Ekhart Wycik

Jumping in on very short note, Ekhart Wycik conducted the World première of Samuel Penderbayne's composition "The third way", the rarely performed Double concerto for two pianos and orchestra by Francis Poulenc, and Dmitri Shostkovitch's epic 5th Symphony in Munich's Herkulessaal.

Johann Strauß' famous operetta in a semi-staged production of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar. New, hilarious dialogues of Paul Kohlmann and  Noel Luther. Solists: Singers of the Department of Vocal Studies and Theatre, University Orchestra of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar

Evening... come to rest... enjoy the moment... let your soul spread its wings... experience pearls of classical music, sensitively interpreted by the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra... and all this lively moderated with exciting background information. Ekhart Wycik, internationally active conductor, and the strings of the GSO invite you to the opening evening with Elgar's wistful and melancholy String Serenade and Dvořák's melodious counterpart. Pure pleasure! In the centre, a five-minute ‘speed date’ with Witold Lutoslawski's lively and highly energetic Ouverture for Strings. And who knows - maybe there'll be a little encore that you're all sure to recognise?

Mozart's timeless Masterpiece in a production of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar, directed by Andrea Raabe, Karlsruhe. - Solists: Singers of the Department of Vocal Studies and Theatre, University Orchestra of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar

Works by Jules Massenet, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, Joh. Strauß, Franz Lehár and Robert Stolz.  Cathrin Lange, Soprano

A timeless, unusual masterpiece, two German Premières, and the musical exploration of identity and cosmopolitanism - the concept of this concert focusses on different aspects of the same thing: humanity.

Samuel Coleridge Taylor, British composer of colour, became a leading cultural figure for African-Americans as early as the 19th century. - US composer Jennifer Higdon's powerful "Skyline  (2002) is the vibrant opening mouvement of the energetic Concerto for Orchestra "City Scape". - The solo work of the evening is the brillant concerto for the Georgian national instrument Tar, composed in 1997 by Haji Khanmammadov. Both previous works are German premières. - Franz Schubert's soulful Romantic two-mouvement symphony is by no means ‘unfinished’, as the epithet suggests, but a perfect masterpiece as it is.

One of the most remarkable oratorios of the XX. century, a remarkable confluence between England's greatest composer and one of its greatest poets, "Britten's War Requiem" counts among the most touching pieces in the repertoire. Britten's impressive composition is an urgent admonition to us, the living, to practice peacefulness and strive for reconciliation between peoples.

Aleksandar Kandov's Music for Orchestra (1985) - a powerful example of contemporary Bulgarian classical music, rich in colours and full of iridescent music. -  Sergey Prokofiev's 1st violin concerto is one of the great masterpieces of XX. century solo concertos. - Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances: a brillant and expressive diabolic showpiece for a great orchestra - fun for audiences and performers likewise! - The Bulgarian-born violinist Liya Petrova is a First Prize Winner at the International Carl Nielsen Violin Competition in Denmark. Internationally acclaimed, she is regular guest with the leading orchestras in Europe.