuses on the works of Heitor Villa-Lobos. Music that arises from an encounter with nature, sound and Brazilian identity. An immersive concert experience that uniquely combines art and the environment.

Bartók & Brahms: Soundscapes between precision and melancholy

A musical journey unfolds between light and darkness, order and mystery: Bartók's music for string instruments, percussion and celesta meets Brahms' Second Symphony – two works that tell of inner movement and luminous balance in different ways.

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From depth to breadth: Prokofiev and Adès in concert

From Prokofiev's introspective melancholy to Sibelius' vast, floating soundscapes, a musical journey into infinity unfolds. Thomas Adès' fascinating works open up surreal sound worlds that connect nature and the cosmos.

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