Orange Subscription Series 6

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Heinrich Schiff
Christian Poltera violoncello

A. Dvořák: The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
B. Martinů: Cello Concerto No. 1, H. 304
F. Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, D. 125
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The Golden Spinning Wheel is one of four tone poems that Dvořák wrote in 1896 on themes from the poetry of Karel Jaromír Erben.
On the 120th anniversary of the composer’s birth, the music of Bohuslav Martinů will finally gain more space on numerous musical stages. After its initial emergence in 1933, the composer returned to the First Cello Concerto twice – in 1939 he orchestrated it for a larger ensemble and in 1955 he gave the work its final form.
Although it sounds incredible, until now Schubert’s Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major has not appeared on the programme of our subscription concerts. Barely 18 years old at the time, Schubert wrote the work in boarding school and never lived to hear its premiere performance, which did not take place until 1877, almost half a century after the composer’s death.