Ryan Bancroft dirigiert Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Mozart und Zemlinsky

A gauzy veil of moonlight, the flitting footsteps of fairies: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Overture, with its feather-light opening, transforms the concert hall into a magical nighttime forest—a cheerful fairy-tale world that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart seems to have foreshadowed with his Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 482. Especially in the lively final movement, playfulness and elegance intertwine to create that witty tone, which Emanuel Ax will express perfectly with his refined, natural playing. To conclude the program, American conductor Ryan Bancroft takes the audience on a journey into the mysteries of an enchanted underwater world: Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s tale “The Little Mermaid,” Alexander Zemlinsky also incorporated his own ill-fated love for Alma Mahler into his richly colorful score, creating a symphonic retelling full of emotional and maritime storms.

FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY
Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 482
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
“The Mermaid”

Conductor: RYAN BANCROFT
Piano: EMANUEL AX