Eighteen years old, the exceptional violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, when she first played the Erste Violinkonzert by Max Bruch with the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of their main mentor and supporter, Herbert von Karajan, in 1981; the recording has become legendary. The 1866-68 resulting Violin Concerto in G minor is deemed as successful work of the Cologne composer Max Bruch and thanks to its beautiful sound and expressive melody, it has always been very popular since then. Together with the Philharmonia Zurich and Fabio Luisi, Anne-Sophie Mutter will dedicate herself to this work again, which is part of the solid matter from its repertoire, in Zürich and on tour.

But also new and contemporary music are a concern for the violinist: At the beginning of the concert she will interpret Toru Takemitsu Nostalghia (1987), a work for violin and strings, dedicated to the memory of the famous Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky.

A milestone of the symphonic repertoire, the Symphony no. 4 in E Minor by Johannes Brahms, heard in the second half of the concert.