Programme

Be thoven,
Schubert & Wagner in love

Münchner Philharmoniker
Grand Auditorium
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  • Lisa Batiashvili holding a violin.
    ©: Chris Singer
  • Lahav Shani conducting an orchestra.
    ©: Tobias Hase

What you’ll hear and see

The music

  • Ludwig van Beethoven Violinkonzert
  • Franz Schubert Symphonie N° 7 D 759 «Unvollendete» / «Inachevée»
  • Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Vorspiel und Liebestod (Prélude et Mort d'Isolde)

The artists

  • Münchner Philharmoniker
  • Lahav Shani conducting
  • Lisa Batiashvili violin

album

Some call it madness, others call it love…

A Romantic with a knack for unhappy romances, Ludwig van Beethoven never married, despite falling in love with a string of noblewomen. Another lifelong bachelor, Franz Schubert, was refused permission to marry the girl of his dreams for not having enough funds to support her. Twice married, Richard Wagner’s entanglement in a love triangle is said to have influenced his opera Tristan and Isolde, a story of star-crossed lovers. Discover the music inspired by three composers’ heartache in this lush orchestral evening.

Find out more about who wrote this concert’s music

If you thought composers were all dull and dusty, we bet these snappy biographies will make you think again…

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Illustration of Beethoven, Mahler and Mozart