Contemporary music and melodic bliss need not be a contradiction, as Ai-Ling Chang, Juan Guzmán Esteban and Wan-Yen Li prove with four works by modern composers: J. Lee Graham, for example, creates a lot of romantic sound magic in the slow movement of his trio and revels in magical harmonies. And Charles Koechlin's "4 Petites pièces" are also deeply romantic in their expression, although they were written in the 20th century. Much like Eric Ewazen's horn trio, which is a homage to the trio of the romantic Brahms. Charles Wuorinen, on the other hand, plays inventively and happily with the musical ideas in his horn trio, showing a good dose of humor - and placing quite virtuoso demands on the horn player's lips.

Harmony of Modernity

Theater Duisburg

Just as every new year has its January 1st, (almost) every opera has an overture: sometimes as a turbulent introduction to a comedy full of intrigue and passion, as in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Figaro", sometimes as a departure into an adventure fairy tale full of magic, as in Mikhail Glinka's "Ruslan and Ludmilla". The Duisburg Philharmonic's salon orchestra welcomes the year 2025 with a selection of overtures that is as varied as it is virtuoso, mixing lively sounds in three-quarter time. "Everything is a waltz" is not only the motto of Johann Strauss and his brother Josef, but also in Carl Maria von Weber's "Invitation to the Dance" from 1819 - the epitome of Biedermeier waltz bliss.

New Year's Concert with the Salon Orchestra

The classic trio line-up actually consists of violin, cello, and piano. When Robert August Kahn presented his publisher with a Trio Serenade for oboe, horn, and piano, the publisher insisted on a version for a standard piano trio. The composer subsequently created no fewer than nine different versions of the serenade, each with its own distinctive sound. In the Profile concerto, it is the sometimes warm and full, sometimes clear and metallic sound of the horn that joins the piano and violin. We also hear this sound in the trio by Frédéric Duvernoy, one of the most famous French horn players around 1800, and in the "Premier Grand Trio" by Carl Czerny. All three offer the opportunity to encounter rarely performed but highly charming works.

Ai-Ling Chang

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 26, 2026

Trio with horn · Duisburger Philharmoniker

Past events

Feb 9, 2025

Harmony of Modernity · Duisburger Philharmoniker

Jan 19, 2025

New Year's Concert with the Salon Orchestra · Duisburger Philharmoniker

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in Serenade in f minor by Kahn

Duisburger Philharmoniker

Violin in Piano Trio No. 1 by Czerny

Duisburger Philharmoniker

Violin in Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano No. 1 by Duvernoy

Duisburger Philharmoniker

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