In the organizer's words:

Creating a movie to a symphony is something special, after all, classical music is something abstract and leaves a lot of room for associations. But perhaps that is precisely the key. William Kentridge, to whom the Dresden State Art Collections have dedicated a focus in 2025, had plenty of associations with Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony and turned it into an impressive visual-acoustic experience in a film. Michael Sanderling, who enjoys an excellent reputation as a Shostakovich specialist, conducts this symphony while Kentridge's film plays on the big screen.
Mozart was barely twenty years old when he completed his Violin Concerto in A major, K. 219, thus concluding a series of five solo concertos for violin. For Mozart, A major always stands for an abundance of beauty. But Mozart would not be Mozart if there were not occasionally sinister, even demonic undertones.

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto in A major

William Kentridge
"Oh To Believe in Another World" film together with

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor

Participants

Michael Sanderling | Conductor

Benjamin Beilman | Violin

Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra