Paavo Järvi & Hilary Hahn
Paavo Järvi & Hilary Hahn
Paavo Järvi Music Director
Hilary Hahn Violine
Pause Arthur Honegger Sinfonie Nr. 2
Dmitri Schostakowitsch Violinkonzert Nr. 1 a-Moll op. 77
Surprise
18. Mar 2026, 18.30 Uhr
Kleine Tonhalle
mit Studierenden der ZHdK
Paavo Järvi has long wanted to perform works by Arthur Honegger and record them on CD, "not just because he was Swiss, but because he was a good composer". Now our Music Director is conducting the Symphony No. 2 for strings and trumpet to kick off his Honegger project. The work was premièred in Zurich in 1942 under the direction of Paul Sacher; its sombre mood reflects the catastrophe of the Second World War, until a chorale at the end gives a hint of hope. Shostakovich's violin concerto is also characterised by the time in which it was written. And then there is also the Adagio from Mahler's unfinished Symphony No. 10: another work that will be released on CD as part of our Mahler cycle.