Am Puls

In the organizer's words:

Program
György Ligeti
Concert Românesc
1951
Antonín Dvořák
Concerto for Violin and
orchestra in A minor op. 53
1879-83
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 36
1800-02

Instrumentation
Veronika Eberle Violin
Anja Bihlmaier Conductor

Someone is standing on the edge of the abyss, seeing the catastrophe rolling towards him: A composer who works with his ears for his ears knows that he is going deaf. "I want to reach into the jaws of fate, but it certainly won't bow me down completely." So said Ludwig van Beethoven in 1801, when he was working on his Second Symphony - a work so positive, lively and confident that you can't hear the deep crisis Beethoven was in at the time in a single note. Music as a mantra for a positive turnaround? As an invocation of hope where there can no longer be any? As a defensive spell against deep black depression? There is hardly any other explanation for so much exuberance in the midst of despair. György Ligeti and Antonín Dvořák also provide a good kick of energy, drawing on the lively folk music of their respective homelands and ensuring that the great violinist Veronika Eberle, Anja Bihlmaier as a whirlwind on the podium and the Gürzenich Orchestra can show what they are made of from the first to the last note.