Poesie & Tanz

In the organizer's words:

The composer York Bowen grew up in the London suburb of Crouch Hill, where his father ran the renowned whiskey distillery "Bowen & McKechnie". After graduating from the Royal Academy of Music, he conquered the concert halls as a piano virtuoso. But Bowen also played the viola and horn. In 1956, he composed a horn concerto whose beguiling beauty carries a longing for bygone eras.
Igor Stravinsky's "Apollon Musagète", first performed in Washington in 1928 and subsequently also in Paris, is considered the birth of neoclassical ballet. The influential impresario Sergei Djagilev described it as "a magnificent work, of unusual calm and of the greatest clarity". This was of course intentional, as Stravinsky dedicated this music to Apollo, the mythological god of light, spring and the arts.

A free concert introduction with Dr. Matthias Corvin will take place in the upper foyer at 10.15 am.

Concert duration: approx. 90 minutes (incl. interval)