Leif Ove Andsnes

Daniel Harding & Leif Ove Andsnes

Daniel Harding will perform Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto together with Leif Ove Andsnes. Composed in 1809 during the Napoleonic occupation of Vienna, its expansive structure exudes a longing for peace and humanity. Instead of the planned Sinfonia domestica, the second part features two of Richard Strauss’ most popular tone poems, Death and Transfiguration and Don Juan, with which the young composer finally embarked on the path to becoming a “musician of the future”. Strauss established his fame as the leading opera composer of his time a few years later with Salome. The culmination of this ground-breaking work is Salome’s lascivious Dance of the Seven Veils – a dramaturgical and tonal fascination to this day.

Daniel Harding & Leif Ove Andsnes

Daniel Harding will perform Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto together with Leif Ove Andsnes. Composed in 1809 during the Napoleonic occupation of Vienna, its expansive structure exudes a longing for peace and humanity. Instead of the planned Sinfonia domestica, the second part features two of Richard Strauss’ most popular tone poems, Death and Transfiguration and Don Juan, with which the young composer finally embarked on the path to becoming a “musician of the future”. Strauss established his fame as the leading opera composer of his time a few years later with Salome. The culmination of this ground-breaking work is Salome’s lascivious Dance of the Seven Veils – a dramaturgical and tonal fascination to this day.

Daniel Harding & Leif Ove Andsnes

Daniel Harding will perform Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto together with Leif Ove Andsnes. Composed in 1809 during the Napoleonic occupation of Vienna, its expansive structure exudes a longing for peace and humanity. Instead of the planned Sinfonia domestica, the second part features two of Richard Strauss’ most popular tone poems, Death and Transfiguration and Don Juan, with which the young composer finally embarked on the path to becoming a “musician of the future”. Strauss established his fame as the leading opera composer of his time a few years later with Salome. The culmination of this ground-breaking work is Salome’s lascivious Dance of the Seven Veils – a dramaturgical and tonal fascination to this day.

Herbert Blomstedt and Leif Ove Andsnes

Herbert Blomstedt sees Anton Bruckner as “the greatest symphonist since Beethoven”. The conductor is recognised worldwide as an authority on this music, acclaimed for his affinity to Bruckner’s distinctive, darkly-glowing tonal language and its powerful climaxes. Herbert Blomstedt now addresses the composer’s last symphony, in which Bruckner bids a very personal farewell to the world. In the concert’s first half, Leif Ove Andsnes is the soloist in Mozart’s festive Piano Concerto No. 21.

Herbert Blomstedt and Leif Ove Andsnes

Herbert Blomstedt sees Anton Bruckner as “the greatest symphonist since Beethoven”. The conductor is recognised worldwide as an authority on this music, acclaimed for his affinity to Bruckner’s distinctive, darkly-glowing tonal language and its powerful climaxes. Herbert Blomstedt now addresses the composer’s last symphony, in which Bruckner bids a very personal farewell to the world. In the concert’s first half, Leif Ove Andsnes is the soloist in Mozart’s festive Piano Concerto No. 21.

Herbert Blomstedt and Leif Ove Andsnes

Herbert Blomstedt sees Anton Bruckner as “the greatest symphonist since Beethoven”. The conductor is recognised worldwide as an authority on this music, acclaimed for his affinity to Bruckner’s distinctive, darkly-glowing tonal language and its powerful climaxes. Herbert Blomstedt now addresses the composer’s last symphony, in which Bruckner bids a very personal farewell to the world. In the concert’s first half, Leif Ove Andsnes is the soloist in Mozart’s festive Piano Concerto No. 21.

Oslo Philharmonic / Leif Ove Andsnes / Klaus Mäkelä

Two of music history’s great and very special instrumental concertos are on this evening’s programme, when Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Oslo Philharmonic: Ludwig van Beethoven’s triumphant Fifth Piano Concerto and Béla Bartók’s »Concerto for Orchestra«. Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes plays the solo part in the Beethoven. Andsnes has often been a guest in Hamburg, including his »Beethoven Journey«, where he played all five of the composer’s piano concertos. Beethoven wrote his last piano concerto in the »heroic key« of E-flat major, which is why it is also known as the »Emperor» in English-speaking countries. However, this title belies the many gentle and lyrical moments in the piece. It’s hard to believe that Beethoven was almost deaf when he composed this stirring music. Bartók’s »Concerto for Orchestra« gives the members of the Oslo Philharmonic a chance to prove their mettle: instead of one solo instrument, the individual orchestral groups take turns playing the solo parts. Shortly before his death, Bartók composed this modern classic in his unloved American exile, which he described as »a gradual transition from the seriousness of the first movement and the lament of the third to the affirmation of life in the finale«. The longing for his native Hungary can be heard in the many musical echoes of his homeland.

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NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Leif Ove Andsnes / Alan Gilbert

Is it just a cliché to assume that French music is particularly sophisticated? Or is there more than just a grain of truth in it? An exciting question. Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra explore this question when they take a trip to France with Leif Ove Andsnes as part of the Hamburg International Music Festival. With three visionary works that rarely find their way into the concert hall and illuminate the festival motto »Future« in a unique way.

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Leif Ove Andsnes / Alan Gilbert

Is it just a cliché to assume that French music is particularly sophisticated? Or is there more than just a grain of truth in it? An exciting question. Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra explore this question when they take a trip to France with Leif Ove Andsnes as part of the Hamburg International Music Festival. With three visionary works that rarely find their way into the concert hall and illuminate the festival motto »Future« in a unique way.