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Live at the BBC Proms: Omer Meir Wellber conducts the Bremen orchestra playing Haydn & Robert Schumann, with Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich joining them for Bruch's concerto. Presented by Georgia Mann, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E minor, ‘Trauer’ Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor c.8.15pm Interval: Jessica Duchen looks at the two versions of Robert Schumann's Fourth Symphony and what they tell us about his approach to orchestral writing. c.8.35pm Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor (rev. version, 1851) Daniel Lozakovich, violin The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Omer Meir Wellber, conductor Haydn’s Symphony No. 44, written at the height of his fame in Europe, embodies the bracing rhythms, lyrical melodies and dramatic silences typical of the ‘Storm and Stress’ movement, with its nickname – ‘Trauer’ or ‘Mourning’ – arising from the suggestion he requested its serene slow movement be played at his funeral. Max Bruch evoked the heyday of Romanticism in his lush, ever-popular First Violin Concerto: young Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich returns following his acclaimed Proms debut in 2022. Sketched out in less than a week during a period of white-hot inspiration in 1841, Schumann’s Fourth Symphony is the outgoing, extrovert complement to his calmer, recently completed ‘Spring’ Symphony. Omer Meir Wellber, a former Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducts one of Europe’s leading orchestras.
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- TrackArtist
- 1.Symphony No. 44 In E Minor H.1.44 (Trauer)Symphony No. 44 In E Minor H.1.44 (Trauer)Joseph Haydn
- 2.Concerto No. 1 In G Minor Op.26Concerto No. 1 In G Minor Op.26Max Bruch
- 3.Violin Concerto No 2 (2nd mvt)Violin Concerto No 2 (2nd mvt)Henryk Wieniawski
- 4.Symphony No. 4 In D Minor Op.120Symphony No. 4 In D Minor Op.120Robert Schumann
- 5.Suite from "Pelléas et Mélisande", Op. 46Suite from "Pelléas et Mélisande", Op. 46Jean Sibelius
- 6.Etudes d'execution transcendante S.139 for piano; No 4, MazeppaEtudes d'execution transcendante S.139 for piano; No 4, MazeppaFranz Liszt