The greatest composers are always on the brink of something new. Join us for Haydn, Schoenberg, Beethoven and Max Bruch’s enchanting first violin concerto.
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Here’s what you need to know…
Haydn: a witty composer with a deft touch for workplace politics; his Farewell Symphony cleverly ends up with just two musicians on the stage and won his orchestra the change of scene they were hankering after.
Bruch: a dreamer who heard the soul of music in melody; from its opening flourishes to its bravura gypsy finale, his much-loved First Violin Concerto sums up everything that is rich and enchanting about the Romantic style.
Schoenberg: rewrote the rulebook but believed only in inspiration; his symphony is “little but vast”, concentrated, forward-looking and daring.
Beethoven: ditto.
The greatest composers are always on the brink of something new and fresh. Hear it for yourself in a boldly imagined program that doesn’t stand still.
You can find out more about our guest violinist Daniel Hope via his website at www.danielhope.com.
MUSIC ON THE BRINK
HAYDN Symphony No.45 (Farewell)
BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1
SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No.1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8
Oleg Caetani conductor
Daniel Hope violin
PRE-CONCERT TALKS
Free pre-concert talk by Tony Cane in the Northern Foyer, 45 minutes before each concert.
AUDIO PLAYER LISTING
Track 1 – BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1: 1st movement (Introduction)
Arthur Grumiaux, violin, and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Heinz Wallberg
PHILIPS 476 8485
Track 2 – SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No.1, Op.9: excerpt
Members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly
DECCA 473 728-2
Track 3 – BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8: 1st movement (Allegro vivace e con brio)
Track 4 – BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8: 4th movement (Allegro vivace)
Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 429 0402
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Audio kindly supplied by Universal Music.
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Bruch
Schoenberg
Beethoven