Germany-based Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra presented a concert in Delhi with plenty to admire | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Germany-based Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra presented a concert in Delhi with plenty to admire | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Suanshu Khurana |Updated: March 27, 2019 8:14:11 am

Germany-based Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra presented a concert in Delhi with plenty to admire

The orchestra began with Brahms’ Symphony for Strings No 2 in G Major, one of the most significant pieces by the composer. With clean harmonies, this one had the violins and the violas in conversation with each other.

When Vistaar ended, those present sat in pin-drop silence, with no applause, no sound; just awe and silence.

When Berlin-based composer, poet and researcher Sandeep Bhagwati lost his friend and eminent musicologist Dr Ashok Ranade in 2011, he wrote a series of melodies inspired by the “spontaneous outburst” and called it Alaap for Ashok. A set of poignant melodic patterns, where the strings swelled and musical structures were simple yet inventive, he added more elaborations to it and the piece premiered in India, as Germany’s Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra took to stage at Delhi’s Stein Auditorium last week.