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Mendelssohn and Mozart

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Banned repertoire during the occupation years with the music of Mendelssohn and Mozart.

In the week of National Remembrance, we play music by Mendelssohn - forbidden repertoire during the years of occupation. The elf-like lightness of his Overture to Midsummer Night's Dream and the noble profundity of his Fifth Symphony, which builds on Bach and points ahead to Bruckner, Wagner and Mahler: let us not forget how fortunate we are to be able to enjoy it now in freedom.

programme

Mendelssohn Overture Midsummer Night's Dream | Mozart Piano Concerto Nr. 21 | Metselaar New work (commissioned, world premiere) | Mendelssohn Fifth Symphony ‘Reformation’

credits

Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor | Fazil Say piano