3. Sinfoniekonzert: Automatik

Works by Sergei Rachmaninov, Marko Nikodijević and Peter Tchaikovsky

As if in a dream, Sergei Rachmaninov's The Isle of the Dead begins with sombre, morbid sounds that develop into a poignant atmospheric picture. Rachmaninov drew this musical image in 1909 after the painting of the same name by Arnold Böcklin. Church inspiration was also the starting point for Marko Nikodijević's Gospodi vozvah - translated as "Hear me, O Lord". The delicate viola voice and the sparingly used orchestra are always on the threshold of the audible in fragile sounds. A dream of puppets and wind-up figures brought to life is at the heart of Peter Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker.