Symphoniker Hamburg / Elina Vähälä / Alexander Liebreich
Hindemith / Szymanowski / Mendelssohn Bartholdy
A new spin on folk music
This evening promises a virtuosic programme broadly under the theme of »folk«. At times, Paul Hindemith’s »Symphonic Metamorphosis« has a big-band feel, only to turn, seconds later, to a carnival-band sound – the composer thereby stages a light-hearted parody of German marching music. The Second Violin Concerto of the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski draws on the music of his homeland – he frequently weaves in elements of Polish folk music.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s »Scottish« Symphony signals its folk-music roots in the title. In July 1829, he was inspired to write the work during a visit to Scotland when he saw the palace of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Performers
Symphoniker Hamburg
Elina Vähälä violin
conductor Alexander Liebreich
Programme
Paul Hindemith
Sinfonische Metamorphosen nach Themen von Carl Maria von Weber für Orchester
Karol Szymanowski
Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 2 op. 61
– Interval –
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 »Scottish«
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