Ying Fang © Dario Acosta
Rudolf Buchbinder © Marco Borggreve
Fabio Luisi © Sylvia Elzafon
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo / Fang / Buchbinder / Luisi
Wednesday
14
May
2025
19:30
Großer Saal
Tickets for members from 9 January (10am), for the general public from 18 January, 2025 (10am)
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Performers
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo
Ying Fang, Sopran
Rudolf Buchbinder, Klavier
Fabio Luisi, Dirigent
Programme
Edvard Grieg
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester a-moll op. 16 (1868)
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Gustav Mahler
Symphonie Nr. 4 G-Dur für großes Orchester und Sopran-Solo (1899–1901)
Subscription series
Orchester international
Links
https://www.buchbinder.net
https://www.nhkso.or.jp
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
Heavenly orchestral concert
Ying Fang and the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, conducted by Fabio Luisi, perform Gustav Mahler's 4th Symphony, which is based on the song »Das himmlische Leben« - a seemingly naïve vision of paradise as a land of milk and honey, albeit a broken one in Mahler's work. None other than Konzerthaus honorary member Rudolf Buchbinder takes on the solo part in Edvard Grieg's only piano concerto. The composition was to help the 25-year-old Grieg achieve his breakthrough. Even Franz Liszt was once very enthusiastic about the work: Grieg met his contemporary in 1870 during a study visit to Rome. Liszt played the piano concerto straight from the page in the presence of several guests. Grieg told his parents about this experience in a letter: Liszt »left the piano and walked through the large monastery hall with huge theatrical steps and raised arms, singing the theme almost uproariously. At the fortissimo mentioned above, he stretched out his arm like an emperor and shouted: g, g, not g sharp! Famos!«