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Music Plus: Music in political conflicts. Protest in authoritarian regimes
Exclusively available with a Music Plus subscription and as a combi ticket for subscribers to the Sunday Evening Series.
Talk at the bar
Natascha Pflaumbaum in conversation with Dr Eckhart von Hirschhausen about the work of his foundation Gesunde Erde – Gesunde MenschenAdmission free, admission with ticket for the evening concert (limited number of seats)
The concerts of the Gewandhaus Orchestra are the centrepieces of Frankfurt's Opera Square. It goes without saying that great symphonic music is on the programme at the regular dates of the orchestra with its significant history. On the podium: Andris Nelsons, who has been Gewandhauskapellmeister since 2018. This time, Nelsons and the Leipzig orchestra will be performing two powerful masterpieces that give a glimpse into the soul of their creators: One theory about Dmitri Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony is that he worked through times of deep suffering after Stalin's death. The theory is controversial, but it cannot be denied that the composer gave a harrowing testimony to himself with this work. Sergei Rachmaninov composed himself back to life from a severe creative crisis with his second piano concerto. For Yulianna Avdeeva, music is also a spiritual indicator: ‘With the piano, you share your innermost feelings and thoughts that you often can't put into words.’
