Jakub Hrůša, Jan Bartoš

Abo D
Bamberg, Konzerthalle, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal
20:00 Uhr

Program change:
Instead of Bohuslav Martinů's 5th Piano Concerto, we will play Sergei Prokofiev's Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra.

Fascinating expedition: Thanks to Jakub Hrůša, we and our audience regularly get to enjoy gems from the rich treasure trove of Bohemian music repertoire. He loves to bring the stories to the stage that the composers from there have set to music so ingeniously. Smetana in particular was a master of symphonic poems, and in this programme we play no fewer than three of them. They were all composed decades before his famous cycle »Má vlast« and are far too rarely heard in Germany. Based on literature by Shakespeare, Schiller and Adam Oehlenschläger, they revolve around different characters: »Richard III«, »Wallenstein’s Camp« and »Haakon Jarl«. They were inspired around 1860 by an encounter with Franz Liszt – who once praised Smetana with the words: »Here you have the composer with the true Bohemian heart, the artist gifted by God.« To set the mood for these dazzling tone poems, we also present two richly nuanced works: firstly Stravinsky’s magnificent wind symphonies, in his words a »ceremony in which different groups meet in short litany-like dialogues«. Our Chief Conductor has chosen these pieces, first performed in 1921, because he loves the sound of our wind section so much – and is thus able to present them in a perfect light. At the request of the accomplished pianist Jan Bartoš, we will also play Sergei Prokofiev's first concerto for piano and orchestra.

Jakub Hrůša Conductor
Jan Bartoš Piano

Igor Strawinski Bläsersymphonien (1920 / 1947)
Sergei Prokofjew Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1 Des-Dur
Bedřich Smetana »Richard III.« Symphonische Dichtung op. 11
Bedřich Smetana »Wallensteins Lager« Symphonische Dichtung op. 14
Bedřich Smetana »Hakon Jarl« Symphonische Dichtung op. 16