The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Pekka Kuusisto

Barber: Adagio for Strings / Schönberg: Violin Concerto / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

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Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Patricia Kopatchinskaja © Marco Borggreve
Pekka Kuusisto
Pekka Kuusisto © Bard Gundersen
  • Doors open 18:30

  • Pre-concert talk 19:00

  • Start 20:00

  • Interval

  • End ca. 22:00

Faces of the modern age

The orchestra as a powerhouse – with its virtuosity and joy of playing, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen creates electrifying concert experiences. For their first Elbphilharmonie concert of the season, Pekka Kuusisto can demonstrate his talent on the rostrum and, with music by Samuel Barber and Sergei Prokofiev, tease out late romantic pathos and edgy drama from the members of the Kammerphilharmonie. Exceptional violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja can again illustrate on Arnold Schönberg’s violin concerto that classifications such as unplayability have no meaning for her.

With Samuel Barber’s »Adagio«, the programme begins with a piece that explores the sound of a full string orchestra in its entire depth. After this melancholic curtain-raiser, a work takes to the stage whose complexities have certainly made some musicians get their fingers in knots. To breathe life into the demanding lines and figurations of Arnold Schönberg’s violin concerto calls for an artist of Kopatchinskaja’s calibre. She combines supreme technique with perfect versatility and musical imagination.

After the interval, Kuusisto then plunges into the existential drama of Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet music of »Romeo and Juliet« with the Kammerphilharmonie. Captivating melodies, brilliant orchestration, snappy rhythms and devastating tragedy – with these ingredients, Prokofiev portrayed the greatest love story of all time and in so doing created one of his most popular works.

Performers

Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin

Bettina Wild flute

director Pekka Kuusisto

Programme

Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Arnold Schönberg
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 36

– Interval –

Edgard Varèse
Density 21.5

Sergej Prokofjew
Suites No. 1 and 2 from »Romeo and Juliet«, Op. 64a/b (selections)

Pre-Concert Talk

with Tobias Knickmann (in German)

19:00 / Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal

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