Keywords: Symphony Concert, Vocal Music
| Petr Popelka | Conductor |
| Hanna-Elisabeth Müller | Soprano |
| Anna Vinnitskaya | Piano |
| Wiener Symphoniker |
| Richard Wagner | "A Faust Overture" in D minor WWV 59 (revised version) |
| Maurice Ravel | Concerto for piano (left hand) and orchestra in D major |
| Alban Berg | "Seven Early Songs" for high voice and orchestra |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No. 41 in C major KV 551 "Jupiter" |
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Marie Jacquot, former Principal Conductor of Deutsche Oper am Rhein, returns to Cologne with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, featuring rising star violinist María Dueñas performing Max Bruch's Violin Concerto and concluding with Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
»Authentisch« ist ein wichtiges Stichwort für Lukas Sternath, wenn es um Klang geht. Und auch sonst! Jeder, der den jungen Pianisten bislang erleben durfte, war von seiner unerschrockenen Leichtigkeit und Brillanz begeistert.Wenn der 24-jährige Wiener in dieser Saison mit Beethovens unbeschwertem ersten Klavierkonzert an der Seite der Wiener Symphoniker nach Köln zurückkehrt, klingt es nach einem perfekten Match. So viel authentischer Klang war selten! Komponiert in Wien, uraufgeführt in Wien – und nun auch noch interpretiert von Musikerinnen und Musikern aus Wien, die mit den Klängen der Klassik großgeworden sind. Mit Mozarts berühmter »Jupiter-Sinfonie« steuert das Spitzenorchester aus der Welthauptstadt der Musik ein weiteres Klangjuwel bei.
The Concertgebouw’s famous Main Hall is one of the best concert halls in the world, well-known for its exceptional acoustics and special atmosphere. In the Main Hall, you will feel history. Here, Gustav Mahler conducted his own compositions, as did Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky. Sergei Rachmaninoff played his own piano concertos in the Main Hall. This is also where musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Yehudi Menuhin gave legendary performances. Right up to now, the Main Hall offers a stage to the world’s best orchestras and musicians. Buy your tickets now and experience the magic of the Main Hall for yourself!
Haydn's "Missa in angustiis," his only mass in a minor key, reflects the turbulent times of the Napoleonic Wars. Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, written as his deafness began, is surprisingly playful and full of contrast. Mozart's Symphony No. 1, composed at the age of eight, reveals a composer brimming with energy, imagination, and original ideas.
Haydn's "Missa in angustiis," his only mass in a minor key, reflects the turbulent times of the Napoleonic Wars. Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, written as his deafness began, is surprisingly playful and full of contrast. Mozart's Symphony No. 1, composed at the age of eight, reveals a composer brimming with energy, imagination, and original ideas.
Luciano Berio, a prominent 20th-century Italian composer, had a unique relationship with tradition, creating numerous arrangements and transcriptions of various composers. In his 1989 work "Rendering," based on Schubert's unfinished Symphony No. 10, his arranging and composing skills merge. Berio likened his restoration approach to that of frescoes, reviving old colors without hiding time's damage. 1907 was a devastating year for Mahler, marked by his daughter's death, a heart condition diagnosis, anti-Semitic attacks, and his resignation from the Vienna Court Opera. Seeking solace, he found "The Chinese Flute," which inspired "Das Lied von der Erde," his personal farewell to the world, with the final song, "Der Abschied," being the longest.
What a love-struck score: »Roméo et Juliette, dramatic symphony, with chorus, vocal solos and prologue as choral recitative, after Shakespeare’s tragedy, dedicated to Niccolò Paganini« – what a wealth of lyrical tones, what enchanting moments, even bizarre, irrational ones, what lush harmonies and ravishing melodic arcs! Its creator Hector Berlioz himself was in an exceptional state: »What a passionate life I led during this whole time! With what vigour I swam in this vast sea of poetry, caressed by the exuberant breeze of fantasy, under the warm rays of Shakespeare’s sun of love, and trusting in my strength to reach the wonderful island where the temple of pure art rises.« With »Roméo et Juliette«, Berlioz had – after a long search – finally created his symphonic theatre of dreams.
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