Neubrandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Soloist: Tassilo Probst, violin / Conductor: GMD Daniel Geiss
Leonard Bernstein: Overture to "Candide"
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major op. 35
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major op. 88
At the age of eleven, Erich Wolfgang Korngold had already caused a sensation in Vienna with his ballet pantomime "The Snowman". He achieved international success in 1920 with the opera "Die tote Stadt". His career in Europe came to an end with the rise of National Socialism in the 1930s. Korngold worked for Hollywood from 1934. In his Violin Concerto, composed in 1945, he quotes from his film music. Probably referring to the nostalgic beginning of his work, he said that his violin concerto was "more for a Caruso than a Paganini". Leonard Bernstein's overture to the musical "Candide", which is based on Voltaire's satirical novella about the "best of all possible worlds", is turbulent and cheerful.
Antonín Dvořák wrote his 8th Symphony in 1889 for his admission to the Bohemian Emperor Franz Joseph Academy. The work was composed at his summer residence, which explains its cheerful, pastoral character.
