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"Beethoven's music moves the levers of fear, awe, disgust, pain, and awakens that infinite longing that is the essence of Romantic literature." This was said by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1810, while he was living in Bamberg. We will perform enchanting pieces by composers for whom Beethoven had opened the door, under the direction of our chief conductor: Carl Maria von Weber, who was younger but died in 1826, a year before Beethoven, was inspired by him to explore the emotional world of the new era – as heard in the imaginative overture to the opera "Euryanthe." Tchaikovsky composed his famous first piano concerto in 1874/75. It is a captivating work with catchy folk melodies, which his confidante Nadezhda von Meck enthusiastically described as: "Oh, these sounds cannot be forgotten, as long as the heart beats." Schumann was also able to perfectly capture the fullness of Romantic feeling: In his third symphony, he captured "Rhenish life" in 1850, including a solemn ceremony in the fourth movement, according to a contemporary reviewer. On our tour, instead of Schumann, it is Beethoven himself who speaks: His second symphony is a testament to early creative power, and like the other compositions by his hand, it has set many things in motion in music history – as noted by critic Friedrich Rochlitz after the first performance in 1803: "This work by a 'fiery spirit' will live on, even if a thousand fashionable things that are now celebrated are long gone."
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