© Stefano Galuzzi Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Jan Lisiecki at Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden
Baden‐Baden, Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden
About the Event
The Frankfurter Rundschau was impressed by the “quietest quietness” when Jan Lisiecki played Grieg's piano concerto. And then came “the pomp of film music” — the Canadian pianist can do that too. With this showpiece from the Nordic pen, he conjures up summer for a moment in the Baden autumn. How does this fit in with Mozart? Quite simply: the Norwegian late Romantic paid the greatest respect to the “love of his childhood”. And he wittily arranged some of Mozart's classics to underline this respect. Jupiter writes a fugue Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's last symphony, in C major, K. 551, has been nicknamed “Jupiter” since the beginning of the 19th century. It possibly owes this name to a British publisher, perhaps a Salzburg concert organizer or Mozart's son Franz‐Xaver, who wrote about it. Either way, the composition, also known succinctly as the “Symphony with the final fugue”, is perhaps the best that 18th century symphonic music produced. The fact that the Vienna Symphony Orchestra is bringing this symphony to Baden can be seen as a special gift.
Practical Information
The categories on the seating plan are divided as follows:
Category 1 = yellow
Category 2 = pink
Category 3 = red
Category 4 = blue
Category 5 = green
Category 6 = blackberry
Category 7 = dark brown
Category 8 = light brown
Program
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonie C‐Dur KV 551 („Jupiter‐Sinfonie“)
- Edvard Grieg – Klavierkonzert a‐moll
Artists
| Orchestra, Soloist: | Wiener Symphoniker The Wiener Symphoniker can look back on an eventful history, an outward sign being the several alterations that its name has undergone. Unforgettable will remain the legendary concert before Pope John XXIII at the Vatican in 1959 as well as the world premieres of such masterpieces as Bruckner’s 9th Symphony, Arnold Schönberg’s Gurrelieder, Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and Franz Schmidt’s The Book with the Seven Seals. During the First World War, the orchestra was saved from being disbanded only by a fusion with the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra, founded in 1913. In 1944 however, the orchestra’s activities came to a halt for eight months. |
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| Piano: | Jan Lisiecki |
| Conductor: | Petr Popelka |
Address
Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden, Beim Alten Bahnhof 2, Baden‐Baden, Germany — Google Maps
