Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester

The last concert of the season brings us a reunion with an old friend. Sebastian Weigle, long-standing principal conductor and artistic director of the Museumskonzerte, returns to the podium of the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra for the first time since his retirement.
He brings with him works by two composers who have always been close to his heart. He was delighted to include Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies and concertos in the programme, especially as they have been among the most frequently performed works since the inception of the Museumskonzerte. Here he conducts Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the young violinist Daniel Lozakovich as soloist, whom we remember well from his performance of Johannes Brahms' Violin Concerto. Both come to us as a well-rehearsed team. They performed together in the 2020 Museum concerts and recently played Beethoven's Violin Concerto in Tokyo.
A great Russian cannot be missing from Sebastian Weigle's programme. Sergei Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 is considered his most important orchestral work. Rhapsodic and exuberant are the words most often used to describe the work. Endlessly flowing, rapturous melodies are reminiscent of the piano concertos, a Russian folk theme chases through the rousing scherzo and, as is often the case with Rachmaninov, the music builds to a magnificent climax at the end - of the concerto and of the season.
(Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft e.V.)