Interview
Jörg Widmann in conversation with Christoph Streuli Jörg Widmann with Felix Mendelssohn
Composer, clarinettist and conductor Jörg Widmann regards Mendelssohn as one of the greats of music. And he sees parallels with his own works, especially the “fascination with speed, instrumental colours and fast-paced changes of mood in quick succession”. He conducts Mendelssohn’s majestic Reformation Symphony and works of his own: his overture Con brio, the Fantasy for Clarinet and the Second Violin Concerto, with his sister Carolin Widmann.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Jörg Widmann
Carolin Widmann
© 2023 Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Related interviews
Our recommendations
- François-Xavier Roth and Carolin Widmann
- Jörg Widmann conducts the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
- Simon Rattle conducts Mozart’s “Magic Flute”
- Simon Rattle conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Madrid
- 2017 New Year’s Eve Concert with Simon Rattle and Joyce DiDonato
- Herbert Blomstedt conducts Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony
