On Tour: Center for the Arts in Washington

Washington, Center for the Arts, George Mason University
20:00 Uhr

USA TOUR

Ever since 1954, our orchestra has regularly toured the USA. The Bamberg Symphony was the first German orchestra to visit Carnegie Hall after World War II. Now we are embarking on our 9th USA tour in the orchestra‘s history, beginning the journey with our very first concert in Iceland, country no. 64 on our symphonic map of the world, which we have been charting since 1946. The programme, with which we perform in the acoustically perfect Harpa Hall in Reykjavík and thereafter in four legendary concert halls in the USA, is inspired by the book by New York music writer Alex Ross, who in »The World After Wagner« illuminates the influence of this composer in the intellectual history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Jakub Hrůša Conductor
Hélène Grimaud Piano

Richard Wagner Vorspiel zur Oper »Lohengrin«
Johannes Brahms Symphonie Nr. 3 F-Dur op. 90
Robert Schumann Konzert für Klavier und Orchester a-Moll op. 54
Richard Wagner Ouvertüre zu »Tannhäuser«