Name: Hadelich — Dresden Philharmonic — Sanderling
Start: 2025-06-13T19:30:00
Location: Kulturpalast Dresden

Augustin Hadelich

Michael  Sanderling

Dresdner Philharmonie

Dresdner Musikfestspiele

He had a premonition of World War II breaking out imminently. Therefore, Benjamin Britten decided he could no longer stay in England, and left for Canada in 1939. The difficulty of his situation as an outspoken pacifist can be heard in his music as well. Even during the Atlantic crossing, he worked on his Violin Concerto in D-minor, whose solo part will be played at the Kulturpalast by Augustin Hadelich, known for his outstanding technique and the profound emotion and conviction of his interpretations. Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony also bears the signs of war. Composed in Stalin’s Soviet Union, it was a balancing act for its creator: he did not want to write optimistic music, yet he was not permitted to write tragic music. The resulting work reflects these contradictions. Michael Sanderling – the conductor of the evening and chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic from 2011 to 2019 – is considered one of the leading Shostakovich experts of our time, having witnessed during his childhood the close personal friendship of his father with the composer.