Brahms Dvořák
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
Antonín Dvořák
Serenade in d minor, Op. 44
Duration approx. 1 H. 45 Min. incl. intermission after 1st part after approx. 50 Min.
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Abstract
Brahms Dvořák
Open-air concerts were already popular in the 18th century: in parks, gardens or under the window, one could sometimes hear serenades in the evening: elaborate but entertaining music for small ensembles, for example by Mozart or Haydn. Johannes Brahms probably rather got to know Mozart's serenades in the 19th century in the concert hall and was inspired by them to write his own works: The final version of the budding symphonist's Serenade No. 1 has become a work with a large orchestra. In this concert, however, Riccardo Minasi and the Orchestra La Scintilla present Brahms's original version for 9 instruments, which - like Antonín Dvořák's Wind Serenade - strongly recalls the original form of the serenade in the 18th century.