Tomorrow 9th May, Enrico Onofri returns to the Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr in Bochum with the Bochumer Symphoniker, both regular fixtures in his artistic calendar, as are the two composers featured in the evening’s programme:

“Mozart and Kraus. Two composers both born in 1756 and who died just one year apart,” explains Maestro Onofri on the eve of the concert. “Their explorations of the dramatic style of the so-called Sturm und Drang — a movement associated with literature rather than explicitly with music, despite the many works that seem to belong naturally within it — form the meeting point between the two composers in the programme devised for the Bochumer Symphoniker. Kristian Bezuidenhout will appear as soloist in Mozart’s intense Piano Concerto K466, paired with the restless overture to Kraus’s Olympie, while his Symphony in C minor (perhaps Kraus’ best-known work) will be preceded by Mozart’s Trauermusik K477.”