5. Kammerkonzert by Hummel, J. N., Fesca, A. E., Nuo (2023/2023), Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany

In this chamber concert, the musicians of the Philharmonic State Orchestra bring two almost forgotten jewels of the early Romantic era to the podium of the Recital Hall of the Elbphilharmonie. Johann Nepomuk Hummel's D minor Septet was considered one of the most important chamber music works of the 19th century. Hans von Bülow even described it as one of the most important pieces of piano chamber music ever written. Hummel came to Vienna as a piano-playing prodigy and rose to become a piano virtuoso as a master student of Mozart. The keyboard instrument is a must in his septet, unlike the violin, which he dispenses with in favor of a flute. The second septet of the concert program was also penned by a brilliant pianist: Alexander Fesca, son of a theater conductor, composed more than sixty works, including two operas, despite his early death. A blissful sonority, an irrepressible lust for life and artistic creation speak from his septet.