Symphony Concert - Schumann, Dvořák, Brahms

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The Bavarian Radio Symphony is considered one of the best orchestras in the world, ranked by many music critics among the global top 10. This concert takes place in the Herkulessaal, located inside the Residenz, the former royal palace in the heart of Munich.

The concert features two orchestral poems by Schumann and Dvořák. Schumann's poem "has brought the essence, the focal point of the drama to plastic expression with the simplest strokes.", according to composer Hugo Wolf. Dvořák's piece, however, tells the story of a woman who killed her husband with poison and married another man only a short time later. The third work by Brahm is his second piano concerto, written a 22 years after his first one. Brahms was a humble person and very self-critical, he described his huge composition to Clara Schumann - a contemporary pianist - as "a very small piano concerto with a very small and pretty scherzo".

More information here. After the event, we are going to have food and drinks at a nearby establishment.

Programme

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) 

»Manfred«, Op. 115: Overture (1852) 

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) 

»The Wild Dove«, Op. 110 - Symphonic Poem (1896)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 (1881) 

I. Allegro non troppo (B♭ major)

II. Allegro appassionato (D minor)

III. Andante (B♭ major—F♯ major—B♭ major)

IV. Allegretto grazioso—Un poco più presto (B♭ major)

Daniel Harding, Conductor

Kirill Gerstein, Piano

Bavarian Radio Symphony

We recommend you to listen to the pieces before going to the concert.