Symphony Concerts 26/27 - Subscription

I. Symphony Concert - "Opera Composers, Differently?"
Conductor: Guido Johannes Rumstadt

Puccini, Wagner, Mascagni and Bizet away from the operatic stage - this concert explores the symphonic side of great opera composers. The programme also includes Carl Maria von Weber's 2nd Symphony and a selection of rarely performed works.

II. Symphony Concert - "Heroes, Passion and Fate"
Conductor: Samuel Emanuel
Soloist: Tomer Gewirtzman, piano

The programme features the film score from Gladiator, Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto and Dvorak's 7th Symphony.

III. Symphony Concert - "A Christmas Surprise"
Conductor: Andreas Mitschke

Works by Coleridge-Taylor, Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams make up this Advent and Christmas concert for the whole family - rounded off with a musical surprise 🎁.

IV. Symphony Concert - "Classics with a Groove"
Conductor: David Timm
Soloist: Dominique "Gaga" Ehlert, percussion

Brahms' 1st Symphony and Gershwin's "An American in Paris" share the stage with the world premiere of David Timm's new work for jazz drums and orchestra.

V. Symphony Concert - "Measured Passion?"
Conductor: Frank-Michael Erben

The programme moves from Haydn's classical elegance through Schubert's "Unfinished" to Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

VI. Symphony Concert - "Love and Drama - With a Kettledrum Stroke"
Conductor: N. N.
Soloist: Felix Anton Lehnert, timpani

Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, the world premiere of Rolf Rudin's work for timpani and orchestra, and excerpts from Smetana's Ma Vlast complete the season.