3. Symphony Concert

Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky Violin concert in D major Op. 35
David Philip Hefti Final(ment)e. Beziehungsweisen for two trumpets and orchestra
Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dances No. 1-10

When Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky was relaxing on Lake Geneva in 1878, the idyllic setting inspired him to write one of his most beautiful works, the Violin Concerto in D major. The young violinist Mira Foron returns to the Stuttgart State Orchestra with this audience favorite. Two years ago, she thrilled the audience in the Liederhalle with Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1. David Philip Hefti pursues a different solo concerto concept with Final(ment)e for two trumpets and orchestra. The work was created in 2021 as an atmospheric reference to Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, but is to be understood as an independent composition. Hefti initially has the soloists play at some distance from the orchestra, which results in an “intentional blurring of the interplay“. The composer works with a wide range of timbres, which he enhances by using flugelhorns, C trumpets and a piccolo trumpet. The ten Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms, which are played after the interval, are also dazzling. The Viennese by choice from Hamburg landed indestructible hits with them – as glowing as they are rousing.