Andris Nelsons continues his Shostakovich series with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with the Fourth Symphony. This complex symphony of gigantic proportions was written during the period when Dmitry Shostakovich had been relegated from the status of a national hero to that of a potential enemy of the state by Stalin. When rehearsals for the Fourth proved disastrous, Shostakovich decided to withdraw the work. Even today, though, the Fourth Symphony is performed relatively rarely, perhaps because of the great challenge it poses to both conductor and orchestra. Before the interval, the RCO’s very own principal violinist Liviu Prunaru and its principal cellist Gregor Horsch excelled in Brahms’s Double Concerto, his final orchestral work.
Stars of Tomorrow presented by Rolando Villazón – Episode 5
PROGRAM: Gioachino Rossini: Overture from Der Barbier von Sevilla // Franz Lehár: „Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß“ from Giuditta (Soloist: Cristina-Antoaneta Pasaroiu) // Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 – Allegro appassionato (Soloist: Adam Laloum) // Robert Schumann: Träumerei from Kinderszenen (Soloist: Adam Laloum) // Amilcare Ponchielli: “Ombre di mia prosapia” from La Gioconda (Soloist: Kihwan Sim) // Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 – Moderato (Soloist: Ella van Poucke) // Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 – Sarabande (Soloist: Ella van Poucke) // Giuseppe Verdi: In solitaria stanza (Soloist: Adam Laloum) // Gioachino Rossini: Overture from Il barbiere di Siviglia // Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni (Soloists: Cristina-Antoaneta Pasaroiu & Kihwan Sim)
Stars of Tomorrow presented by Rolando Villazón – Episode 2
PROGRAM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture from Die Entführung aus dem Serail // Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 3 // Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik // Johann Strauß: “Mein Herr Marquis” from Die Fledermaus (Soloist: Chen Reiss) // Franz Liszt: Rigoletto Paraphrase (Soloist: Benyamin Nuss) // Nobuo Uematso: Final Fantasy VI (Soloist: Benyamin Nuss) // Claude Debussy: Danse profane (Soloist: Teresa Zimmermann) // Robert Schumann: Der Nussbaum (Soloists: Chen Reiss & Teresa Zimmermann) // Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance for cello and orchestra (Soloist: Maximilian Hornung) Johann Sebastian Bach: Bourrée I & II
(Soloist: Maximilian Hornung) // Jules Massenet: “Ouvre tes yeux bleus” (Soloists: Rolando Villazón & Benyamin Nuss)
Tchaikovsky Gala from Leningrad
Gala in commemoration of the 150th birthday of Peter Tchaikovsky. On the programme: Eugen Onegin: Polonaise / Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 / Valse scherzo, Op. 34 / Chansons francaises, Op. 65, for Voice and Piano / Sérénade, No. 1 / Rondel, No. 6 / Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 / Jeanne d’Arc (La Pucelle d’Orléans) / Adieu, forets / 1812 Overture, Op 49.