4. Aufführungsabend by Copland, Bottesini, Brahms, С (2023/2023), Дирижёр Roderick Cox, Semperoper, Дрезден, Германия

»WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL« Like the first, Johannes Brahms' second serenade in A major is influenced by the court orchestra in his Detmold workplace and by the study of classical models. Conceived for a small orchestra without violins, the 25-year-old Brahms placed this "preliminary study" on the way to his first symphony formally in the vicinity of Mozart's wind serenades. But in the first movement "Schubertian" motifs also ring through; the dance-like Quasi Menuetto is reminiscent of Haydn. And about the main Adagio, inspired by Bach's canons and fugues, Clara Schumann said: »It is wonderfully beautiful! There's something ecclesiastical about the whole piece, it could be an Eleison."