Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Thomas Zehetmair
Haydn / Carter / Beethoven
Heinz Holliger and Thomas Zehetmair – two remarkably gifted artists: the latter a violinist, conductor, teacher and chamber musician of literally existentialist intensity, and the former a composer, conductor and oboist who often served contemporary fellow composers. Back in 1987, Holliger gave the first performance of Elliott Carter’s Oboe Concerto.
Carter, who died a few years ago at the age of 103 and was much fêted in Germany particularly in his last years, believed firmly in a »transcontinental musical language« in the spirit of the European tradition. Always good for a surprise, Carter declared in the early 1980s: »I want my music to be like Mozart’s… - happy and sad at the same time, tragic in its funniest moments. Minor in major, both passionate and objective.«
Performers
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Heinz Holliger oboe
conductor Thomas Zehetmair
Programme
Joseph Haydn
Sinfonie d-Moll Hob. I:80
Elliott Carter
Konzert für Oboe und Orchester
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 36