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Lorenzo da Ponte Orchestra
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Spring, summer, autumn and winter – this is how Vivaldi transformed nature directly into music. Giovanni Andrea Zanon, who performed at the opening ceremonies of the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympic Games, brings this classic to life on a 1716 Stradivari. At his side: Austrian trumpeter Selina Ott. The ARD Competition prizewinner was Jeunesse Featured Artist 2020|21 and now returns to the Golden Hall with baroque virtuosity. Two soloists, both born in 1998, united with the Orchestra Lorenzo Da Ponte in a Jeunesse concert between Venetian fire and courtly elegance.
Program and cast
Orchestra Lorenzo da Ponte
Venice Monteverdi Academy Choir
Roberto Zarpellon, conductor
Giovanni Andrea Zanon, violin
Selina Ott, trumpet
Silvia Frigato, soprano
Liliia Kolosova, alto
Mauro Borgioni, bass
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi – Le quattro stagioni (“The Four Seasons”)
Intermission
Giuseppe Tartini – Concerto in E major, D 53 for violin, strings and basso continuo; arrangement for trumpet and orchestra by Conrad Zwicky
George Frideric Handel – Eternal source of light divine, first aria from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74
Michel Corrette – Laudate Dominum de Cœlis, using the first movement “La Primavera” (“Spring”) from Antonio Vivaldi’s Le quattro stagioni (“The Four Seasons”)
End approx. 22:00
Musikverein Golden Hall
This building is located on Dumbastraße/Bösendorferstraße behind the Hotel Imperial near the Ringstraße boulevard and the Wien River, between Bösendorferstraße and Karlsplatz. However, since Bösendorferstraße is a relatively small street, the building is better known as being between Karlsplatz and Kärntner Ring (part of Ringstraße loop). It was erected as the new concert hall run by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, on a piece of land provided by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1863. The plans were designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen in the Neoclassical style of an ancient Greek temple, including a concert hall as well as a smaller chamber music hall. The building was inaugurated on 6 January, 1870. A major donor was Nikolaus Dumba whose name the Austrian government gave to one of the streets surrounding the Musikverein.
Great Hall - Golden Hall
“As high as any expectations could be, they would still be exceeded by the first impression of the hall which displays an architectural beauty and a stylish splendour making it the only one of its kind.” This was the reaction of the press to the opening of the new Musikverein building and the first concert in the Großer Musikvereinssaal on 6 January 1870.
The impression must have been overwhelming – so overwhelming that Vienna’s leading critic, Eduard Hanslick, irritatingly brought up the question of whether this Großer Musikvereinssaal “was not too sparkling and magnificent for a concert hall”. “From all sides spring gold and colours.”
Brahms Hall
"In order not to promise too much it can be said that it has been made into the most beautiful, most magnificent, perfect example of a chamber concert hall that any of us knows in the world.” This was the reaction of a Vienna daily newspaper in October 1993 as the Brahms-Saal was presented to the public after extensive renovation work.
The surprise was perfect. It was a completely new hall. In contrast to the Grosse Musikvereinssaal, the Brahms-Saal had changed its appearance quite considerably over the years. When and how it acquired that slightly melancholy duskiness that was known to music lovers before 1993 cannot be precisely documented.
Glass Hall
As a venue for events from concerts to luxury banquets, the Glass Hall / Magna Auditorium is not only the largest of the Musikverein's 4 new halls but also the most flexible in terms of usage.
Hub podiums enable the smooth transformation of the concert hall into a conference centre, the cinema into a ballroom, or the stage into a catwalk. State-of-the-art equipment for sound, lighting, video and widescreen digital projection provide the ideal conditions for half-scenic productions.
The Glass Hall / Magna Auditorium was designed by the Viennese architect Wilhelm Holzbauer. With a height of 8 metres, the hall (including the gallery) can play host to up to 380 visitors.
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