Scheherazade

In the organizer's words:

Concert at the Heidelberg Congress Center

2nd Philharmonic Concert / Anatoly Lyadov: "The Enchanted Lake" op. 62 Fairytale picture for orchestra / Leoš Janáček: Suite from the opera "The Cunning Little Vixen" / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade" Symphonic Suite op. 35 from "One Thousand and One Nights"

An exquisite "painter in music": the composer, conductor and teacher Anatoly Lyadov, born in St. Petersburg in 1855. The symphonic poem "The Enchanted Lake" (1909) is one of the few works that withstood Anatoly Lyadov's strict self-criticism. The soulful landscape is filled with poetic magic and features a sophisticated interplay of timbres.

Janáček's late Romantic opera "The Cunning Little Vixen" is a very unique tale about the secrets and longings of life and its cycle, which is performed here as a suite in Sir Charles Mackerras' arrangement.

Finally, Rimsky-Korsakov's most monumental tone poem is performed: the mysterious "Scheherazade". The work is based on the tale from "One Thousand and One Nights" and is characterized by its colourful instrumentation - a masterful symphony full of melodiousness and longing, with concertmaster Thierry Stöckel as the soloist.