Hessischer Rundfunk

Korngold said that he wrote his violin concerto "more for a Caruso than a Paganini". Which means: the courage to be melodious. This makes Renaud Capuçon, with his full, velvety violin tone, the ideal interpreter and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 an edgy counterpoint. This symphony is like a history lesson. Its title "The Year 1905" refers to the "St. Petersburg Bloody Sunday" and the massacre of demonstrating workers in front of the Tsar's palace. It can be heard vividly here: The tension, the confrontation between people and power, the mourning for the dead. Revolutionary chants, workers' anthems, protest songs - this is the material from which Shostakovich creates a powerful and vivid symphony - which can also be related to the year of its composition, 1957, with the Hungarian uprising that had just been bloodily suppressed, as well as to the present day.

This season, Alain Altinoglu and the hr-Sinfonieorchester continue their recording of all Shostakovich symphonies. Physical, energetic and equipped with a powerful percussion battery is also "Alaraph", this work by focus artist Unsuk Chin, which can be heard in Germany for the first time. The title was provided by one of the so-called "heartbeat stars", whose pulsation resembles the heart rate in an electrocardiogram.

Photo: hr / Benjamin Decoin

27.11., 7 pm (6 pm concert introduction in the Great Hall)

Alte Oper, Opernplatz 1, Frankfurt

50 % discount: price category 1 = 66 €, price category 2 = 55 € for 2 tickets

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