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Kölner Philharmonie

Kölner Philharmonie

Orchestral Symphony Concert

Delirium – Compositions By Robert Schumann – Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne

Date
Sunday, 8 November 2026
Time
11:00
Venue
Kölner Philharmonie
Address
Bischofsgartenstraße 1, 50667 Köln, Germany
City
Cologne
Price range
12 € – 60 €

About this event

“Delirium” frames an all-Schumann symphony concert around the composer’s fevered bursts of inspiration. Program notes highlight that Schumann wrote his Cello Concerto in A minor in about two weeks in 1850, a work shimmering with enchantment and narrative drive yet shadowed by forebodings of his later mental crises. Likewise, the Second Symphony in C major was sketched in just 16 days during a period of severe physical and psychological strain; Schumann later said composing it brought him “respite and healing.” The concert opens with the Manfred Overture, drawn from Byron’s drama about a tormented hero, mirroring the program’s exploration of extremity and inner turmoil. Riccardo Minasi leads the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, and Anastasia Kobekina—continuing the orchestra’s collaboration with Kronberg Academy—performs the Cello Concerto.

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