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 and is a subliminal reaction to the national unification of Germany, has a very similar structure.

The concert introduction will take place at 4.15 pm in the Kaluga Hall.

Price information:

40 | 30 | 25 € Children, trainees and students 9 €