Keywords: Baroque, Symphony Concert
| Raphaela Gromes | Cello |
| SWR Symphonieorchester | |
| Matthew Halls | Conductor |
| Joseph Haydn | Ouvertüre zu "L'isola disabitata"Violoncellokonzert D-Dur Hob. VIIb:2 |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau | Suite aus dem Ballett "Pigmalion" |
| Wolfgang Amdeus Mozart | Sinfonie B-Dur KV 319 |
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The Frankfurt Radio Symphony will perform at the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in early May. The festival opens with the premiere of Mike Svoboda's "Adam und Eva," a music-theater piece for six singers, an actor, choir, and orchestra based on Peter Hacks's comedy and commissioned by SWR and Landestheater Linz.
The Frankfurt Radio Symphony will perform at the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in early May. The festival opens with the premiere of Mike Svoboda's "Adam und Eva," a music-theater piece for six singers, an actor, choir, and orchestra based on Peter Hacks's comedy and commissioned by SWR and Landestheater Linz.
The SWR Symphony Orchestra's academy in Schwetzingen features conductor Matthew Halls and cellist Raphaela Gromes performing Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 2 and Mozart's Symphony No. 33. Rameau's "Pygmalion" ballet suite follows, exploring the creation of art and the sculptor's love for his statue.
The Fifth Symphony is a work with which Anton Bruckner fought for public recognition. In it, he reveals himself to be a gifted musical architect, bringing together voluptuous melodies, solemn chorales and sophisticated contrapuntal structures to create a symphonic monument. Kirill Petrenko conducts Bruckner with the Berliner Philharmoniker for the first time.
Fokus: Gewandhauskomponist Thomas Adès Festkonzert 20 Jahre Mendelssohn-Orchesterakademie
The program features works by Anatoly Lyadov ("The Enchanted Lake"), Sergei Rachmaninoff (Piano Concerto No. 3), and Sergei Prokofiev (Symphony No. 3). Performers include Leif Ove Andsnes on piano, the SWR Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Juraj Valčuha. A pre-concert introduction starts at 6 PM.
The SWR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, and François Leleux (oboe) will perform works by Strauss and Brahms. The program includes Strauss' Oboe Concerto and Brahms' Symphony No. 2. A pre-concert talk will take place at 6 PM.
Joseph Haydn's Symphony in F minor, Hob. I:49, and Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43, performed by the SWR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The concert will also include an introductory talk at 7 pm.
Anton Bruckner was extremely critical of his compositions throughout his lifetime – with just a few exceptions: he described his Sixth Symphony as his »boldest« and the »Te Deum« as the »pride of his life«. It is absolutely fitting, then, that the world-renowned conductor Pablo Heras-Casado should be congratulating the composer on his 200th birthday with this programme performed by a large orchestra! The »Te Deum« is a mighty creation in praise of God, with an orchestra performing alongside an organ, choir and four vocal soloists. They include the sought-after soprano Christina Landshamer and the bass Franz-Josef Selig, who recently impressed Hamburg audiences in Wagner’s »Flying Dutchman« at the State Opera. Bruckner most likely wanted to impress even divine powers with the five-part work but, that aside, has certainly been inspiring audiences down here on earth ever since the premiere. We can only guess as to what exactly Bruckner found so bold about his Sixth Symphony, but there are many possible reasons: the succinct rhythm right at the start, the energy of which is perpetuated throughout the entire first movement. Or perhaps it alludes to the third movement, which swings back and forth between spooky sequences and blaring brass. Viewed as a whole, the symphonies are among Bruckner’s most »secular« works, making them the perfect counterpart to the Te Deum.
Time for a celebration! On 18 October 1748, the Peace of Aachen put an end to the eight-year War of the Austrian Succession. For the celebrations, an »opéra pour la paix« (opera for peace) was commissioned from the Paris Opera, to which two leading artists lent their pens: Louis de Cahusac for the libretto and the already 66-year-old Jean-Philippe Rameau for the music. The two consummate professionals needed less than five weeks before »Naïs« could go on stage with great pomp: opulent décor with a magnificent Neptune Palace, new costumes with real jewellery and pyrotechnic effects! Rameau’s overture traces »the din of war, the clamour and the tumultuous movements of the Titans and giants«, from which the love story from the ancient world of man and god develops.
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