Symphony Concert N° 2

Haydn’s Symphony No. 44 got the nickname »Symphony of Mourning« due to its sombre tone, the fugal finale and the air of seriousness that never lets up. Thomas Adès’s »Inferno Suite« is also anything but light-hearted. This condensed excerpt from the ballet music »Dante«, which premiered in 2021, takes up the circles of hell from the »Divine Comedy«, transforming them into garish and frenzied soundscapes that teeter on the abyss. Finally, Dvořák’s...