Programme
- Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks(16 mins)
- Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque(22 mins)
- interval
- Kol nidrei, Op. 47(9 mins)
- Symphony No. 7 in A major(36 mins)
Performers
- Omer Meir Wellberconductor
- Jan Voglercello
Concert Information
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic Chief Conductor Omer Meir Wellber is joined by German cellist Jan Vogler in Nottingham.
Vogler performs two rhapsodic works on Hebraic themes: Ernst Bloch’s Schelomo which evokes the meditations of King Solomon in music that’s both contemplative and seductive. We also hear Max Bruch’s Kol Nidrei, a beautiful prayer of repentance which helped to ensure that its composer became famous for more than just his First Violin Concerto.
The programme begins with Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel, the mischievous deeds and pratfalls of its antihero memorably rendered in Strauss’s brilliant orchestration. This irrepressible spirit is also felt in the relentless energy of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.
The rhythmic impulse of Beethoven’s writing can’t be contained, and the high-octane finale, complete with stratospheric horns, is truly wild, stomping joyfully through the orchestra.