Konzerthaus Berlin: Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)

Together the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and chief conductor Christoph Eschenbach will play a premiere of Victor Kissine (*1953) with the Kremerata Baltica and Gidon Kremer. Kremer is the soloist in Weinberg's Violin Concerto, in which inner turmoil, inner distress and at the same time the courage to live become audible.

To conclude: The much discussed fifth by Weinberg-Mentor Schostakowitsch. About him and this work Christoph Eschenbach says: "One of my predecessors at the Konzerthaus Berlin was Kurt Sanderling, the great Shostakovich conductor. [...] I am excited about this orchestra with whose DNA Shostakovich is passed on from one generation to the next. In his Fifth Symphony, shortly before his death, the composer corrected the tempo of the coda of the last movement downwards, away from jubilation and towards something tragic and painful. This is the version we play. She touches me personally very much."

PROGRAMM

Mieczys?aw Weinberg
Concert for violin and orchestra G minor op. 67

Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Sinfonie Nr. 5 d-Moll op. 47

26 October 2019 - 20:00 hrs
Large Hall