Šostakovič - Symphony No. 5

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

With A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mendelssohn whisks you away to his enchanting fairytale world from the very first notes. Pianist Alexander Lonquich, a master of early Romantic repertoire, brings brilliance to Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto – a work with a hidden story. Did you know a passage was composed by Delphine von Schauroth, a German pianist, though her name never made the title page? Mendelssohn’s music, in turn, inspired his friend Robert Schumann, whose ‘Rhenish’ Symphony flows like the majestic Rhine, perhaps echoing his visit to Cologne Cathedral. Under Philippe Herreweghe’s baton, Schumann’s grandeur and Mendelssohn’s magic come alive in this collaboration with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.

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Alexander Lonquich enchants with Mendelssohn

The Concertgebouw

Queen Elisabeth Hall

Alexander Lonquich is famous not only for his nuanced sound, but also for his original programming. For this programme, he has chosen a wide range of colourful discoveries that convey maximum expressivity in short movements. Alongside Bruckner’s delicate Erinnerung, there are two ebullient piano sonatas by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and these are offset by alternatingly powerful and melancholic works by composer in residence Wolfgang Rihm, who died in July. Little-known Novellettes by Robert Schumann, a master of the expressive piano miniature, also punctuate the evening.

Alexander Lonquich plays Rihm, C. P. E. Bach, Schumann and Bruckner

Berliner Philharmonie

Alexander Lonquich, Ilya Gringolts, Enrico Bronzi, Tommaso Lonquich, Irena Kavčič, Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Teatro La Fenice

Piano Concerto No. 1

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Alexander Lonquich

Events

Past events

May 24, 2026

Šostakovič - Symphony No. 5 · Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Apr 30 - May 2, 2026

Alexander Lonquich enchants with Mendelssohn · Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Piano in Piano Concerto No. 1 by Brahms

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Piano in Piano Concerto No. 1 by Mendelssohn

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

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