With Brahms, in the Havana Cathedral

HAVANA, Apr 14  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) is a challenge for any symphonic formation. We are talking about one of the titans of musical romanticism.The most classic of the romantics, according to many musicologists. In some ways, his creation sums up the extraordinary tradition of German music, dating back to his much-admired Johann Sebastian Bach.

This Saturday the Lyceum Orchestra of Havana, under the direction of maestro José Antonio Méndez Padrón, will perform one of the most complex and fascinating compositions of the German musician, Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, which refers in its specificity to one of Bach’s great chorales.

And to complete the program, the Symphony Concertante in A Major by Johann Christian, one of Johann Sebastian’s twenty children. In Brahms’ music you can glimpse that of Bach, says Méndez, who trusts in the ability of his renewed orchestra to interpret the difficult (and magnificent) score.

The concert will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Cathedral of Havana, with free entry. It joins the proposals of the Month of Europe in Cuba and the celebrations for the tenth anniversary of the Cuban European Youth Academy.

As special guests, teachers Pablo Hernán on the violin and Lorenzo Meseguer on the cello, along with other experienced instrumentalists and young people who have recently graduated from the artistic education system.

Source  Fotos: Yuris Nórido