Jakub Hrůša mit Hosokawa und Suk by Hosokawa, Suk, J., 从 (2023/2023), 导体 Jakub Hrůša, Tonhalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

When the new Tonhalle organ was designed, the goal was an instrument that would blend with the orchestral sound. How good that is will be heard in Howokawa's "Hug" - a work in which the merging of organ and orchestra is understood as a metaphor of an embrace between two people. The subtitle "Light and Shadow" is also suitable for the second work in the program: the Czech composer Josef Suk actually intended his second symphony, named after the angel of death Asrael, as a homage to his deceased father-in-law and inspirer Antonín Dvořák; when his wife also died, the work became a double requiem. At the same time, it signaled a new beginning, because in this symphony Suk found his own, extremely sensual style.