Marek Janowski & Tabea Zimmermann
Marek Janowski & Tabea Zimmermann
Marek Janowski Leitung
Tabea Zimmermann Viola
Pause Johannes Brahms Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 73
Surprise
05. Feb 2026, 18.30 Uhr
Kleine Tonhalle
mit Studierenden der ZHdK
Paul Hindemith is undoubtedly a promising candidate for the award for the most original title of an instrumental concerto: "Der Schwandendreher" is the title of his 1935 viola concerto. On the one hand, the title refers to a folk song about a man who turned spits at a time when swans were still considered delicacies; on the other hand, and above all, it refers to a travelling minstrel whose hurdy-gurdy has a swan-shaped handle. Hindemith saw himself as homeless; how alien his German homeland became to him during the Nazi era cannot be ignored in this work. He often played the solo part himself - here it is played by violist Tabea Zimmermann, who is not only committed to Hindemith's work as a musician, but also as President of the Swiss Hindemith Foundation. Incidentally, Hindemith was closely associated with this city as Professor of Musicology at the University of Zurich - just like Brahms, who opened the Tonhalle Zurich in 1895: Marek Janowski conducts his Symphony No. 2.