The National Forum of Music Wrocław Philharmonic invites you to a unique musical trip to Scotland on January 11, 2019 at 7.00 p.m. The programme of the concert will include two works inspired by the beauty of this country, whose authors are German composers – Max Bruch and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
This time we will go to Scotland through ... Moldova. It will be due to the opening Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes by Mieczysław Weinberg – a "rediscovered" Polish-Jewish composer. In his artistic output, this work appears as a rather light piece, being a charming picture of Moldovan and Balkan folklore. In this amazingly captivating music, we can also hear a klezmer dance tune that reminds of the composer's roots. Rhapsody was written during Weinberg's stay in Russia and improved the composer's position on the Moscow music scene. Among the performers of the work was Dawid Oistrakh, who presented his interpretation during a concert in Moscow in 1953.
Among the "Scottish" works that will be presented during the concert, we will find Scottish Fantasy by Max Bruch, written in 1880 for the legendary Spanish violinist Pablo de Sarasate, and Symphony No. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, inspired by the composer's first visit in Scotland in 1829. The NFM Orchestra will perform under the baton of Gabriel Chmura. The outstanding Russian virtuoso Boris Belkin, lecturer at the Conservatorium Maastricht, will perform as a soloist.
More information at: http://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/6540