MDR-Konzerte am Abend: Schicksal

In the organizer's words:

MDR Symphony Orchestra
Alina Ibragimova - Violin
Dennis Russell Davies - Conductor

Isang Yun (1917-1995)
Fanfare & Memorial

Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963)
Concerto funèbre
for violin and string orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67

Beethoven's "Symphony of Destiny" breathes the spirit of revolution, both artistic and political, and has become a musical symbol of man's liberation from the night to the light. Isang Yun's fanfare sounds like a warning call, followed by memories and visions of the future in the memorial. In this composition, Yun also creates a symbiosis of Western European and Korean musical traditions, which makes his work unique. Karl Amadeus Hartmann composed a warning with his Concerto funèbre, written after the annexation of the Sudetenland in 1939: he sensed that even darker times lay ahead.

Concert introduction 17:15 in the Schumann-Eck