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Schumann Cycle II

Thu 25/01/2024 19:00 - 21:00
6.50€
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Maximilian Hornung has had critics waxing poetic: “Technically wonderfully sovereign, he is above all a devoted musician.” (Rheinische Post)

Cellist Maximilian Hornung's interpretation of Schumann's concerto has had critics waxing poetic: “The wide-ranging cantilenas begin to glow internally under his hands. When he masters tricky virtuosity in the high register, it sounds as delicate as fine bobbin lace. Technically wonderfully sovereign, the native of Augsburg is above all a devoted musician.” (Rheinische Post)


Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat, “Spring”

Robert Schumann (1810–1856) had mostly composed only Lieder when his wife urged him to try his hand at writing for orchestra. No sooner said than done: in 1841 alone he produced three large-scale works, one of them the “Spring” symphony. Within four days he had made the sketches, and in little more than a month the orchestration. The symphony was premiered to great acclaim with Felix Mendelssohn conducting in 1841.

The symphony, said Schumann, tied in with a poem about spring by Adolf Böttger, and the opening fanfare rhythmically corresponds to the words “O wende, wende deinen Lauf / Im Thale blüht der Frühling auf!” (O, turn, O turn and change your course/In the valley, Spring blooms forth!). But the symphony was not, he said, really programmatic; spring should here be understood as a general symbol of spiritual and artistic rebirth. In the first movement, the world turns green and nature comes to life. Spring takes its leave in the finale, but summer is only just round the corner.


Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto, Op. 129

Though first and foremost a pianist, Robert Schumann (1810–1856) was very familiar with the cello. He played it as a child, and after damaging his finger, even considered making it his main instrument. His concerto was not, however, a great success. First, he vaguely called it a ‘concert piece’, and second, it was more of a poetic work characterised by singing lines and beautiful sounds than a chance for the soloist to show off in the customary way. Cellists declined the honour of premiering it after a few rehearsals and publishers turned up their noses. A week after submitting the finished score for publication, Schumann tried to drown himself in the Rhine. Not until after his death was the concerto first performed, in 1860. The soloist was the highly-esteemed Ludwig Ebert, but the orchestra could not be bothered to rehearse it and it was left to gather dust. Even today, opinions of it vary, and it has never won the unquestioned status of, say, the Romantic masterpieces by Elgar and Dvořák. The concerto is in three movements performed without a break. 


Robert Schumann: Symphony in C major Op. 61

“I wrote my symphony in December 1845, and I sometimes fear my semi-invalid state can be divined from the music. I began to feel more myself when I wrote the last movement, and was certainly much better when I had finished the whole work. All the same it reminds me of that difficult period in my life.” Thus wrote Robert Schumann of his Symphony in C major, Op. 61, but the overall impression is nevertheless not particularly gloomy. The Symphony was premiered in Leipzig with Felix Mendelssohn conducting and is dedicated to King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway, who sent Schumann a medal by way of thanks. 

The first movement begins with a solemn introduction and the second is a Scherzo constantly on the move. The slow third is one of the most beautiful symphonic movements Schumann ever wrote and is in all respects a veritable gem of romantic orchestral literature. The Symphony ends with an optimistic finale bearing references to the previous movements and an allusion to Beethoven’s song cycle An die fernte Geliebte.

Violin 1
Jan Söderblom
Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä 
Eija Hartikainen 
Katariina Jämsä 
Maiju Kauppinen 
Ilkka Lehtonen 
Petri Päivärinne 
Totti Hakkarainen
Angeles Salas Salas
Onni Kunnola
Eriikka Maalismaa

Violin 2
Anna-Leena Haikola 
Kamran Omarli
Maaria Leino
Siiri Rasta
Krista Rosenberg
Anna-Maria Huohvanainen
Sanna Kokko
Harry Rayner
Virpi Taskila
Mathieu Garguillo
Serguei Gonzalez Pavlova

Viola
Atte Kilpeläinen 
Torsten Tiebout 
Petteri Poijärvi 
Tuomas Huttunen
Kaarina Ikonen
Carmen Moggach
Mariette Reefman
Iina Marja-aho

Cello
Tuomas Ylinen 
Beata Antikainen
Basile Ausländer
Veli-Matti Iljin
Ilmo Saaristo
Fransien Paananen

Bass
Ville Väätäinen 
Paul Aksman
Venla Lahti
Juraj Valencik
Flute
Niamh Mc Kenna
Päivi Korhonen

Oboe
Hannu Perttilä
Jussi Jaatinen
Nils Rõõmussaar

Clarinet
Nora Niskanen
Sonja Lankinen

Bassoon
Markus Tuukkanen 
Tuukka Vihtkari

Horn
Mika Paajanen 
Miska Miettunen
Jonathan Nikkinen
Sam Parkkonen

Trumpet
Thomas Bugnot 
Obin Meurin

Trombone
Valtteri Malmivirta 
Anu Fagerström
Mario Montes Aguilera

Timpani
Mikael Sandström 

Percussion
Xavi Castelló Aràndiga

Taiteilijat

Antonello Manacorda
conductor
Maximilian Hornung
cello

Ohjelma

    19:00
    Robert Schumann
    Symfoni nr 1 “Spring”
    Robert Schumann
    Cello concerto
    Intermission
    21:00
    Robert Schumann
    Symphony No. 2
Series II
Musiikkitalo
Antonello Manacorda
Maximilian Hornung
Robert Schumann
Symfoni nr 1 “Spring”
Robert Schumann
Cello concerto
Intermission
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2