Kaffeekonzert № 1 »Fortissima! Meisterinnenwerke«

Under the title “For­tis­sima! Masterpieces by Women Composers,” the Jena Philharmonic is spotlighting women composers in the first coffee concert of the season— whose works are fascinating yet still too rarely heard in concert halls. The overture by Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach opens the afternoon with classical elegance. Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto, performed by Sophia Weidemann, combines youthful spirit with virtuosic expressiveness. Louise Farren and Emilie Mayer rep­re­sent di­fer­ent as­pec­ts of the clas­si­cal-rom­an­tic sin­fo­nic tra­di­tion. Ida Moberg broadens the spectrum with lyrical, transparent timbres, while Dora Pejačević, with her richly colored late-Romantic orchestral language, opens our perspective to the very threshold of modernism. The result is a musical panorama spanning three centuries, which vividly brings to life the distinctiveness and diversity of the composers’ styles. As conductor and moderator, Friederike Kienle invites the audience to rediscover this musical heritage.

Program

Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach:
Overture to the Singspiel “Erwin and Elmire” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Clara Schumann:
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7

Louise Farrenc:
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 35,
from which: 1. Andante – Allegro

Ida Moberg:
“Soluppgång” (“Sunrise”), Suite for Orchestra,
from which: 4. “Stillhet” (“Silence”), lullaby from the unfinished opera “Asiens ljus” (“Light of Asia”) for string orchestra

Dora Pejačević:
Overture for Large Orchestra in D minor, Op. 49

Emilie Mayer:
Faust Overture in B minor, Op. 46

Performers

Sophia Weidemann, piano
Jena Philharmonic
Friederike Kienle, conductor and host