CANCELLED: Kammerkonzert der Symphoniker Hamburg

Guy Braunstein is a violin virtuoso of international standing who has been cooperating with the Symphoniker Hamburg for many years now. Tonight he joins forces with the orchestra to present four gems of chamber music from three different eras. Joseph Haydn’s trips to England yielded a number of great works, among them his Flute Trios, elegant compositions of classic balance with a good dose of wit. An equal love of detail is evident in Antonín Dvořák’s »Bagatelles« op. 47, with their echoes of Czech folk songs. Originally written in 1878 for his own quartet, where Dvořák usually played the viola, the ensemble as envisaged by the composer included a harmonium. Beethoven’s »Archduke Trio« set completely new standards in chamber music, sometimes reminding the listener of a piano concerto, sometimes of a full symphony. At the same time a lyrical spirit permeates the work that anticipates characteristics of Romantic music. Romantic characteristics are also evident in Claude Debussy’s Suite from the opera »Pelléas et Mélisande«, in which the French Impressionist portrays first and foremost the emotions of the unhappy lovers.