Snow Queen - the musical

Concert of the Innsbruck University Orchestra
25. January 2024, 20:00, Tirol Hall, Congress Innsbruck
At the end of the winter semester, the Innsbruck University Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Büchler will perform a romantic Slavic-German program this year. Antonin Dvořák's 4th Symphony is the central piece of the concert; the symphony was already considered a masterpiece at its premiere in 1874 and was enthusiastically acclaimed. 1874 was also the year in which Dvořák applied for a scholarship from the Vienna Ministry of Education, which he finally received thanks to the intercession of the then already famous composer Johannes Brahms. Johannes Brahms' commitment to his young colleague resulted in a lifelong friendship.
The university orchestra honors this friendship by placing Brahms' "Tragic Overture" from 1880 at the beginning of its concert, with which the composer wanted to portray "the tragic itself".

In the middle of the concert is the Horn Concerto op. 91 by the German-Russian composer Reinhold Glière, which is rarely performed today, with Joan Bautista Bernat Sanchis as the soloist. Glière's folkloristic, romantic style was highly regarded in his time, and the horn concerto from 1950 is his best-known work.
Tickets are available via our homepage www.uibk.ac.at/uniorchester, at all Ö-Ticket advance booking offices and online at www.oeticket.com. Ticket prices: €23/€33; box office plus €2; students, pupils & civil servants: €10/€16