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Gewandhaus Orchestra
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The world’s oldest civic symphony orchestra was founded in 1743. Since 1781 it has been named after the Gewandhaus, the concert hall that, at that point, it had just moved into, The orchestra is now making a guest visit to Grafenegg for the second time since 2012, led by Gewandhauskapellmeister Andris Nelsons, who was here more recently conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra in two concerts in 2016. «As if a skylark were singing above the homeland’s scented meadows», wrote Otakar Šourek once about the slow movement of Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto. The exceptional American violinist Hilary Hahn is without doubt one of the best qualified soloists to interpret this music. Jean Sibelius let the light and shade of his own homeland, Finland, flow into his Second Symphony: a splendid conclusion to the long-awaited second Gewandhaus visit to Grafenegg.
Program and cast
Cast
Orchester: Gewandhausorchester
Violine: Hilary Hahn
Dirigent: Andris Nelsons
Programm
Antonín Dvořák:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in a minor op. 53
Pause
Jean Sibelius:
Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 43
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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