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Special Concert - Symphony Concert

Tschaikowski 5

Fate in Symphony and Violin Concerto
© Marco Borggreve

05/08

Saturday | 05/08/2027
7:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

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05/09

Sunday | 05/09/2027
11:00 am Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices
from 64 | 53 | 45 | 39 | 29 | 22 €
FLEXFee + 6 €
Discounts:
from 10 € for students up to 18 years | young people up to 30 years.
from 11 € for Dresden Pass and SB from GdB 80

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About the Concert

Duration: approx. 2 hrs including intermission

"Too colorful, too massive, too insincere..." The notoriously self-critical Tchaikovsky hardly had anything good to say about his Fifth Symphony. However, the audience never shared the composer's opinion. Rightly so, because with his "Fate motif," which also gave the symphony its nickname, the music immediately inscribes itself into the souls of the listeners from the very beginning. It appears repeatedly in all four movements, connecting them, with the long horn solo in the slow second movement being particularly memorable as it stands out like a beam of light from the dark sounds. Almost 50 years later, Karl Amadeus Hartmann's "Concerto funebre" was created, composed in 1939 as a reaction to the political events of his time. Despite its serious character, the work avoids pathos and thus appears particularly immediate. The chorale in the slow movement incorporates an old Russian revolutionary melody, adding an additional historical depth to the piece.

Programme

Karl Amadeus Hartmann
"Concerto funebre" for solo violin and string orchestra

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor

Artists

Michael Sanderling
Conductor
Christian Tetzlaff
Violin
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Michael Sanderling

Michael Sanderling began his career as a cellist, but since 2001 has focused primarily on conducting. Since 2021, he has been Chief Conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, with which he has toured Germany, Asia and South America, among other places. Previously, he was Chief Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic from 2011 to 2019. He holds a professorship for cello at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and is passionately involved in many projects promoting young musicians.

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Christian Tetzlaff

Violinist Christian Tetzlaff is highly acclaimed for his expressive, insightful and personal interpretations. His individual approach to the score, always searching for the emotional and structural depth of the composition, has built a loyal following over time who often describe his performance as an existential experience. Since his spectacular debuts with the Schönberg violin concerto in 1988 in Berlin, Munich and Cleveland, he has appeared with major orchestras of the highest calibre such as Berlin, Vienna, New York Philharmonics, the Boston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and many others. 

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Dresdner Philharmonie

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Top class! That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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