Paradises Lost

Happiness is fleeting, farewell is always near.

Not every paradise lasts forever. Music, too, knows the fragile, the irretrievable, and the painfully beautiful in the moment of fading.

These works look back — with love, with melancholy, and with a clear awareness of transience. They allow us to hear how hope is shattered and yet continues to resonate. Beauty is never untouched here, but becomes all the more precious in the knowledge of its loss.

Lament, Consolation, Final Things

Mahler’s Ninth Symphony is a great work of letting go. Especially in the rapturous finale, the music seems to slowly withdraw from the world. Haydn’s "Nelson Mass", on the other hand, combines dramatic urgency with powerful hope. Menacing sounds meet radiant choral passages, creating music that moves between fear and trust, between a shattered world and steadfast faith.

In these compositions, paradise is not asserted but questioned. They lead through darkness and search for strength in uncertainty. Music becomes a place of farewell and, at the same time, an inner resistance to silence.

Splendour, Abyss, Fleeting Dream

Not every broken paradise sounds gloomy. Sometimes it wears a smile, yet conceals a crack.

A waltz programme featuring works by Josef Strauss leads us straight into the heart of this shimmering twilight world. His music sways and dances, sparkles and shines, yet always lets subtle shadows emerge. Behind the lightness of the dance, melancholy flashes; behind the courtly elegance, a tender wistfulness.

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