Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / James Conlon

Schostakowitsch / Zemlinsky

This event has already taken place! 13.20 | 30.80 | 45.10 | 57.20 | 71.50
This event has already taken place! 13.20 | 30.80 | 45.10 | 57.20 | 71.50

Escape into fantasy

In vain does the mermaid dream of her prince in Hans Christian Andersen’s famous fairytale; in vain did Alexander Zemlinsky seek to liberate himself from his hopeless love for Alma Mahler. The unsuccessful wooing of the composer is reflected in this colourful, late-romantic phantasy for large orchestra, mixing imagination and reality.

Performers

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

conductor James Conlon

Programme

Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Sinfonie Nr. 9 Es-Dur op. 70

– Interval –

Alexander von Zemlinsky
The Mermaid / Fantasy for Orchestra

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