Finally, you can experience one of the greatest romantic works in the Symphony Hall!Swan Lakeis the breathtaking tale of the love between the graceful swan and the noble prince, of the greatest love – and of the most treacherous deception. Tchaikovsky's effervescent and intoxicating music takes us all the way through the emotional register.

Swan Lake

Aarhus Music Hall

Music that remembers and gives rise to hope can be heard in this 6th symphony concert. Mieczysław Weinberg dedicates his Polish Melodies to his beloved but lost homeland . On 6 September 1939 the young composer sat spellbound by the radio: the propaganda chief on the staff of the Supreme Commander in Poland announced that the German Wehrmacht was approaching Warsaw. The young music student immediately fled to the Soviet Union. “Poland is my homeland,” Weinberg maintained throughout his life, even after he had found a second home, a new family and the most successful period of his creative life in Russia. In Moscow he was initially able to establish himself as a successful composer, but the post-war period and the increasing oppression of minorities brought ever greater repression to the Jew Weinberg. The Polish Melodies , which Weinberg composed in 1950, paint a picture of his first homeland – if one believes the cheerful sentences, they must have been memories of a carefree time. Only once more, in 1966, did Weinberg return to Poland and learn that his parents and sister had been murdered by the Nazis in the Trawniki concentration camp.

Pawel Kapula

Events

Upcoming events

20 - 21 Mar, 2026

6th Symphony Concert · Staatstheater Mainz

Past events

Jan 29, 2026

Swan Lake · Musikhuset Aarhus

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Symphony No. 8 by Dvořák

Staatstheater Mainz

Conductor in Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky

Musikhuset Aarhus

Conductor in Cello Concerto by Weinberg

Staatstheater Mainz

Conductor in Polish Melodies by Weinberg

Staatstheater Mainz

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