Symphoniker Hamburg / Szymon Nehring / Sylvain Cambreling
Martinů: Memorial to Lidice / Mozart: Piano Concerto in E-flat major / Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
Wounded worlds
The concert opens with Bohuslav Martinů’s Memorial to Lidice, a poignant work written to commemorate the massacre perpetrated on the population of the Czech village during the Second World War. Martinů’s work reflects on the horrors of war while maintaining hope in a better future.
That work is followed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto in E-flat major, or the »Jeunehomme«. The piece is a wonderful example of Mozart’s ability to create lively and complex music that is graceful and light-footed at the same time.
The evening comes to a close with Antonin Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7. At the time of composition, Dvořák wrote to a friend that he hoped the symphony would »move the world«. What he ultimately produced was a symphony with a sombre, even tragic mood – in terms of technical artistry, one of the composer’s most intricately crafted works.
Performers
Symphoniker Hamburg
Szymon Nehring piano
conductor Sylvain Cambreling
Programme
Bohuslav Martinů
Memorial to Lidice
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Es-Dur KV 271 »Jeunehomme«
Antonín Dvořák
Sinfonie Nr. 7 d-Moll op. 70
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