Pierre‐Laurent Aimard plays Beethoven

London, Southbank Centre — Royal Festival Hall

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Visionary pianist Pierre‐Laurent Aimard joins the Philharmonia in a programme spanning the Romantic period.

‘This was Beethoven the eternal modern and revolutionary in all his fire and glory…’ (The Guardian). In his decades‐long career, Pierre‐Laurent Aimard has earned a reputation as one of the most respected interpreters of Beethoven’s music. Tonight, he treats us to a performance of the Third Piano Concerto.

Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 was inspired by the spirituals and folk music Dvořák heard while he was working in New York in the 1890s. The lullaby‐like cor anglais melody of its slow movement is just one of many memorable moments in this mainstay of the orchestral repertoire.

Weber’s 1821 opera Der Freischütz (The Marksman) ticks all the boxes required to become an international mega‐hit in the early Romantic era – a deep dark forest, a pact with the devil, seven magic bullets, and the redemptive love of a good woman. Its overture is a chance to sample the atmosphere and drama of Weber’s masterpiece.

Program

Carl Maria von Weber – Overture, Der Freischütz
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’

Program is subject to change

Artists

Conductor:	Manfred Honeck Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck was violinist with the Vienna Philharmonic for 10 years, and embarked on his conducting career as assistant to Claudio Abbado at the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Subsequently, he was engaged by the Zurich Opera House, served as Music Director at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo, was Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and has since 2008 been Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. A highly sought‐after conductor, other engagements have led Honeck to guest conduct numerous preeminent orchestras as well as opera houses.
Piano:	Pierre‐Laurent Aimard

Conductor:

Manfred Honeck

Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck was violinist with the Vienna Philharmonic for 10 years, and embarked on his conducting career as assistant to Claudio Abbado at the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Subsequently, he was engaged by the Zurich Opera House, served as Music Director at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo, was Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and has since 2008 been Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. A highly sought‐after conductor, other engagements have led Honeck to guest conduct numerous preeminent orchestras as well as opera houses.

Piano:

Pierre‐Laurent Aimard

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