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Vienna Philharmonic with Christoph von Dohnanyi

Christoph von Dohnanyi and the Vienna Philharmonic in Ligeti's Atmospheres, Wagner's Prelude to Lohengrin, Brahms's Symphony No 3 and, with Rainer Honeck, Berg's Violin Concerto.

Fiona Talkington presents a concert given by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Christoph von Dohn谩nyi, recorded at the Musikverein in November 2019.

The concert begins with Gy枚rgy Ligeti鈥檚 鈥淎tmospheres鈥, composed in 1961 and used by Stanley Kubrick in his film 鈥2001 鈥 A Space Odyssey鈥 seven years later, followed immediately by the Prelude to Act I of Wagner鈥檚 opera 鈥淟ohengrin鈥. A very creative and well thought out segue which shows the orchestra off in glorious technicolour.

The orchestra is then joined by Austrian violinist Rainer Honeck for a performance of Alban Berg鈥檚 deeply moving Violin Concerto, completed in 1935, but inspired by the tragic death of Walter Gropius and Alma Mahler鈥檚 18-year-old daughter, Manon. It鈥檚 dedicated 鈥淭o the memory of an angel鈥.

During the interval we'll hear two solo instrumental pieces by the Hungarian composer Ern艖 Dohn谩nyi 鈥 grandfather of tonight鈥檚 conductor, Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.

In the second half of the concert, the orchestra will perform one of the stalwarts of the Romantic symphonic repertoire 鈥 Brahms鈥 3rd. It was composed in the summer of 1883 in Wiesbaden, and premiered later that year by conductor Hans Richter, who proclaimed it to be Brahms; 鈥淓roica鈥.

To end the programme, we'll hear British soprano Carolyn Sampson in recordings of one of Bach鈥檚 secular cantata - Weichet nur, betr眉bte Schatten (Dissipate, you troublesome shadows), BWV.202 and a gentle chanson by Henri Duparc.

19:30
Gy枚rgy Ligeti: Atmospheres
Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
Alban Berg: Violin Concerto
Rainer Honeck (violin)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Christoph von Dohn谩nyi (conductor)

20:20
Ern艖 Dohn谩nyi: Rhapsody in G minor, Op.11 No.1
Martin Roscoe (piano)

Ern艖 Dohn谩nyi: Passacaglia for solo flute, Op.48 No.2
Sharon Bezaly (flute)

20:40
Johannes Brahms 鈥 Symphony No.3 in F, Op.90
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Christoph von Dohn谩nyi (conductor)

21:20
JS Bach: Weichet nur, betr眉bte Schatten, BWV.202
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Petra Mullejeans (conductor)

Henri Duparc 鈥 Romance de Mignon
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Mon 29 Jun 2020 19:30

Music Played

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Atmospheres

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
  • Richard Wagner

    Prelude to Lohengrin, Act I

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
  • Alban Berg

    Violin Concerto "In Memory of an Angel"

    Performer: Rainer Honeck. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Rhapsody in G minor, Op.11

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • ASV.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Passacaglia for solo flute

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly.
    • BIS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No.3 in F, Op.90

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten, BWV.202

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Petra M眉llejans.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Henri Duparc

    Romance de Mignon, Op 2 No 3

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Carolyn Sampson.
    • BIS.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in A minor Op. 17 No. 4

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion CDA68137.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Jun 2020 19:30

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