Capriccio

In the organizer's words:

5th Chamber Concert / Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel" / Pablo de Sarasate: "Navarra" op. 33 for two violins and piano / Leoš Janáček: Capriccio for piano (left hand) and wind ensemble

Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel"

Trumpet and arrangement

Clément Schuppert

trumpet

Fanni SzalaiMartinHommel

Trombone

Damian SchneiderMariaMertesMarekJanicki

tuba

Thomas Matt

Pablo de Sarasate: "Navarra" op. 33 for two violins and piano

violin

Moran ChoiSebastianEckoldt

piano

N. N.

Leoš Janáček: Capriccio for piano (left hand) and wind ensemble

Trumpet

Clément SchuppertMartinHommel

Trombone

Damian SchneiderMariaMertesMarekJanicki

Tenor tuba

Clément Guy

Flute

Katharina Lohr

piano

N. N.

Richard Strauss originally intended to write an opera based on the Till-Eulenspiegel story. It later became a symphonic poem. Clément Schuppert, principal trumpeter of the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra, has arranged this work, feared by horn players because of its solos, for brass.

Pablo de Sarasate's "Navarra" op. 33 was written in 1889 as a tribute to the northern Spanish region of the same name, where he was born in 1844. The duo is written for two violins in the style of the jota, a fast dance with complicated step sequences, usually in 3/8 time. Sarasate's composition emphasizes the esprit and vitality of the dance.

"Capriccio": One of Leoš Janácek's last chamber music works was composed in the fall of 1926 at the suggestion of the pianist Otakar Hollmann (1894-1967), a World War I invalid who encouraged composers to write for the left hand. Janáček complies with his request but, as he says, does not want to compose a "dance for one leg". Instead, he wrote a four-movement work based on free associations with military music, scored for piano and wind ensemble. Premiered in 1928, Janáček's "Capriccio" is a jumble of polkas, marches, waltzes and sentimental songs: A concert piece with sparkling sparks and rousing sounds.