Marek Janowski & Tabea Zimmermann
Marek Janowski & Tabea Zimmermann
Marek Janowski Leitung
Tabea Zimmermann Viola
Pause Johannes Brahms Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 73
Einführung
06. Feb 2026, 18.45 Uhr
Kleine Tonhalle
mit Franziska Gallusser
Ausklang
06. Feb 2026, 21.30 Uhr
Nach dem Konzert im Konzertfoyer
mit Ilona Schmiel und Gästen
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.