Duplex-Piano – Das Klavier mit zwei Manualen

The concert opens with music by Johannes Brahms, paying tribute to Brahms as a native of Hamburg, where he was born. The program continues with late Romantic masterpieces. In his work »Der Wind,« Franz Schreker creates a fascinating, expressionist soundscape. Ernst von Dohnányi’s sextet is a richly varied dialogue between the various string and wind instruments and the piano. Emanuel Moór’s piano trio offers magnificent musical expression. It was Emanuel Moór who designed the special two-manual piano featured in the concert: the Duplex Piano. »A double wonder of sound« (DIE ZEIT), »Timbres rarely heard before« (Hamburger Abendblatt), »orchestral power« (Neue Musikzeitung)—the Duplex Piano generated significant media attention.