The Albert Schweitzer Youth Orchestra Hamburg is back in the Grand Hall of the Elbphilharmonie after two performances. The evening’s programme combines Mozart’s elegant musical language with Sarasate’s virtuoso opera fantasy and Beethoven’s evocative symphony.
The programme opens with Mozart’s First Flute Concerto, which displays many of the characteristics of Mozart’s later compositions: Many passages appear light, yet are technically highly demanding. Both the orchestra and the soloists are challenged here, both technically and musically. This is followed by Pablo de Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy for violin and orchestra. Based on themes from Bizet’s opera »Carmen«, it forms a brilliant concert piece; this too is full of technical challenges and musical contrasts.
The programme concludes with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, the so-called »Pastoral«. In it, Beethoven depicts various impressions from a stay in the countryside. From a peaceful arrival, through a scene by the stream, to a thunderstorm and a subsequent song of thanksgiving. The Albert Schweitzer Youth Orchestra Hamburg brings together young musicians from Hamburg and the surrounding region. Under the baton of Sebastian Beckedorf, the orchestra regularly rehearses symphonic programmes and performs in various concert formats.
PERFORMERS
Albert Schweitzer Jugendorchester orchestra
Nane Schulz flute
David Wurm violin
Sebastian Beckedorf director
PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Konzert für Flöte und Orchester G-Dur KV 285c
Pablo de Sarasate
Carmen-Fantasie für Violine und Klavier op. 25
- Interval -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 »Pastoral Symphony«
