Giovanni Antonini conducts the Symphonieorchester der UdK Berlin.

crescendo2025 opens with an arc around the year 1800 and presents solo, orchestral, heroic and lyrical works. Fanny Hensel's composing could “never be more than ornamental”, her father affirmed, thus representing the opinion of many, predominantly male, contemporaries. female composers of the 19th century repeatedly encountered this prejudice and were thus hindered in promising careers. Perhaps Fanny could have achieved similar world fame as her brother Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy under the same conditions? At least in the reception and rediscovery of her music, current research and program intentions are attempting to correct this injustice and give female composers a greater voice. Hensel's Overture in C major, a piece for orchestra lasting around 10 minutes, opens the concert like a springtime sunrise and, with its harmonically interesting dialog between strings and woodwinds, is in no way inferior to other Romantic composers of the time. 
In the Sinfonia concertante, a genre that was very popular at the time of its composition in 1792, solo instruments compete with the whole orchestra in a symphonic format - in Haydn's work there are four solo voices interacting with each other as well as with the orchestra. Harmonic tutti end the catchy melodies a rich tapestry of sound that entices the listener into indulgent reverie. The often-performed 3rd Symphony by Beethoven, whose epithet “Eroica” hints at a different heroism, marks the end: Initially, Beethoven, who was enthusiastic about the French Revolution, wanted to dedicate it to Napoleon, but withdrew the dedication after his “self-coronation” as emperor. In turn, the borrowings from French revolutionary music can be sensed in the music: staccato and rebellious dynamics sweep every listener away, and the funeral march in the second movement is predestined for more than one goosebump moment. 
The Symphonieorchester der UdK Berlin performs under the baton of Giovanni Antonini, who, as founder and director of the world-famous baroque ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, promises an interpretation of the Sinfonia concertante that is particularly worth listening to.

Fanny Hensel: Ouvertüre C major
Joseph Haydn: Sinfonie Nr. 105 Bflat major „Sinfonia concertante“
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 3 Eflat major op. 55 „Eroica“

Jona Schibilsky, Violin / Yo Kitamura, Violoncello / Jasmin Werner, Oboe / Başak Kömürcügil, Bassoon
Symphonieorchester of UdK Berlin
Giovanni Antonini, Conductor