Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 – Hamburg International Music Festival

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Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Sir John Eliot Gardiner © Sim Canetty-Clarke
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra © Simon van Boxtel
  • Doors open 19:00

  • Start 20:00

  • Interval

  • End ca. 22:00

Gardiner’s birthday present

All four of them! Over the course of a two-day guest performance, Sir John Eliot Gardiner honours the symphonies of Johannes Brahms on two separate evenings. Just a few days after the 80th birthday of the conductor, who has a reputation for gripping and historically informed interpretations, this is marvellous gift for the Hamburg audience. He conducts the Amsterdam-based Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, consistently ranked among the top three orchestras in the world.

On Sunday evening, the programme includes the Hamburg-born composer’s First and Third Symphonies. Brahms wrestled with the final version of his »Symphony No. 1« over a period of years in which he was plagued by self-doubt, until finally premiering it to the public at the age of 46. Meanwhile, the symphonic storms of his »Symphony No. 3« – about whose genesis hardly anything is known – happily dissipate into an almost meditative ending.

Performers

Royal Concertgebow Orchestra

conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Programme

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

– Interval –

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

Festival

Hamburg International Music Festival

Spotlight

Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Promoter: HamburgMusik

With the support of GALENpharma

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