Also in the second festival concert for the 30th anniversary of Sinfonietta Dresden, which simultaneously marks the tenth concert in the series Beethoven | Schnittpunkte, the chamber orchestra will remain true to its dramaturgical concept and will perform contemporary and classical music in roughly equal proportions.
Ludwig van Beethoven's Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra Op. 56, the Symphony in D major by Beethoven's contemporary and Saxon nobleman Karl Borromäus von Miltitz, and contemporary works from Dresden and the partner city of Columbus, Ohio will be heard.
Karl Borromäus von Miltitz (1782-1845) was an important figure in Dresden and in the Meissen area (Scharfenstein Castle), where significant artists of his time met. Unfortunately, his music has been completely forgotten, and Sinfonietta Dresden aims to revive this treasure.
At the University of Columbus, Ohio, the native Serb Vera Stanojevic is a professor of composition, and her compositions Echoes from the Mountains and Kubik-MusiK for chamber orchestra will be performed. For the festival concert, the composer will also contribute a small premiere. Samir TimajChi, who hails from Iran, is studying composition at the Dresden University of Music. With him and his cultural background, along with influences from Persia, Western Europe, the Balkans, the United States, as well as from Dresden and Vienna, the concerts in Dresden and Görlitz promise to be musically very rich in contrast and color once again.
As soloists, you will experience students from the Dresden University of Music under the direction of Prof. Ekkehard Klemm and students from his class.
Sinfonietta Dresden is grateful and proud to have presented our audience in the concert series Beethoven | Schnittpunkte with unknown, valuable music from Dresden between 1750 and 1850 over the past five years, thus rescuing it from oblivion. It has also been exciting to musically portray the scene of a Dresden partner city in each concert; contemporary music from Wrocław, Ostrava, St. Petersburg, Strasbourg, Florence, Coventry, Salzburg, Skopje, and Rotterdam has been presented so far. Many students have had the opportunity to perform solo or conduct a professional orchestra, and ten student compositions have been premiered.
Now a small outlook - in spring 2025, the orchestra is planning a special concert as a grand finale to the concert series. Again in cooperation with the University of Music, Beethoven's Choral Fantasy Op. 70, works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Gottlob Benedict Bierey, as well as contemporary compositions from Dresden and our partner city Hangzhou will be performed.
Doors open: 4:30 PM
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