Donnerstagskonzert № 8 »ZwischenWelten«

In the organizer's words:

Jena is considered the cradle of Romanticism - a place where the idea that there is more to the world than what can be proven matured around 1800. This concert makes this search for the "unconditional" a sensual experience: overtures by Robert Schumann and Carl Maria von Weber, songs by Franz Schubert and romantic poetry by Novalis, Joseph von Eichendorff, Friedrich Schlegel and others enter into a lively dialog. Sound and words open up a space in which longing, subjectivity and poetic freedom take shape. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's secular cantata "Die erste Walpurgisnacht" based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ballad forms the centerpiece of the second half of the concert - a powerful immersion into the mythical and the human. The Jena Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Simon Gaudenz invites you to romanticize the world for an evening /JN

Program

Robert Schumann:
Overture to the opera "Genoveva" op. 81

Franz Schubert:
Selected songs arranged for voice and orchestra

Carl Maria von Weber:
Overture to the opera "Der Freischütz" op. 77

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
"Die erste Walpurgisnacht" op. 60, secular cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra on the ballad of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poetry from the Romantic period by Novalis, Joseph von Eichendorff, Friedrich Schlegel and others

Performers

Lucie Ceralová, alto
Stefan Cifolelli, tenor
Sebastian Seitz, baritone (in place of Miljenko Turk, who is ill)
Stephan Bootz, bass
Florian Thongsap Welsch, Speaker
Jena Philharmonic Choir
Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Gaudenz, conductor
Max Pommer, Moderation (Director Romantikerhaus Jena)

Organizer

Jena Philharmonic Orchestra in cooperation with the Romantikerhaus Jena. Municipal Museums Jena - An institution of JenaKultur and Theaterhaus Jena gGmbH