Interview
Daniel Stabrawa in conversation with Christoph Streuli Iván Fischer and Daniel Stabrawa
Here Iván Fischer conducts gems from his Hungarian homeland: Ernő Dohnányi and Jenő Hubay with Daniel Stabrawa as the soloist. Both discoveries are full of spirit and original ideas, and there is also Franz Schubert’s Fifth Symphony from the core Classical-Romantic repertoire.
Ernő Dohnányi’s Symphonic Minutes from 1933 and Jenő Hubay’s Violin Concerto No. 3, completed in 1907, perfectly embody the fire and longing that we associate with Hungarian music, while at the same time remaining original and surprising. Their roots lie unmistakably in the 19th century and especially in the music of Johannes Brahms. The soloist in Hubay’s concerto is Daniel Stabrawa, who has been a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker since 1983 and was appointed 1st concertmaster of the orchestra three years later.
In Schubert’s Fifth Symphony, there is also a relationship to an older model: in this case, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Just a few weeks before composing the symphony, the 19-year-old Schubert praised the “magical sounds of Mozart’s music” in his diary. In his Fifth Symphony, echoes of Mozart’s G minor Symphony No. 40 can be heard in particular: in the floating opening, in the theme of the scherzo, and in the crystalline lightness of the orchestral writing.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Iván Fischer
Daniel Stabrawa
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