Donnerstagskonzert № 1

In the organizer's words:

The first concert dedicated to the season's focus "Planet Shostakovich" juxtaposes two works that touch on very different layers of worldview and open up new areas of interpretation, especially in contrast: Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor op. 77 was composed in 1947/1948 at a time of inner and outer distress. Jewish themes, for example in the sharply drawn Scherzo, lend the work a double coding: as a cultural confession and as a silent rebuttal. Soloist Liza Ferschtman devotes herself to the multi-faceted work with great artistic sensitivity. This is juxtaposed with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's "Reformation Symphony" op. 107. Composed in 1829/1830 as a contribution to the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, it is a sonorous testimony to Protestant identity. /JN

Program

Dmitri Shostakovich:
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor op. 77

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Symphony No. 5 in D major / D minor op. 107 ("Reformation Symphony")

Performers

Liza Ferschtman, violin
Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Gaudenz, conductor

Notes

18:45 Concert introduction in the Hermann Schaeffer Hall with the kind support of the Philharmonic Society Jena e. V.

After the concert, video projection of the works "veneer #1" and "veneer #2" by ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Robert Seidel on the Ernst-Abbe-Hochhaus. In cooperation with Jenoptik AG