In the organizer's words:

Johannes Brahms:
Variations for orchestra in B flat major on a theme by Joseph Haydn op. 56a

Samuel Barber:
Essay No. 2 for Orchestra op. 17

Johannes Brahms:
Symphony No. 1 in C minor op. 68

MDR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Roderick Cox | Conductor

Musical essays are unusual, but the connection between music and rhetoric already exists in works from earlier centuries. Barber brings the American essay genre into a one-movement orchestral form which, although not programmatic, is nevertheless rooted in an extra-musical idea. Brahms' first symphonic work, which only saw the light of day in 1876 after decades of preparation, has a very similar structure and represents a subliminal reaction to the national unification of Germany.

The concert introduction will take place at 10.15 am in the Schumann-Eck of the Gewandhaus.

Price information:

56 | 50 | 43 | 35 | 23 € Children, trainees and students € 9