Daniele Gatti and Staatskapelle Dresden: Schumann

Daniele Gatti and the Staatskapelle Dresden

The oldest orchestra in Europe has a new chief conductor: the Italian Daniele Gatti recently took up the post of chief conductor at the Staatskapelle Dresden. Gatti first conducted there in 2000, and has returned regularly since then. The orchestra praises his subtle sense of the sound of the players and his captivating vision of the music. Listen and judge for yourself in the thoroughbred Schumann program that the orchestra and conductor have in store, with star violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann.

Schumann's Symphony No. 3 and the Violin Concerto

Schumann's Violin Concerto – a final expression of his genius, or a prelude to his mental decline? The concerto, written in nine days at the end of 1853, has features of both, but the middle movement is among the most beautiful that Schumann gave to the world. His Third Symphony , the 'Rheinische', is the record of a happy journey with his wife Clara in 1850. Together the works provide a picture of Schumann's greatness, in good times and bad.