Johannes Brahms, Carl Goldmark, Max Bruch, and others
Violin: Maria Zontova
Conductor and Host: Svetlomir Zlatkov
In September 1897, at the inaugural concert of the Rostock Orchestra, Karl Goldmark’s concert overture *Im Frühling* was on the program—a piece that reflects the spirit of the times with a sound that, to this day, corresponds to the instrumentation of a philharmonic orchestra. Decades earlier, Robert Schumann had already sought to create music that embodied the new ideal and often drew inspiration for his compositions from Romantic literature, such as Lord Byron’s dramatic poem *Manfred*. Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák belonged to the subsequent generation of the Romantic era, and Max Bruch was also part of this circle; he composed his most famous violin concerto in close collaboration with Joseph Joachim, a friend of Schumann and Brahms, who premiered Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto as soloist in 1868.
At the 1st Classic Light, Maria Zontova, associate concertmaster of the North German Philharmonic Rostock, will introduce herself and showcase her soloist skills with Bruch’s concerto.
