Instrumental music can also be marked by language, Philippe Herreweghe finds - and cites the symphonies of Johannes Brahms as an example, whose particular linguistic ductus provides him with the key to a convincing interpretation. The first of three evenings on which Philippe Herreweghe will present himself as focus artist of the 2019/20 season shows that the Flemish conductor (who speaks excellent German) has repeatedly dealt intensively with Brahms - among other things recently with a highly praised recording of the Fourth, which he gave himself as a present for his 70th birthday. If music speaks, then in the case of Brahms's Double Concerto it would be words of reconciliation: with this work Brahms sought to revive his friendship with the violinist Joseph Joachim, with whom he had fallen out. Isabelle Faust and Marie-Elisabeth Hecker let their instruments slip into the roles of the estranged friends, and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées provides the harmony.
With the kind support of Helaba - Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen
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