Kirill Petrenko conducts Schulhoff, Sinigaglia and Zemlinsky

Kirill Petrenko devotes this programme to three Jewish composers who were subjected to anti-Semitic persecution during the Nazi regime and whose music is still performed too rarely. We will hear Erwin Schulhoff’s Second Symphony, which fascinates with its adventurous playing with styles – for example, in a Scherzo alla Jazz. Two works full of Italian temperament by Leone Sinigaglia follow, featuring concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley as soloist. The concert closes with Alexander Zemlinsky’s voluptuously expressive Lyric Symphony, with Lise Davidsen and Christian Gerhaher.

Berliner Philharmoniker

Kirill Petrenko conductor

Noah Bendix-Balgley violin

Lise Davidsen soprano

Christian Gerhaher baritone