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Fate - Tchaikovsky's Fifth

Name: Fate - Tchaikovsky's Fifth
Start: 2025-02-21T20:00:00
Location: Cologne Philharmonie

WDR Sinfonieorchester

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The theme of "man and fate" has fascinated many composers. Beethoven, for example, in his music for Goethe's drama "Egmont", in which a hero tries to win freedom for his country but tragically fails. In his fifth symphony, Tchaikovsky illuminates the tragedy of his emotional distress: a dark, whispering motif runs through the work, which the composer sees as an expression of "complete surrender to fate". In between there is a pearl of romantic co...

Program

Robert Schumann - Concerto in A minor for Violoncello and Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven - Overture to "Egmont"

Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E minor

Participants

Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Conductor

Pablo Ferrández

Cello

WDR Sinfonieorchester

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