Culmination and beginning Mozart’s C major Symphony from 1788 –  much later given the title »Jupiter« – has  a unique aura: Completed in only a few  days, the work is both a culmination and a  new beginning.

Conductor: Antonello Manacorda

Dates & Cast

    15
    Sun
    October 2023
    11 am
    Event is in the past
    Starting Time: 11 am
    Venue
    Semperoper Dresden
    Free introductory talk
    held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
    16
    Mon
    October 2023
    7 pm
    Event is in the past
    Starting Time: 7 pm
    Venue
    Semperoper Dresden
    Free introductory talk
    held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
    17
    Tue
    October 2023
    7 pm
    Event is in the past
    Starting Time: 7 pm
    Venue
    Semperoper Dresden
    Free introductory talk
    held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up

    In brief

    Culmination and beginning

    Mozart’s C major Symphony from 1788 –  much later given the title »Jupiter« – has  a unique aura: Completed in only a few  days, the work is both a culmination and a  new beginning. As the Viennese master’s  final symphony, it summarises his personal  experiences and the central elements of  the genre. At the same time, however,  K. 551 is also the first monumental work in  a tradition that would come to define the  19th century. The finale is no longer a joyful  conclusion, but rather the endpoint of a long  process – achieved through five motifs that  Mozart introduces one after the other before  finally interweaving them with astonishing  ingenuity.

    Programme

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ouvertüre zur Oper »Così fan tutte«
    Béla Bartók Divertimento für Streichorchester Sz 113
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonie Nr. 41 C-Dur KV 551 »Jupiter«

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