Munich Philharmonic: Elgar / Schubert / WagnerLahav Shani (conductor), Sol Gabetta (cello)
Lahav Shani, the Munich Philharmonic’s new principal conductor as of September 2026, begins the evening with a groundbreaking work to kick off the 2025/26 season with its motto of “Discoveries”.
Lahav Shani, the Munich Philharmonic’s new principal conductor as of September 2026, begins the evening with a groundbreaking work to kick off the 2025/26 season with its motto of “Discoveries”.
A floating chord, a mysterious sound full of longing: With his “Tristan chord”, Richard Wagner departed from the convention of major and minor, thereby paving the way for the harmonic discoveries of the 20th Century. This contrasts with Edward Elgar’s introspective, emotive Cello Concerto – his last great orchestral work – which demonstrates that not all composers followed in Wagner’s footsteps. The soloist is the one and only Sol Gabetta. Franz Schubert’s Symphony in B minor went down in history as the “Unfinished Symphony” and is a bold work full of mystery and questions unanswered.
Programme
- Edward Elgar: Cello concerto in E minor, Op 85
- Franz Schubert: Symphony No 7 in B minor, D 759, Unfinished Symphony
- Richard Wagner: Prelude and Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
