On Wednesday, March 12^th, 9:00 PM, you can listen on Radio România Muzical to two enchanting and emotionally rich compositions by Johannes Brahms and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, performed by the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of Hanover. At the conductor's podium will be a true master of the baton, about whom the British magazine Opera Magazine writes: "The aristocratic gesture, sensitivity, and poetic nature of Stanislav Kochanovsky's interpretations are revealed In opera scores at the highest level".

Indeed, Stanislav Kochanovsky, the chief conductor of the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of Hanover starting in the autumn of 2024, declared that "his heart beats equally for both symphonic music and opera", with both genres having gained international recognition in recent years.

The first work of the program will be Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms, composed in 1878 dedicated to violinist Joseph Joachim. This concerto is considered one of the four greatestGerman violin concertos, alongside Beethoven, Bruch and Mendelssohn. It is also the only concertoBrahms wrote for this instrument. You will hear it performed by Gil Shaham, a musician born in the USA in 1971, but raised in Jerusalem, Israel,from the age of 2. A Grammy Award winner for best interpretation in the field of chamber music, Gil Shaham performs on a 1699 Stradivarius violin known as the "Comtesse Polignac".

In the second half of the concerto from Hanovra you will hear Suite No. 3 for Orchestra, Op. 55 in G Major by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a work composed in 1884. The beautiful "Elegy" at the beginning of the suite, written in Andantino molto cantabile, will be followed by a "Melancholic Waltz" in Allegro moderato, and then a "Scherzo" in Molto vivace, which will shift the meditative atmosphere and lead us towards the "Theme with Variations" at the end, in Andante moderato. This is the most important and longest section of the suite, lasting as long as the other three parts combined, and is a true challenge for both the orchestra and the conductor.