Augustin Hadelich | Mozarteum Orchester | Andrew Manze | ProArte Hamburg

Stories without words

A mysterious stranger who only reveals his true identity after some time. Two different personalities between whom an exciting scene unfolds: For Augustin Hadelich, Mozart's music tells stories. "He was a composer who always thought dramatically, in story arcs; who wrote operas - and much of his instrumental music is composed in precisely this kind of language." At the American composer's ProArte concert, we can experience twice what these instrumental stories sound like live - with Mozart's second and fifth violin concertos. The orchestral part is in the hands of the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, which has Mozart's music written into its DNA, so to speak. Robert Schumann's Fourth Symphony, originally conceived as a "symphonic fantasy", also tells a story. What is it about? Come to the concert and hear for yourself ...