Schumann’s Cello Concerto and an outcry for freedom and peace
Program
Sergej Prokofjev Klassieke Symfonie Max Bruch Romance Fazil Say Never Give Up Robert Schumann Celloconcert in a
Uitvoerenden
Maximilian Hornung cello Alexander Warenberg cello Phion Karel Deseure dirigent
The Turkish composer Fazıl Say named his second cello concerto Never Give Up: ‘an outcry for freedom and peace’. A short and powerful statement, played by Maximilian Hornung, following a peaceful Romance by Max Bruch.
Alexander Warenberg, first prize and audience prize of the National Cello Competition in 2016, plays the most beautiful cello concerto, by Robert Schumann.