4. Sinfoniekonzert

In the organizer's words:

Ligeti | Copland | Mozart

Viennese classical music meets modern classics. Works by the two Viennese composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Györgyi Ligeti form the musical framework of the 4th symphony concert. In his Concert Românesc , composed in 1951, Ligeti, a native of Siebenburgen in Romania, drew on the original folk melodies of his homeland, just like his great role models Zoltan Kodaly and Bela Bartok, and then artfully incorporated them into his music. "The Concert Românesc reflects my deep love for Romanian folk music and Romanian-speaking culture as such," he said of the work. Mozart also based his C major Symphony K. 425 on a role model: Joseph Haydn, who was 24 years older and the most respected composer of his time. Composed in a hurry while passing through, the "Linzer", which is now one of Mozart's great symphonies, is primarily geared towards efficiency and effect. The clarinet concerto by the American composer Aaron Copland is no less rousing and effective. After incorporating folkloristic elements in his ballet Appalachian Spring , this concerto is full of jazz. No wonder - Copland wrote it for the "King of Swing", the famous jazz clarinettist Benny Goodman. From the melancholy opening movement, in which the lyrical qualities of the clarinet are expressed, to the fusion of elements of North and South American popular music - here it becomes clear once again why Copland went down in music history as the creator of an unmistakably "American" sound idiom.