3. Akademiekonzert: Thomas Guggeis

In the organizer's words:

The young conductor Thomas Guggeis, now General Music Director of the Frankfurt Opera after sensationally standing in for his mentor Daniel Barenboim in Berlin, makes his "academic" debut with the Bavarian State Orchestra and presents a symphonic rarity: Alexander Zemlinsky's fantasy for orchestra The Mermaid (based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale), premiered in Vienna in 1905 under the composer's baton. The powerful depiction of the mermaid's fate reflects the composer's unhappy relationship with his pupil Alma Schindler, who had left him for Gustav Mahler after a passionate affair. Perhaps because of this personal background, Zemlinsky withdrew the work; it was considered lost and remained unperformed for almost seventy years. Mendelssohn's Overture to the Beautiful Melusine also touches on the sphere of water creatures and tells of a close relative of the mermaid. Aigul Akhmetshina also sings of the coming and passing of love: Ernest Chausson's Poème de l'amour et de la mer op. 19 combines the story of a love affair with the atmosphere of the sea.

Program:

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
The beautiful Melusine op. 32

Ernest Chausson
Poème de l'amour et de la mer op. 19

Alexander Zemlinsky
The Mermaid. Fantasy for orchestra

Instrumentation:

Musical director Thomas Guggeis

Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina

Bavarian State Orchestra

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Price information:

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