7. Sinfoniekonzert «Licht des Südens»

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OTTORINO RESPIGHI Fontane di Roma
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Concerto all'antica in A minor for violin and orchestra
FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Symphony No. 4 in A major op. 90 "Italian"

When one thinks of Italy's great musicians, there is hardly any way around the romantic bel canto opera with its melodious arias and heart-rending subjects. For Ottorino Respighi, however, this was not enough and his oeuvre includes a wide range of purely instrumental music. His most popular work for orchestra is Fontane di Roma, which creates a glittering monument to the unique water features of the Eternal City in wonderfully colorful orchestral tableaux. His Concerto all'antica for violin and orchestra was composed a few years earlier. This work, which shows the late Romantic composer from a completely different side, contains stylistic elements of the Baroque that lend his music an incredibly playful and very individual touch. Following in the footsteps of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy traveled to Italy, impressed by the light, color and nature. "There is music in it, it sounds and resounds from all sides," he wrote home. While he was still on the road, his Italian Symphony was born - a souvenir full of inimitable energy and lightness.

Cast: Marco Angius (conductor) / Francesca Bonaita (violin) / Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven