Hessischer Rundfunk

Music in remembrance of the horrors of war with musicians of the hr-Sinfonieorchester from five countries whose grandfathers were enemies and fought each other in the Second World War - a concert of retrospection, remembrance and hope 80 years after the end of the Second World War!

With his 8th String Quartet in 1960, the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich created a moving musical memorial to the victims of fascism and war. The American Aaron Copland was affected by the death of a friendly lieutenant during the Second World War and he dealt with this in his only violin sonata in 1943. In "Tenebrae", the Romanian-Israeli composer Osvaldo Golijov draws on his own experiences and juxtaposes the violence of war with the tranquillity of a planetarium and the hope of peace. In between, two contemporary works by the American Jessie Montgomery and the Japanese Michiru Oshimas take up the ideas of peace and remembrance and open the senses.

Photo: hr / Ben Knabe

18.5., 6 p.m.

hr-Sendesaal, Bertramstr. 8, Frankfurt

50 % discount: 24 € for 2 tickets

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