The Plenum Symphony Orchestra and Frihavnskirken invite you to an afternoon of three contrasting sound worlds, moving from Romantic drama to virtuosic display and finally to Classical mastery.
The programme opens with E. Mayer's Faust Overture, a vivid orchestral story of temptation and inner conflict. Next, the double bass takes centre stage in Giovanni Bottesini's Double Bass Concerto No. 2, an instrument rarely placed at the front of the stage, shown here as both a singing voice and a vehicle for dazzling technique. The concert closes with Haydn's Symphony No. 104, his final symphony and a joyful culmination of his London period.
Romanian double bassist Codrut Lazarescu, who studied in Brasov and Malmö, is the soloist. Conductor Eirik Ødegaard leads the orchestra.
