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Cheering to the heavens, saddened to the grave: Few other symphonies show such extreme outbreaks of emotion and abrupt changes of mood as Tchaikovsky’s «Pathétique». Planned as a self-avowed cornerstone of his oeuvre, the work is a kind of requiem, a farewell to life accepted after long struggles and raucous joys and resignedly celebrated. Nine days after the world premiere in October 1893, the composer died at just 53 years old – and the rumours and conjectures about this sudden demise have continued to circulate to this day. But significant conflicts are also a feature of the D major of Mozart’s «Prague» Symphony, veiled by the darkness of «Don Giovanni», which Franz Welser-Möst has prefixed to Tchaikovsky: a compelling programme with the Vienna Philharmonic in which both works reach into the ineffable.
Program and cast
Cast
Orchester: Wiener Philharmoniker
Dirigent: Franz Welser-Möst
Programm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Symphony in D major KV 504 «Prague»
- Pause -
Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski:
Symphony No. 6 in b minor op. 74 «Pathétique»
Grafenegg Festival, Austria
The Grafenegg Music Festival is a new major international Austrian festival for classical music close to Vienna. The annual festival takes place on the grounds of Grafenegg Castle. Two major venues have been built for the festival in the park of the castle: The open-air stage Wolkenturm (capacity 1,730, opened 2007) as well as the new concert hall Auditorium (capacity 1,372, opened 2008).
The artistic director is pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. The festival's program consists of symphonic and chamber music as well as recitals. International guest orchestras are performing as well as the Austrian Tonkünstler Orchestra, which serves as orchestra in residence. The first festival started on August, 23rd, 2007 and lasted until September, 9th, 2007.
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