© Andreas Schlager
© Andreas Schlager
© Maike Helbig
© Maike Helbig
© Gerhard Kuehne
© Gerhard Kuehne
  • Weimarhalle

9th Symphony Concert

Conductor: Benjamin Reiners / Soloist: Felix Klieser, horn

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Reinhold Glière Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in B-flat major, Op. 91
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 »Pathétique«

 

On top of the world, or in the depths of despair? The life of the Russian Romantic composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was full of ups and downs, and his complex emotional world always coloured his music as well. Thus the charming Capriccio Italien was written during a relaxed sojourn in Rome in 1880, where Tchaikovsky experienced the carnival and was inspired by original Italian folklore. In contrast, the world of thought of his final symphony is hauntingly beautiful and at the same time eerily inescapable. Its title »Pathétique« is not to be understood as superficially ‘pathetic’, but in the sense of deeply felt emotionality. Perhaps the most genuine, the most honest work by the great Russian, in which he forgoes the symphonic jubilant finale for the first time. No more compromises, no more lip service.

The music of Reinhold Glière, born in Kyiv, unites the sound world of impressionism with inspirations from Russian folklore. His Horn Concerto, composed in 1951, is performed by Felix Klieser, one of the most sought-after interpreters of the young generation – a horn player who, born without arms, learned to play the horn with his feet from the age of five and, thanks to his very own playing technique, has developed a seemingly effortless embouchure and a wonderfully relaxed tonal shaping. A musician who makes you sit up and take notice!

 

Public dress rehearsal on Sunday, 11 a.m. in the Weimarhalle.
Tickets: 12,00 Euro, limited contingent

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  • Benjamin Reiners (Dirigent)
  • Felix Klieser (Horn)