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There has been much conjecture about missing sketches and lost movements to Schubert's Unfinished and many attempts to complete it during every era since his death, none of which has been able to gain acceptance in the concert hall. Schubert's symphony cannot be completed. Everything it exudes – weltschmerz and intensity, desolation and deep, insatiable longing – is its true essence, which is still able to move us profoundly.

For Londoner Julian Anderson, who was born in 1967, such contrasting phenomena as spectral electronic music and folk songs from Lithuania, Poland and Romania are the driving force of his composition. These springs also bubble in his Symphony, which was premiered in 2003, a powerful work full of spirited melodies and irresistible rhythms. The Gürzenich Orchestra will present the German premiere.

Ninety bars of the orchestra before the piano is heard from? That could not turn out well during the premiere of Brahms's First Piano Concerto on 27 January 1859, a time when a solo concerto was supposed to be no more than an opportunity for self-promotion by travelling virtuosos. Contrary to all expectations, Brahms composed a kind of symphonic piano concerto in which soloist and orchestra merge splendidly, at the same time equalling the intensity and demands of a string quartet. The soloist is Lars Vogt, who has been acclaimed for his appearances with the most distinguished orchestras.