Symphony Concert N° 5

Daniel Harding Conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann Violin

Edward Elgar

  • Violin Concerto in B minor op. 61

Jean Sibelius

  • Symphony No. 4 in A minor op. 63

A musical love token

The son of a music dealer, Edward Elgar worked as an organist until the age of 42. The road to fame was long indeed: it was not until the »Enigma Variations« of 1899, which were performed in Dresden just six years later, that the composer’s career finally took off. In 1905, Fritz Kreisler requested a violin concerto. Although Elgar promised one, he hesitated for some time before getting to work. Yet the violinist was confident of the result: »If he writes one, it will be a labour of love rather than profit« When Kreisler finally got his hands on Elgar’s score in 1910, he euphorically described it as »the greatest violin concerto since Beethoven«.

A concert introduction will be offered 45 minutes before the beginning of each performance in the opera cellar of the Semperoper.

  • Sunday
    07.01.2024
    11:00 Uhr
    Semperoper
    Tickets
    Ticket price:
    12 – 73 €
  • Monday
    08.01.2024
    19:00 Uhr
    Semperoper
    Tickets
    Ticket price:
    12 – 73 €
  • Tuesday
    09.01.2024
    19:00 Uhr
    Semperoper
    Tickets
    Ticket price:
    12 – 73 €

Daniel Harding

Born in Oxford, Daniel Harding began his career as assistant to Sir Simon Rattle with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, where he made his debut in 1994. Later he was assistant to Claudio Abbado with the Berlin Philharmonic and made his debut at the Musikfest Berlin in 1996.

Today Daniel Harding is Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and musical partner of the New Japan Philharmonic. Recently he was awarded the title of Conductor Laureate by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. His previous positions have included Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (2003-2011), Principal Conductor of the Norwegian Trondheim Symphony Orchestra (1997-2000), Principal Guest Conductor of the Swedish Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (1997-2003) and Music Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (1997-2003). In autumn 2016 he will take over the position of Principal Conductor of the Orchestre de Paris.

 

Daniel Harding is a regular guest with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala in Milan. Engagements as guest conductor have taken him to the Vienna, Berlin and Munich Philharmonic Orchestras, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Oslo Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées as well as to the orchestras of New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Chicago.