Hessischer Rundfunk

It was the dawn of a new world, a romantic and fantastic one. Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique" has an artist's life as its program, the audience is right up close. And they experience a rush of sound that has never been heard before, so vivid, so powerful and drastic. This artist has fallen in love with an adored woman, sees her waltzing at a ball, seeks peace and quiet on a country trip, has visions of his execution while intoxicated with opium - and finally dreams of his burial, accompanied by witches and grimaces, death bells and a parodied "Dies irae". Black Romanticism with all its demons enters the music of its time - another merit that Berlioz deserves with his truly fantastic symphony.

Before that, the soloist in Béla Bartók's 2nd Violin Concerto wanders through different worlds - in the elegiac middle movement, whose variations have a narrative character, as it were. Christian Tetzlaff will be the wanderer here, and he too experiences an intoxicating, bucolic finale. The sensual aspect of this music, says Tetzlaff, is simply fantastic.

Photo: Girgia Bertazzi

4.4., 8 p.m.

Alte Oper, Opernplatz 1, Frankfurt

50 % discount: price category 1 = 65 €, price category 2 = 54 € for 2 tickets

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