Petite symphonie concertante | Ouverture en hommage à Mozart

‘Hommage an Frank Martin’

Katharina Weber (1958) Hommage à Frank Martin, for harp, harpsichord, piano and string orchestra (world premiere)
Frank Martin Petite symphonie concertante, for harp, harpsichord, piano and string orchestra
Frank Martin Ouverture en hommage à Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony no. 41 in C Major KV 551 ‘Jupiter’

This concert focuses on musical dedications and on the 50th anniversary of the death of the Swiss composer Frank Martin. Martins Ouverture en hommage à Mozart draws a link to Mozart’s 41st Symphony. There is also a composition commissioned by the Berner Kammerorchester from Katharina Weber from Bern, a Hommage à Frank Martin with the same line-up as Frank Martin’s masterpiece Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano and string orchestra.

• This concert will be broadcast on 21 November 2024 – 50 years after Frank Martin’s death – at 20:00 via SRF2 Kultur and will be online available afterwards.