ITALIENREISE

In the organizer's words:

ORCHESTRA CONCERT

The third orchestral concert also refers to a premiere: just before Donizetti's "Liebestrank", we travel south with four composers.

Rubén Dubrovsky: Even before Goethe's time, an "Italian journey" was considered a compulsory program to deepen one's education. This was also true at the time of Mendelssohn, whose "Italian Journey" is one of his most popular works, and more than half a century later for Richard Strauss, who was inspired to write his first symphonic poem there.

Stravinsky, on the other hand, let Italy travel to him, so to speak.

RD: For "Pulcinella", a ballet score that he later turned into a suite, he drew on the works of several Italian composers, including Domenico Gallo. I am looking forward to juxtaposing Gallo's originals with the "adaptations". I will explain in short presentations how Stravinsky created his own originals!

Richard Strauss "From Italy", op. 16 (IV: "Neapolitan Folk Life")

Igor Stravinsky Suite from the ballet "Pulcinella"

Domenico Gallo Trio Sonatas (excerpts)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Symphony No. 4, op. 90 ("Italian")