Simon Rattle conducts symphonies between late Romanticism and Modernism
In this concert, Simon Rattle shows the fascinating transformation the symphony underwent after late Romanticism. In addition, he juxtaposes Johannes Brahms’s sonorously pastoral Second Symphony with Arnold Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1 whose free tonality opened up previously unimagined worlds of expression. Dream-like and intimate, Hans Krása’s Symphony for small orchestra from 1923 has by then lost all features typical of the genre.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Eva Vogel
© 2009 Berlin Phil Media GmbH
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