Munich Philharmonic: Schumann / Trojahn / TchaikovskyOmer Meir Wellber (conductor) and the percussionists of the Munich Philharmonic
This event is in the past.
Due to the delayed completion of Manfred Trojahn’s new work, Achérōn, Simone Rubino is unfortunately unable to participate in this concert. We are grateful the percussionists of the Munich Philharmonic and Mathias Lachenmayr for taking on the four solo parts. The programme remains unchanged. The Munich Philharmonic is seeking an alternative project with Simone Rubino in a later season.
This event is in the past.
Due to the delayed completion of Manfred Trojahn’s new work, Achérōn, Simone Rubino is unfortunately unable to participate in this concert. We are grateful the percussionists of the Munich Philharmonic and Mathias Lachenmayr for taking on the four solo parts. The programme remains unchanged. The Munich Philharmonic is seeking an alternative project with Simone Rubino in a later season.
- Omer Meir Wellber, conductor
Simone Rubino, percussion- Jörg Hannabach, percussion
- Michael Leopold, percussion
- Sebastian Förschl, percussion
- Mathias Lachenmayr, percussion
Manfred Trojahn composed his new work for percussion and orchestra in memory of Sadlo, who died in 2016. Sadlo became principal timpanist of the Munich Philharmonic at the age of 20 and later, as a professor, passionately influenced an entire generation of Europe’s young percussionists. Trojahn shares his first name with the Faustian tortured hero from Lord Byron’s dramatic poem of the same name. Both Robert Schumann and Peter Tchaikovsky were attracted to Manfred, who was tragically tortured by his own sense of guilt, and both adapted the romantic material into an orchestral work that scarcely conformed to the prevailing genre. Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber is at the podium for this triple Manfred confrontation.
Programme
- Robert Schumann: “Manfred”, overture to Lord Byron’s play of the same name, Op 115
- Manfred Trojahn: “Achérōn”, commissioned work and world premiere
- Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky: “Manfred”, Symphony in B minor, Op 58 in four scenes from Byron
