"I had to make a quick night of music," wrote Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on July 27, 1782 to his father Leopold about his Serenade in C minor, KV 388. This compositional milestone marks the end of a program with large-scale - and therefore unfortunately rarely heard - woodwind works that we have designed for our first concert in the impressive atmosphere of the salt warehouse of the Hansa coking plant. The program begins with the Octet in E-flat major, Op. 103 by Ludwig van Beethoven, a witty, playful and incredibly beautiful early work. The third work on the program is by the Czech composer Gideon Klein, who was killed in Auschwitz in 1945. His Divertimento, composed in 1939/1940, is a document of the inner resistance of an extraordinarily talented musician. The piece combines a vital, sometimes witty and aggressive divertimento spirit with a reflection of the threatening living situation in German-occupied Prague.

EPSG:4326

2nd Chamber Concert: Nacht Musique

Konzerthaus Dortmund

The Frenchman Olivier Messiaen composed his "Quartet for the End of Time" while he was interned in a prisoner of war camp near Görlitz, where the work was premiered on January 15, 1941. As with so many pieces by the deeply religious Catholic Messiaen, the title of the work refers to the Bible, more specifically the Book of Revelation. The Quatuor is an immediately moving, largely meditative classic of 20th century music that convinces even those who may be skeptical about this type of music.

Alina Heinl

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 23, 2025

3rd Chamber Concert: For the End of Time · Dortmunder Philharmoniker

Past events

Oct 1, 2024

2nd Chamber Concert: Nacht Musique · Dortmunder Philharmoniker

Future and recently performed repertoire

Clarinet in Quatuor pour la fin du temps by Messiaen

Dortmunder Philharmoniker

Clarinet in Octet by Beethoven

Dortmunder Philharmoniker

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