Dvořák Strauss
Antonín Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor op. 53
Richard Strauss
A Hero's Life op. 40
Solo-Violine Bartlomiej Niziol
Duration approx. 2 H. incl. intermission after approx. 45 Min.
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Dvořák Strauss
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Dvořák Strauss
Following a livestreamed performance in December 2020, world-class violinist Augustin Hadelich is back at the Opernhaus Zürich, playing Antonín Dvořák’s violin concerto. «It does the Dvořák concerto good if it doesn’t sound too muscular all the time», says Hadelich about this unjustly oft-neglected 19th century violin concerto. Not «exaggerated intensity», but the «melody’s natural sense of flow» is at the core of his interpretation. In contrast, a young Richard Strauss was flexed all his muscles in his thickly-orchestrated tone poem Ein Heldenleben. General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda and the Philharmonia Zürich bring this fictional hero’s cinematic journey to life.