11
September, 2024
19:30
Ondine Otta Klasinc Hall, SNG Maribor

SNG Maribor Symphony Orchestra

Mate Bekavac, dirigent

Barnabas Kelemen, violin

Katalin Kokas, Violet

Max Schönherr, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonín Dvořák

Opening concert

In co-production with SNG Maribor.

 

The opening concert of the Festival Maribor 2024 opens the door to the musical world, which Mate Bekavac will unfold before us through the festival concerts.

Bekavac writes: "This is music about natives, natives, emigrants and, above all, a hymn to homesickness and nostalgia and a eulogy to the Slavic soul in the form of a big tear.

During his temporary work in America, the musical poet Dvořák skilfully internalized the sound of the roots of the New World and interwoven it with the music of Slavic folklore. Symphony from the New World it has a light touch of black spirituals and Indian ritual rhythms, but to a greater extent it is music with a Czech stamp, in which you can feel the farewell and sadness that are so characteristic of Czech and Slavic music in general.

The sounds of our own land, folklore...

Maribor also had its Novi svet (a popular restaurant), but it was Czech musicians who are largely responsible for the development of music and cultural heritage in Slovenia.

Dvořák is similar to Max Schönherr, a forgotten compatriot from Maribor and a descendant of a famous musical family." Schönherr chose a lighter muse, moved to Vienna, and built a career there as a prominent Kapellmeister and respected connoisseur of operetta and part of the Strauss dynasty. Bekavac believes that "something of Schubert and Dvořák can also be felt in his works. In several collections, he combined Austrian folklore, village and middle-class dances and thus paid tribute to the roots of his homeland."

And when we reach Vienna, Mozart is not far away. "In my opinion, the second movement is Mozart's Sinfonie concertante the most Slavic-tinged of all his compositions, thus rounding off and connecting the historically intertwined musical roots of our geographical environment."

The Hungarian string players Barnabás Kelemen and Katalin Kokas also come from this background, and when they perform Mozart's music, they will revive its Central European nobility and gild it with virtuoso brilliance.


Tickets: €24, €21 / pensioners €19,20 / students, disabled €12 / children €5.

Discounted tickets can only be purchased at the Information Office of the Maribor National Center and no more than one hour before the concert at the concert venue.

Concert for non-members and season ticket holders of the SNG Maribor Symphony Orchestra 2024/2025.