Dates and tickets
Unfortunately, no further dates are planned for this production.
Overview
The Hanover State Opera is delighted to welcome conductor Tomáš Hanus to work with the State Orchestra of Lower Saxony Hanover – and the city as a whole – for the first time. Tomáš Hanus was initially considered a specialist for the opera repertoire of his native Czech Republic: He made his debut in 2001 at the Prague National Theatre with Smetana’s The Devil’s Wall, at the Opéra National de Paris in 2007 with Janáček’s The Makropulos Affair, in 2009 at the Bavarian State Opera with Janáček’s Jenůfa and in 2017 at the Vienna State Opera with Dvořák’s Rusalka. But ever since he was appointed Music Director of the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff in 2016, Tomáš Hanus has succeeded with a broad opera and concert repertoire and conducted Europe’s eminent orchestras with great success and overwhelming critical response.
“It is not a work of pain – but rather a work of superhuman strength.” (Josef Suk)
Reducing Tomáš Hanus’ expertise to Czech music may fall decidedly short, but he is certainly the right artist to introduce a symphony by Josef Suk to the audience in Hanover. Anyone who has ever immersed themselves in the music of Suk, student and son-in-law of Antonín Dvořák, will wonder why this composer is not much more famous than he is! His great symphonic works, arranged by the composer in a comprehensive cycle, have only really entered the awareness of conductors, orchestras and a classical audience over the past few years. His 2nd Symphony, which carries the byname of Asrael, is a monumental, captivating, thoroughly moving work about death, grief and reconciliation, named after Asrael, the angel of death of Islamic and Jewish mythology.
Béla Bartók’s Viola Concerto is also a work of farewell, left behind in a detailed outline and yet unfinished by the composer at the time of his death in 1945. “I am sorry that I have to leave with my bags full”, Bartók wrote to a friend. Soloist Nils Mönkemeyer is probably the most renowned violist of his generation, bringing much-deserved attention to his often under-appreciated instrument with his artistic brilliance and innovative programmes.
“It is not a work of pain – but rather a work of superhuman strength.” (Josef Suk)
Reducing Tomáš Hanus’ expertise to Czech music may fall decidedly short, but he is certainly the right artist to introduce a symphony by Josef Suk to the audience in Hanover. Anyone who has ever immersed themselves in the music of Suk, student and son-in-law of Antonín Dvořák, will wonder why this composer is not much more famous than he is! His great symphonic works, arranged by the composer in a comprehensive cycle, have only really entered the awareness of conductors, orchestras and a classical audience over the past few years. His 2nd Symphony, which carries the byname of Asrael, is a monumental, captivating, thoroughly moving work about death, grief and reconciliation, named after Asrael, the angel of death of Islamic and Jewish mythology.
Béla Bartók’s Viola Concerto is also a work of farewell, left behind in a detailed outline and yet unfinished by the composer at the time of his death in 1945. “I am sorry that I have to leave with my bags full”, Bartók wrote to a friend. Soloist Nils Mönkemeyer is probably the most renowned violist of his generation, bringing much-deserved attention to his often under-appreciated instrument with his artistic brilliance and innovative programmes.
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