Bruch / Brahms
Fabio Luisi, Conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Philharmonia Zurich
TORU TAKEMITSU
"Nostalghia - In Memory of Andrei Tarkovsky" for solo violin and string orchestra
MAX BRUCH
Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Symphony no. 4 in E minor op . 98
Philharmonia Zürich on Tour
Liederhalle Stuttgart
Fr 12 May 2O17
Gasteig München
Tue 16 May 2O17
Brucknerhaus Linz
We 17 May 2O17
Semperoper Dresden
Thu 18 May 2O17
Philharmonie Essen
Sa 20 May 2O17
Philharmonie Köln
Su 21 May 2O17
Philharmonie Luxembourg
Mo 22 May 2O17
Alte Oper Frankfurt
Tue 23 May 2O17
Introduction 45 min before the performance.
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Bruch / Brahms
Abstract
Bruch / Brahms
Eighteen years old, the exceptional violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, when she first played the Erste Violinkonzert by Max Bruch with the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of their main mentor and supporter, Herbert von Karajan, in 1981; the recording has become legendary. The 1866-68 resulting Violin Concerto in G minor is deemed as successful work of the Cologne composer Max Bruch and thanks to its beautiful sound and expressive melody, it has always been very popular since then. Together with the Philharmonia Zurich and Fabio Luisi, Anne-Sophie Mutter will dedicate herself to this work again, which is part of the solid matter from its repertoire, in Zürich and on tour.
But also new and contemporary music are a concern for the violinist: At the beginning of the concert she will interpret Toru Takemitsu Nostalghia (1987), a work for violin and strings, dedicated to the memory of the famous Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky.
A milestone of the symphonic repertoire, the Symphony no. 4 in E Minor by Johannes Brahms, heard in the second half of the concert.