It is a popular romantic theme: the fine line between genius and madness. In Beethoven’s case, all one needs to do is look at the portrait of the agitated artist with tangled hair and crazy eyes, who jots his notes down on paper in a manic creative frenzy and in the face of impending deafness. Wolf was hospitalized twice – and died in the clinic. When Schumann was admitted to Endenich, “melancholy with delusion” was noted as a diagnosis in the admission book. And the Italian Renaissance prince Carlo Gesualdo was not only a gifted composer, but very probably also a murderer. In the chromatic descent at the end of his madrigal, we seem to hear the agony of a guilty man tormented by remorse. The result? Insanely brilliant music!

EPSG:4326

Chamber Concert: Genius and Madness

Munich Residence

Evangelische Akademie

Lorenz Chen

Events

29 - 30 Jun, 2024

Chamber Concert: Genius and Madness · Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in Adagio and Fugue in C minor, KV 546 by Mozart

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Violin in Versuch über die Fuge, 5th string quartet with soprano by Widmann

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Violin in String quartet in B flat major, op. 130 by Beethoven

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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