Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra delights audiences with Dvořák and Prokofiev at the Dresden Music Festival

The Vienna Philharmonic sparked a storm of applause during a guest performance in the expanded program of the Dresden Music Festival in the Elbe city's Cultural Palace. The musicians from the city on the Danube played works by Antonín Dvořák and Sergei Prokofiev under the direction of Russian conductor Tugan Sokhiev. The real highlight was the American violinist Hilary Hahn, who interpreted Dvořák's Violin Concerto with technical brilliance and a lot of warmth and had the audience cheering for minutes.

Polka as a bouncer

In the second part of the program, the Viennese played excerpts from the ballet music for “Romeo and Juliet” by Sergei Prokofiev and were able to shine with solo performances in all instrument groups. After Hilary Hahn, who is considered a star without airs in the classical music world, treated the audience to two encores, the Vienna Philharmonic followed up with a polka by Johann Strauss as a “bouncer”.

The music festival year “Lightness of Being” comes to an end

This year's Dresden Music Festival had the motto “Lightness of Being” and took place in May and June. However, the renowned festival always contacts its fans with “subtle tones” at different times of the year. After performances at the Lucerne Festival, in Hamburg and Berlin, the Vienna Philharmonic stopped off in Dresden on their return journey. There will be a concert in Prague on Saturday, and on Sunday they can be seen again at the “home game” in Vienna.

Guest performance of the Dresden Music Festival at the Lucerne Festival

The Dresden Music Festival, on the other hand, made a guest appearance with its Wagner project at the Lucerne Festival on Thursday. The final part of Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" was performed by the Festival Orchestra and the Concerto Köln under the direction of Kent Nagano on historical instruments and in the singing and speaking style of the Wagner era. The “Ring” should sound like the audience heard it when it was created. Paris is on the schedule on Sunday. In May 2027, the entire “historic ‘Ring’” can be experienced in Vienna.