Jacquot & Midori

Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra / Midori / Christoph Eschenbach

In 1986, a 14-year-old Japanese violinist from the Juilliard School of Music in New York, who was still relatively unknown in Europe at the time, made her way to Schleswig-Holstein to perform three sonata recitals. Midori’s brilliantly successful debut was followed by almost 30 acclaimed performances at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival over the years – and so of course her name cannot be missing from the programme of the 40th edition of the festival. The pianist and conductor Christoph Eschenbach, who is closely associated with her, also took part in 1986 and can be described as a true veteran, having given over 200 concerts at the festival since then. In his reserved and distinguished manner, he has shaped the fortunes of the festival – and in particular the festival orchestra, of which he has been Principal Conductor since 2004 – like no other. The 85-year-old conductor describes the international orchestra as his wellspring of youth: every summer he meets highly talented, enthusiastic young instrumentalists here. And they are particularly looking forward to rehearsing Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony, one of the maestro’s favourite pieces, for the festival’s anniversary.

Marie Jacquot & Gautier Capuçon

“Significant, original, mature in its form”: thus Hans von Bülow waxed lyrical at the young Richard Strauss’s Symphony in F minor. Before achieving worldwide fame with his tone-poems, Strauss wrote two classical four-movement symphonies rarely heard in today’s concert halls. Even the BRSO is giving its very first performance of the Second Symphony, a blend of youthful bravado and masterly craftsmanship. A biographical counterpart to this symphony is Elgar’s elegiac Cello Concerto of 1918-19, whose introverted orchestral sound and long, pensive melodic lines from the soloist exude an atmosphere of farewell and nostalgia. The French conductor Marie Jacquot, designated chief conductor of the Royal Danish Theatre Copenhagen, is using this programme to make her BRSO début. She will also introduce the audience to a piece by the Scottish composer David Horne: The Turn of the Tide, after a painting by John Duncan.

Marie Jacquot & Gautier Capuçon

“Significant, original, mature in its form”: thus Hans von Bülow waxed lyrical at the young Richard Strauss’s Symphony in F minor. Before achieving worldwide fame with his tone-poems, Strauss wrote two classical four-movement symphonies rarely heard in today’s concert halls. Even the BRSO is giving its very first performance of the Second Symphony, a blend of youthful bravado and masterly craftsmanship. A biographical counterpart to this symphony is Elgar’s elegiac Cello Concerto of 1918-19, whose introverted orchestral sound and long, pensive melodic lines from the soloist exude an atmosphere of farewell and nostalgia. The French conductor Marie Jacquot, designated chief conductor of the Royal Danish Theatre Copenhagen, is using this programme to make her BRSO début. She will also introduce the audience to a piece by the Scottish composer David Horne: The Turn of the Tide, after a painting by John Duncan.

Jacquot, Benoit ・ Poulenc, Stravinsky

Jacquot, Benoit ・ Poulenc, Stravinsky

Jacquot, Dueñas · Bruckner, Bruch, Brahms

Jacquot, Dueñas · Bruckner, Bruch, Brahms

Jacquot conducts Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

Grand passions and big tunes from Mendelssohn, Korngold and Augusta Holmès, as conductor Marie Jacquot makes her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Jacquot, Kholodenko · Wagner, Liszt, Holmès