»The vacuum of the missing audience,« he found »deafening,« as conductor Joseph Bastian described performance in the Süddeutsche Zeitung during the lockdown in an orphaned concert hall. »And I am so looking forward to this day, when we will finally experience in our own bodies why art is so incredibly relevant! What and how much we had been missing!« The time has now come, the French-Swiss conductor will introduce himself at his opening concert in the hr-Sendesaal. He has brought a puzzling work for the occasion: the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar, 14 character pieces for special characters, pointed caricatures and affectionate portraits of selected friends and colleagues. Cryptically titled, not fully unraveled to this day. In addition to Joseph Bastian, the former bass trombonist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, another orchestral musician will step into the spotlight: Florin Iliescu, 1st concertmaster of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony since 2018. He will play the horrendously virtuosic F-sharp minor Violin Concerto by Henryk Wieniawski, which soars up to the five-note octave.

Concert duration: about 60 minutes

NOTE:
The concerts, which last about an hour, take place in compliance with an extensive spacing and hygiene concept, which includes, among other things, modified seating plans, new entrance and exit situations, as well as the omission of breaks and catering. For more information, please refer to our hygiene instructions: Hinweise für Konzertbesucher*innen.

Karten: 24,– €

Bis zu 50 % Ermäßigung für Schüler, Studierende, Auszubildende bis 27 Jahre

Das Konzert in hr2-kultur:
Sonntag, 19. September 2021, 20.04 Uhr
Dienstag, 28. September 2021, 20.04 Uhr