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Nearly two decades after his death, it remained lost in a drawer: the Symphony in E major, which Franz Schubert composed in the summer of 1821, and of which he fully orchestrated the first 110 bars.
Since then, there have been several attempts to make Schubert's symphony fragment playable. In 2021, composer Richard Dünser presented an arrangement that incorporated additional fragments, including "a wonderful Andante that Schubert composed in his last weeks of life" (Dünser). As a "continuation of thinking and composing," this arrangement opens up a "new creative" approach that has since been performed with great success in many countries.
Thomas Rösner and the Beethoven Philharmonie combine Dünser's Schubert arrangement with the famous Violin Concerto in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The soloist is the young Chinese violinist Ziyu He, who made his debut as a soloist with the Vienna Philharmonic in 2017 at the age of just 18 – and even then, he captivated the audience during the Jeunesse public rehearsal.
Program and cast
Beethoven Philharmonic
Thomas Rösner, Conductor
Ziyu He, Violin
PROGRAM
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a
FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
– Intermission –
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Symphony in E major, D 729; Arrangement by Richard Dünser based on sketches from D 729, D 708, and D 936
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Musikverein Golden Hall
This building is located on Dumbastraße/Bösendorferstraße behind the Hotel Imperial near the Ringstraße boulevard and the Wien River, between Bösendorferstraße and Karlsplatz. However, since Bösendorferstraße is a relatively small street, the building is better known as being between Karlsplatz and Kärntner Ring (part of Ringstraße loop). It was erected as the new concert hall run by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, on a piece of land provided by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1863. The plans were designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen in the Neoclassical style of an ancient Greek temple, including a concert hall as well as a smaller chamber music hall. The building was inaugurated on 6 January, 1870. A major donor was Nikolaus Dumba whose name the Austrian government gave to one of the streets surrounding the Musikverein.
Great Hall - Golden Hall
“As high as any expectations could be, they would still be exceeded by the first impression of the hall which displays an architectural beauty and a stylish splendour making it the only one of its kind.” This was the reaction of the press to the opening of the new Musikverein building and the first concert in the Großer Musikvereinssaal on 6 January 1870.
The impression must have been overwhelming – so overwhelming that Vienna’s leading critic, Eduard Hanslick, irritatingly brought up the question of whether this Großer Musikvereinssaal “was not too sparkling and magnificent for a concert hall”. “From all sides spring gold and colours.”
Brahms Hall
"In order not to promise too much it can be said that it has been made into the most beautiful, most magnificent, perfect example of a chamber concert hall that any of us knows in the world.” This was the reaction of a Vienna daily newspaper in October 1993 as the Brahms-Saal was presented to the public after extensive renovation work.
The surprise was perfect. It was a completely new hall. In contrast to the Grosse Musikvereinssaal, the Brahms-Saal had changed its appearance quite considerably over the years. When and how it acquired that slightly melancholy duskiness that was known to music lovers before 1993 cannot be precisely documented.
Glass Hall
As a venue for events from concerts to luxury banquets, the Glass Hall / Magna Auditorium is not only the largest of the Musikverein's 4 new halls but also the most flexible in terms of usage.
Hub podiums enable the smooth transformation of the concert hall into a conference centre, the cinema into a ballroom, or the stage into a catwalk. State-of-the-art equipment for sound, lighting, video and widescreen digital projection provide the ideal conditions for half-scenic productions.
The Glass Hall / Magna Auditorium was designed by the Viennese architect Wilhelm Holzbauer. With a height of 8 metres, the hall (including the gallery) can play host to up to 380 visitors.
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