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Kirill Petrenko launches the new season with two works that are both sumptuous and rhapsodic. Beneath their radiant surfaces, however, lie hidden messages. Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations are built not only on a deeply expressive theme, but also on encoded musical portraits of friends and family members. Pyotr Tchaikovsky, meanwhile, threads his Symphony No. 4 with a “fate motif” – a musical allusion to the life crises that accompanied him during the composition of the work. While there are moments of brightness, they are overshadowed by the spectre of impending misfortune.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Programme
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, op. 36
Interval
Piotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36
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Duration ca. 1 hour and 45 minutes (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Season-opening concert in association with Deutsche Bank
Dates and tickets
Main Auditorium
50 to 161 €
Introduction
18:15
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