A fleeting moment of awakening: the bow touches the strings, the first notes ring out, the curtain rises, the fanfare of destiny sounds... On the third Sunday of Advent, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra invites you to a concert evening full of contrasts and emotions at the Laeiszhalle.
Mozart’s sparkling overture to »Le nozze di Figaro« opens the programme – a musical interplay of light and shadow, wit and drama. The second Mozart piece in the concert strikes a different note: his last piano concerto, No. 27 in B flat major, appears quiet and clear, with an almost supernatural transparency. It will be performed by Polish pianist Szymon Nehring, one of the outstanding pianists of his generation and a welcome guest with the symphony orchestra. The multiple prize winner of the renowned Arthur Rubinstein Competition brings the melodies to life with his refined sound culture and lyrical depth.
The second part of the evening belongs to the musical and emotional world of Peter I. Tchaikovsky. His Symphony No. 4 in F minor is a declaration of beauty despite inner turmoil – a dramatic work that oscillates between doubt and radiant certainty. It was written as a »symphony of fate« during a dark period in his life, marked by personal crises ranging from his unrequited love for a violinist to a sham marriage and a suicide attempt, for which the composer composed musical redemption as an echo. At the podium is Aurel Dawidiuk, born in 2000, one of the most exciting conductors of the younger generation, ‘a new star in the conducting firmament’ (Hamburger Abendblatt). With energy, precision and a sense of emotional depth, he leads the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra through a programme that acts as a mirror image of the soul: beauty that unfolds in movement, passion that takes shape – between elegance and eruptive force, between quiet intimacy and orchestral grandeur.
PERFORMERS
Symphoniker Hamburg orchestra
Szymon Nehring piano
Aurel Dawidiuk conductor
PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture from »Le nozze di Figaro«, K. 492
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat major, KV 595
Piotr I. Tschaikowsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
