Events for 25. September 2022 - 9. October 2022

Violin: Kazimierz Olechovski Viola: Françoise Gnéri Violoncello: Frédéric Audibert From the event website: Pasolini said, "Culture is resistance to distraction". In a world where you can hear on the radio that discos are part of culture, there is an urgent need to defend our cultural heritage. Yes, you can listen to pure music without getting bored, yes, it is accessible and yes, the great masterpieces are timeless. Schubert and Beethoven are played alongside Florentine Mulsant.  

From the website of the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra: Of women and men 7th Philharmonic Concert She was one of the most promising female composers of her generation, and yet for a long time she only ranked in the category of "insider tip": Melanie Bonis. Her engaging "Suite en forme de valses" breathes the character of the light muse, but with its originality and elegance goes far beyond shallow salon music. A charming prelude to the 7th Philharmonic Concert on International Women's Day, with Jessica Cottis, of course, a woman at the podium of the Bremen Philharmonic. And there is another woman who deserves attention in this concert programme, Clara Schumann. As Robert Schumann's wife and closest confidante, it was she who did not allow the publication of his last violin concerto after his death. We can only speculate about the reasons. It is tragic, however, that the premiere did not take place until almost 100 years after Schumann's death, at a Nazi propaganda event. However, this should in no way diminish the importance of the work. With Frank Peter Zimmermann, it is in exactly the right hands. From stories about a work to history in a work: in Ludwig van ...

From the website of the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra: Of women and men 7th Philharmonic Concert She was one of the most promising female composers of her generation, and yet for a long time she only ranked in the category of "insider tip": Melanie Bonis. Her engaging "Suite en forme de valses" breathes the character of the light muse, but with its originality and elegance goes far beyond shallow salon music. A charming prelude to the 7th Philharmonic Concert on International Women's Day, with Jessica Cottis, of course, a woman at the podium of the Bremen Philharmonic. And there is another woman who deserves attention in this concert programme, Clara Schumann. As Robert Schumann's wife and closest confidante, it was she who did not allow the publication of his last violin concerto after his death. We can only speculate about the reasons. It is tragic, however, that the premiere did not take place until almost 100 years after Schumann's death, at a Nazi propaganda event. However, this should in no way diminish the importance of the work. With Frank Peter Zimmermann, it is in exactly the right hands. From stories about a work to history in a work: in Ludwig van ...

Kitty Whateley | Mezzo Soprano John Andrews | Conductor   program: Louise Farrenc | Overture in E flat Amy Beach | Jephthah's Daughter Mahler | Kindertotenlieder Emilie Mayer | Symphony in F minor

Other works of the evening: Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to the play music Egmon. Louis Spohr: Concerto for two violins, viola, violoncello and orchestra in A minor, op. 131

Other works of the evening: Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to the play music Egmon. Louis Spohr: Concerto for two violins, viola, violoncello and orchestra in A minor, op. 131

Homage to Hildegard von Bingen Accordion: Mirjana Petercol, Further works by Gubaidulina and Dinescu

Program: Bonis Legendary Women, three pieces for orchestra Kodály Dances of Galánta Haydn Cello Concerto No.1 in C Major* Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol   Peter Luff conductor Rachael Tobin cello   From the event page: Australian hornist and former conductor Peter Luff joins the MSO to lead us through this eclectic dance program. French composer Mélanie "Mel" Bonis was highly regarded in her day, but as with many women in classical music, her presence has been largely suppressed throughout history. It's fitting, then, that she reveals three legendary women in this haunting piece with swirling harmonies and quiet power. Kodály is perhaps best known for inventing the Kodály Method - a system familiar to elementary school students and sound-of-music aficionados around the world, in which the notes of the scale are linked with hand signs (do, re, me, etc.). Another of Kodály's important contributions to music was his celebration of Hungarian folk melodies on the orchestral stage, such as these beguiling and unforgettable dances from Galánta, a town on the railroad line from Budapest to Vienna. The MSO's associate principal cellist, Rachael Tobin, performs Haydn's First Cello Concerto - a fluid and virtuosic performance of the instrument dancing in perfect counterpoint ...