German Romantics: Part 1

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Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom

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Programme

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Leonore Overture no. 3, Op.72b
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)	Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.73

Performers

Karl-Heinz Steffens	Clarinet
Philharmonia Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher	Violin

Mendelssohn wrote that the melody that opens his Violin Concerto ‘sticks in my head’ and ‘will not leave me in peace’; this lyrical masterpiece is here performed by the German virtuoso Arabella Steinbacher. While composing his idyllic Second Symphony, Brahms told a friend that ‘melodies flow so freely that one must be careful not to tread on them’.

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Bluster and reserve: German romantics from the Philharmonia

Mark Thomas, 28th October

Rousing performances of Beethoven and Brahms from Karl-Heinz Steffens and the Philharmonia came either side of a polished, but slightly reserved, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto.

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