Under the direction of conductor Steffen Schiel, the Paderborn University Orchestra is presenting a highly romantic programme in the summer semester with three compositions that complement each other with their contrasting and, in some cases, strongly regionally influenced musical language. The two performances in the university's Audimax on Monday, 1 July and Wednesday, 3 July will both begin at 8 pm. Admission costs 10 euros, but is free for pupils and students. Tickets are still required. Reservations can be made at the University Service Centre (tel. 05251-605298), tickets are also available in advance at the Ticket Centre at Königsplatz 10 (tel. 05251-29975) and, depending on availability, at the box office in the evening.
In his Rhapsodic Overture "A Fantasy Voyage to the Faroe Islands", the Dane Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) describes the endless expanse of the North Atlantic, the approach to the archipelago and a lavish celebration with lively folk music.
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) presents the soloist with different challenges in the three movements of his Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, composed in Munich: A rhythmically characterised first movement is followed by an adagio with very vocal passages, while the soloist shines in the concluding rondo with large intervallic leaps and virtuoso playing.
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) wrote his 8th Symphony, which became famous for its cheerful mood full of joie de vivre, at his summer residence in the Bohemian village of Vysoká. He increasingly breaks away from traditional forms, with the final movement appearing almost rhapsodic and thus closing the circle to Nielsen's fantasy journey.
The concert's soloist is Christoph Kamolz, who completed his bassoon studies in Detmold with a "Master Soloist" degree. He was most recently under contract as solo bassoonist with the Munich Symphony Orchestra, is active as a chamber musician in various groups and has played with the Ostholstein Chamber Orchestra and the symphonic orchestra of the Detmold State Theatre, among others.
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