The “Schwäbische Klassik Sterne” series returns to the Erwin Hymer Museum.

The Neue Philharmonie invites you to a concert evening that combines nature, narrative power, and virtuosity. Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” unfolds impressive soundscapes of landscape, tranquility, and movement. 

This is contrasted by Lutz Schumacher's viola concerto: a three-movement work for viola and orchestra in A minor, which pays homage to “beautiful, old things” by combining baroque and church music influences with an opulent, emotional sound language, giving the often underestimated viola room for great expressiveness between dreaming, crying, and laughing – interpreted by the young Spanish violist Luz Elisabeth Sanchez. 

The program is rounded off by Gioachino Rossini's rousing overture to “William Tell,” which exudes tension and dramatic energy.
Lutz Schumacher will moderate the evening and also conduct it together with Andreas Schulz.

The three-movement Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in A minor is a homage to times gone by, drawing in part on elements of church music and Baroque, but also developing the opulent, film-like sound language of Lutz Schumacher's debut work, his Symphony, and once again focusing on humor, emotion, and tonality. It will be premiered by the young Spanish violist Luz Elisabeth Sanchez, a student of Tabea Zimmermann. She will be accompanied by the Neue Philharmonie MV.
The composer says of the work: "It is a piece about beautiful, old things. It contrasts the current uncertainty and change with a positive image and invites you to dream, cry, and laugh. The focus is on the viola, an instrument that is unfortunately often underestimated, which has an enormous range and expressiveness. I am incredibly excited to see how it will sound live.

Date: May 9

Evening concert begins at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets at: meine.schwaebische.de/ticketshop