Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Vilde Frang / Tarmo Peltokoski

In the organizer's words:

Pure romance

It is now five years since the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen fell head over heels in love with the Finnish "talent of the century" (Tagesspiegel) on the baton, Tarmo Peltokoski, and promptly appointed the then 21-year-old as the first "Principal Guest Conductor" in the history of the renowned orchestra. The initial crush has long since developed into a deep bond between orchestra and conductor, which can be felt in every single concert. Together with the charismatic violinist Vilde Frang, they are now writing the next chapter of their trusting collaboration. The program presents romantic works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Robert Schumann, which are nowadays quite unjustly overshadowed by many other classics by the two composers. Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Hebrides", for example, are among the most popular concert overtures of all; his overture to Victor Hugo's play "Ruy Blas", on the other hand, is less well known - despite the fact that it literally swept audiences off their feet during Mendelssohn's lifetime due to its wealth of ideas. The solemn "Reformation Symphony" is also heard much less frequently than Mendelssohn's "Scottish" or "Italian" symphonies. Yet the Fifth, with its orchestral arrangement of the Bach chorale "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" in the finale, is one of the compositional highlights of Mendelssohn's symphonic oeuvre.

Instrumentation

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Vilde FrangViolin

ConductorTarmo Peltokoski

Program

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Overture to "Ruy Blas" op. 95

Robert Schumann
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor WoO 23

-Intermission -

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Symphony No. 5 in D major op. 107 "Reformation Symphony"

Venue: Elbphilharmonie / Great Hall

Organizer: HamburgMusik