German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, one of the leading figures on the international classical music scene, appears at the Palau de la Música Catalana with the Munich Philharmonic, under the baton of Lahav Shani, as part of the BCN Clàssics series.
The programme opens with Johannes Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, one of the great works of the Romantic repertoire for violin and orchestra, with Mutter as soloist. Her career began at the age of thirteen, performing with the Berlin Philharmonic.
The second half features Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 9, known as the Great, a large-scale work characterised by its melodic richness and rhythmic drive.
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Brahms wrote his concerto for his friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim. Joachim helped revise the solo part and gave the work its premiere in 1879.
Schubert never heard his Ninth Symphony performed in its entirety before a public audience. Years later, Schumann rediscovered the score, and Mendelssohn conducted its premiere in Leipzig.
The Munich Philharmonic gave the premieres of works by Gustav Mahler. This historical connection helps explain the orchestra’s place in the European symphonic tradition.
