Name: Raphaela Gromes · Daniel Dodds · Duo Tal & Groethuysen
Start: 2025-05-04T11:00:00
Location: Schwetzingen Palace

The SWR Symphonieorchester invites you to embark on a captivating journey through the rich landscapes of music and art at Schwetzingen Palace. This event series promises an eclectic mix of performances, featuring young music journalists, a reinterpretation of symphonic masterpieces, and a vibrant celebration of musical virtuosity. From the humorous retelling of Adam and Eve to the intimate expressions of choral settings, this is an invitation to indulge in a celebration of creativity and cultural heritage.

Exploring the Symphony of Emotions at Schwetzingen Palace

Raphaela Gromes

SWR Symphonieorchester

Two symphonies that are nicknamed "great" - Mozart's 40th in G minor and Schubert's eighth in C major - plus a large orchestral work by the composer who has been nicknamed the "female Beethoven". All that's missing is a large orchestra. But that's not the case here. Instead, four great musicians play arrangements of great music. So we'll hear: Schubert in what Schumann calls the "heavenly length" of just under an hour, "like a thick novel in four volumes by Jean Paul, for example, which can never end." Plus Mozart's penultimate symphony, a piece of which there are probably as many different interpretations as there are exegetes. And finally: Faust! When we talk about seduction, Goethe's hero as a central figure in literary history cannot be left out, and so we also hear an arrangement of the Faust Overture , which Emilie Mayer wrote in 1879 and which was one of the few works by the highly talented composer to be published during her lifetime.

Raphaela Gromes · Daniel Dodds · Duo Tal & Groethuysen

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