Leif Ove Andsnes © HELGE HANSEN / Montag
Franz Welser-Möst © Satoshi Aoyagi
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Andsnes / Welser-Möst
Saturday
15
June
2024
19:30
Großer Saal
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
Heroes at home
After two concerts dedicated to the music of Gustav Mahler, Franz Welser-Möst turns to Mahler's contemporary Richard Strauss in the third and final part of this year's Personale at the Wiener Konzerthaus: his »Sinfonia domestica«, conceived as a more everyday continuation of his equally autobiographical »Heldenleben«, initially enjoyed great success, but is now one of its creator's less frequently performed tone poems. This is only the third time it has been performed at the Wiener Konzerthaus since 2000, having not been heard here for almost four decades. However, this relative neglect is not due to a lack of musical quality in this capital piece, but rather to its only slightly heroic subject matter - which in this day and age seems to be a blessing. In contrast, Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto is in the heroic key of E flat major, which owes its nickname »Emperor Concerto« to its corresponding tone in the English-speaking world. The soloist here is the multi-award-winning and extremely active Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.
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