Kirill Gerstein © Marco Borggreve
Orchestre de Paris / Gerstein / Honeck
Monday
30
May
2022
19:30 – ca. 21:30
Großer Saal
Performers
Orchestre de Paris
Kirill Gerstein, Klavier
Manfred Honeck, Dirigent
Programme
Maurice Ravel
La valse. Poème chorégraphique pour orchestre (1919–1920)
George Gershwin
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester F-Dur (1925)
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Zugabe:
Oscar Levant
Blame it on my youth
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Béla Bartók
Konzert für Orchester Sz 116 (1943)
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Zugabe:
Richard Strauss
Walzerfragment ((Der Rosenkavalier. Suite AV 145) (Schlussbearbeitung: Manfred Honeck)
Note
Bedauerlicherweise musste Stefano Bollani seine Mitwirkung am Konzert absagen. Wir freuen uns, dass Kirill Gerstein den Klavierpart übernimmt.
Subscription series
Orchester international
Links
https://www.orchestredeparis.com
https://stefanobollani.com
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
Three Faces of Modernity
Three faces of modernity are contemplated in this program, which presents itself as an ode to orchestral timbres: Ravel's distanced homage to the waltz, Gershwin's irresistible swing, and Bartók's reinvented folklorism.
Originally conceived as ballet music in homage to the Viennese style of Johann Strauss, »La Valse« by Ravel is an extraordinary sensory experience, bursting all boundaries to become a fantastic musical whirlwind, almost demonic in its paroxysmal frenzy.
In contrast, Bartók's sumptuous Concerto for Orchestra, with its subtle symmetries, presents the classicism of a relaxed and peacefully hedonistic modernism. Irresistible, at times imbued with Slavic colours but all animated by the spirit of the Charleston and the blues, Gershwin's famous Concerto in F, which also enchanted Ravel, closes this sumptuous orchestral triptych – the solo part will be played by Kirill Gerstein. The pianist combines Russian, American and Central European styles of interpretation with an insatiable curiosity. »This is the kind of serious, intelligent and virtuosic music-making that keeps classical music alive.« (The Observer)