Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

In the music world, the opinion of music critic Eduard Hanslick had a major influence at the time. Writing about Johannes Brahms' Second Piano Concerto, he said that the musical idea behind the work would develop ‘an undreamt-of richness, not according to the dry recipes of academic art, but in lively blossoming and growth’. It was fortunate for Brahms that this emotionally gripping, densely woven work with its great diversity was able to secure its place in the classical music world – and that we can experience it this evening in the sensitive interpretation of star pianist Khatia Buniatishvili and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under the baton of Jonathan Nott. The orchestra will accompany the concert at the Alte Oper with Claude Debussy's ‘Images pour Orchestre’, whose three parts are inspired by musical forms and traditions from England, Spain and France, taking the audience on a journey through the musical culture of these three countries. (Pro Arte Frankfurt)