As appealing as a solo concerto is, isn't a double concerto twice as interesting? Two soloists who pass the ball to each other, who compete, outdo each other, who come together for a pas de deux? This evening, two are simply twice as good: the soloists of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Three concertos for two solo instruments are on the programme, composed by the baroque trio of Bach, Telemann and Vivaldi. Of his 50 or so concertos for two instruments, Vivaldi only composed one for two trumpets, a solitaire in the extensive catalogue of works by the virtuoso Venetian. Bach's double concerto BWV 1043 was also a one-off piece - anyone who writes for two writes exclusively. The evening will be led by the British harpsichordist and conductor Jonathan Cohen, who has made a name for himself not only with his own ensemble Arcangelo. He has toured with the Academy of Ancient Music as well as with William Christie's ensemble Les Arts Florissants, which has now appointed him Associate Conductor. Franz Schubert's Mozart-like 5th Symphony, probably the most mature of his early symphonic works, will be the delightful finale of this Baroque+ program.

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The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra will be performing at the Gießen City Theater this time under the direction of conductor Delyana Lazarova and with hr solo cellist Peter-Philipp Staemmler, as well as another attractive, colorful program. The young Bulgarian-born Delyana Lazarova will not only bring to life Lili Boulanger's touching orchestral music, but also the nighttime world that oscillates between reality and dream in the cello concerto by the French sound magician Henri Dutilleux. She will also sonorously stage Beethoven's dynamic and harmonic contrasts in his 2nd Symphony, in which the despair over his increasing deafness and isolation is not at all noticeable.

Concerts Stadttheater Gießen

Theater Gießen

Spring feelings of a French woman who died young, full of magical radiance, an early Beethoven who defies his fate with musical confidence, and hr solo cellist Peter-Philipp Staemmler with a modern cello concerto full of intense colors - all this in a compact format at Quick & Classy. The young conductor Delyana Lazarova, who comes from Bulgaria, will not only bring Lili Boulanger's touching orchestral music to life in its forward-looking format, but also the nocturnal world of the French sound magician Henri Dutilleux, which oscillates between reality and dream. Not to mention Beethoven's virtuosity, characterized by sharp dynamic and harmonic contrasts, in which the deep despair over his increasing deafness and isolation is not at all noticeable.

Peter-Philipp Staemmler

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16 - 17 May, 2024

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