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The warmth of Brahms’ third symphony has made it a favourite of many concertgoers. His friend Clara Schumann wrote: “Each movement is a jewel! I could not tell you which I loved most.”  A century earlier, Carl Philip Emanuel Bach composed his emotional and imaginative flute concerto – complete with stormy, calm, angry, and joyous moods, with its dazzling melodies requiring breath-defying skills. Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski’s overture is an exciting exploration of musical buoyancy, rising and falling both in volume and intensity. 

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Brahms' Symphony No. 3

Winspear Centre

Tonight's concert by NEC Philharmonia and Hugh Wolff includes Of Footprints and Light by Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski, Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony and a concerto performed by the winner of the Concerto Competition.

NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Wennäkoski, Mendelssohn

New England Conservatory

Beginning as students at a summer music camp before they were even teenagers, the members of the Danish String Quartet have an extensive history of musical collaboration. For their third UMS appearance, they bring their Doppelgänger project, an ambitious four-year international commissioning project in which four composers create new works in response to a masterwork by Franz Schubert. In this program, they pair Schubert’s famous “Death and the Maiden” quartet with Pige (Danish for “girl”) — a new work by Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski, who has been praised for her mastery of color and musical textures.

Danish String Quartet: Doppelgänger

University of Michigan

When Mason Bates composed his Piano Concerto, he repeated a simple mantra to himself: <em>Let the soloist shine</em>. Bates could not have chosen a better partner for this SF Symphony Co-Commission and West Coast Premiere than the astoundingly dexterous pianist Daniil Trifonov. Led by Ruth Reinhardt in her SF Symphony debut, the program also includes Lotta Wennäkoski’s <em>Helsinki Variations</em> and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 5, a work beloved for its natural warmth, singing melodies, and beautiful pastoral scenes

Daniil Trifonov plays Mason Bates

Davies Symphony Hall

The dazzlingly gifted Danish String Quartet returns for its second Berkeley concert this season, pairing a Schubert string quartet with a newly commissioned work as part of it Doppelgänger project, a four-season initiative co-commissioned by Cal Performances. Schubert’s thrillin "Death and the Maiden" quartet, one of the pillars of chamber music repertoire, is matched here with its musical twin, a new quartet by Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski —“a composer with ideas and a distinctive way of voicing them” "The Guardian"—whose music combines a melodic sensibility with percussive techniques and timbres.

Lotta Wennäkoski

Composer

Events

8 - 9 Mar, 2024

Brahms' Symphony No. 3 · Winspear Centre

Jan 30, 2024

NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Wennäkoski, Mendelssohn · New England Conservatory

Oct 28, 2022

Danish String Quartet: Doppelgänger · University Musical Society

2 - 5 Jun, 2022

Daniil Trifonov plays Mason Bates · San Francisco Symphony

Apr 29, 2022

Chamber Music: Danish String Quartet · Cal Performances

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