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Program and cast
Saturday 10 October 2020
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Christiane Karg, Soprano
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Programme
Carlijn Metselaar
Anticipation. Fanfare (2019) (WP)
Commissioned by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Snowdrops op. 9/1 (Simple Songs) (1911-1913)
The Serenade op. 9/3 (Simple Songs) (1911-1913)
Love letter op. 9/4 (Simple songs) (1911-1913)
Summer op. 9/6 (Simple Songs) (1911-1913)
Luck that remained for me (Song of Marietta from "The Dead City op. 12") (1916-1920)
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Richard Strauss
A heroic life. Sound poem for large orchestra op. 40
Sunday 11 October 2020
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Programme
Joseph Haydn
Symphony A major Hob. I/59 "Fire Symphony" (1766-1768)
Sunday 11 October 2020
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Christiane Karg, Soprano
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Programme
Carlijn Metselaar
Anticipation. fanfare (2019)
Commissioned by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Snowdrops op. 9/1 (Simple Songs) (1911-1913)
The Serenade op. 9/3 (Simple Songs) (1911-1913)
Love letter op. 9/4 (Simple songs) (1911-1913)
Summer op. 9/6 (Simple Songs) (1911-1913)
Luck that remained for me (Song of Marietta from "The Dead City op. 12") (1916-1920)
***
Richard Strauss
A heroic life. Sound poem for large orchestra op. 40 (1898)
Thursday 22 October 2020,
Friday 23 October 2020
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor
Programme
Modest Mussorgski
Ivanova noch' na Lïsoy gore "A night on the bare mountain" (1867)
Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 A minor op. 77 (1947-1948/1955)
***
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor op. 36 (1877-1878)
Sunday 8 November 2020
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Alexandre Kantorow, piano
Barbara Rett, Presentation
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Overture "The beautiful Melusine" op. 32 (1833/1835)
Franz Liszt
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 A major S 125 (1848)
***
Igor Stravinsky
L'oiseau de feu. Ballet in two pictures with introduction (1909-1910)
Monday 23 November 2020,
Tuesday 24 November 2020
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for piano and orchestra in E flat major K 271 "Jeunehomme" (1777)
***
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 4 in C minor op. 43 (1935-1936)
Friday 11 December 2020,
Sunday 13 December 2020
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Singing Academy
Julia Lezhneva, Soprano
Iestyn Davies, Countertenor
Benjamin Hulett, Tenor
Andreas Wolf, bass baritone
Andrea Marcon, conductor
Programme
George Frederick Handel
Messiah "The Messiah". Oratorio in three parts HWV 56 (1741)
Monday 21 December 2020,
Tuesday 22 December 2020
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Martha Argerich, piano
Lahav Shani, conductor
Programme
Paul Ben-Haim
Symphony No. 1 (1940)
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Maurice Ravel
Concerto for piano and orchestra G major (1929-1931)
Claude Debussy
La Mer. Three symphonic sketches (1903-1905)
Friday 22 January 2021,
Sunday 24 January 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Singing Academy
Sara Jakubiak, Soprano
Gerhild Romberger, alto
Maximilian Schmitt, Tenor
Alexander Vinogradov, bass
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Programme
Antonín Dvořák
Requiem op. 89 for solos, choir and orchestra (1890)
Monday 15 February 2021,
Tuesday 16 February 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Hilary Hahn, violin
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Programme
Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra D Major op. 77 (1877-1878)
***
Richard Strauss
Don Juan. Sound poem after Nikolaus Lenau op. 20 (1887-1888)
Suite (Der Rosenkavalier AV 145) (Arrangement: Arthur Rodzinsky) (1909-1910/1945)
Saturday 20 February 2021,
Sunday 21 February 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Andreas Haefliger, piano
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
After the concert in the Grand Foyer:
Andreas Haefliger, piano
Phoebe Violet, Quartet
Programme
Dieter Ammann
The Piano Concerto "Gran Toccata" (2016-2019) (EA)
Commissions from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, BBC Radio 3, Lucerne Festival, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Konzerthaus and Pro Helvetia
Modest Mussorgski
Pictures at an Exhibition (arranged for orchestra: Maurice Ravel) (1874/1922)
Sunday 21 March 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Antonello Manacorda, conductor
Programme
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1892-1894)
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique. Episode de la vie d'un artiste op. 14 (excerpts) (1830)
Tuesday 23 March 2021,
Thursday 25 March 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Maximilian Hornung, Violoncello
Antonello Manacorda, conductor
Programme
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1892-1894)
Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 2 in D minor op. 119 (1902)
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique. Episode de la vie d'un artiste op. 14 (1830)
Saturday 3 April 2021,
Sunday 4 April 2021,
Tuesday 6 April 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Singing Academy
Pupils of the Opera School of the Vienna State Opera, children's choir
Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano
Max Emanuel Cenčić, Countertenor
Georg Nigl, baritone
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Programme
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana. Cantiones profanae for solos, choir and orchestra (1936)
Friday 23 April 2021,
Sunday 25 April 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Roger Muraro, piano
Nathalie Forget, Ondes Martenot
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
Programme
Olivier Messiaen
Turangalîla Symphony for piano, Ondes Martenot and orchestra (1946-1948)
Thursday 6 May 2021,
Sunday 9 May 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Simone Lamsma, violin
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Programme
Richard Wagner
Prelude and Love Death (Tristan and Isolde)
(1857–1859)
Benjamin Britten
Concerto for violin and orchestra d-minor op. 15 (1939)
Béla Bartók
Concert for orchestra Sz 116 (1943)
Monday 31 May 2021,
Tuesday 1 June 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Piotr Anderszewski, piano
David Zinman, conductor
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1 C major op. 15 (1795-1798)
***
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major (1881-1883)
Friday 11 June 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Miloš, guitar
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Programme
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Juarez (1939)
Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra (1939)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnole op. 34 (1887)
Saturday 12 June 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Janine Jansen, violin
Miloš, guitar
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Programme
Franz Liszt
Prometheus. Symphonic poem no. 5 S 99 (1850-1855)
Max break
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G minor op. 26 (1866)
***
Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra (1939)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnole op. 34 (1887)
Sunday 13 June 2021
Performers
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Janine Jansen, violin
Barbara Rett, Presentation
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Programme
Franz Liszt
Prometheus. Symphonic poem no. 5 S 99 (1850-1855)
Max break
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G minor op. 26 (1866)
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony D major Hob. I/101 "The Clock" (1794)
Wiener Konzerthaus
The Wiener Konzerthaus ( Vienna Concert House or Hall) is one of the largest and most artistically progressive institutions in international musical life. During the course of a season, which extends from September to June, some 750 wide-ranging events take place and more than 600,000 visitors can listen to around 2,500 different compositions. With this comprehensive and varied selection, the Wiener Konzerthaus – together with the Vienna State Opera House and the Musikverein – is central to Vienna’s reputation as one of the world’s leading music capitals.
From its earliest days, the Wiener Konzerthaus has held the highest cultural aims and artistic mission: «To act as a venue for the cultivation of fine music, as a meeting point for artistic endeavour, as a home for music and a cultural centre for Vienna». It was in this spirit that the Konzerthaus was inaugurated on 19 October 1913 with a festive concert attended by Emperor Francis Joseph I. To mark the occasion, Richard Strauss wrote the «Festliches Präludium op. 61», which was followed by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. This programme combination, comprising a contemporary work and a masterpiece from the past, served as a model for the Wiener Konzerthaus’s future direction: today, too, an awareness of tradition and the joys of innovation form the main pillars of the Konzerthaus’s artistic identity.
Access to the Wiener Konzerthaus
Public transport:
Short walk from the U4 Stadtpark Station: 10 min walk from the U4/U1 Karlsplatz Station, or take the 4A bus.
From the tram and bus stops at Schwarzenbergplatz, accessed by D, 2 & 71 trams and 3A & 4A buses. The 4a bus stop is at Hotel Am Konzerthaus.
Taxi:
The nearest taxi stands are at the Hotel Intercontinental in the Johannesgasse and at Hotel Am Konzerthaus on the Heumarkt.
Restaurants next to:
Gmoakeller
Hotels in immediate vicinity:
Hotel am Konzerthaus and Intercontinental
Great Hall
In the heart of the building (which consists of more than 600 rooms) lies the Konzerthaus’s flagship, the Grosser Saal (Great Hall). Designed with a sense of space and classical balance, its stage has provided the setting for many memorable concerts over the years. In this room, artists, audiences and atmosphere blend into a harmonious triad.
Home to world-famous orchestras, virtuoso soloists, renowned conductors and legendary jazz musicians, the Great Hall can accommodate an audience of 1,800 and offers the perfect venue for a wide variety of musical activity. The Great Hall has emerged from the major renovation with renewed splendour and, despite improvements in technical installation and audience comfort has continued to conserve its original elegance. Its unique atmosphere ideally lends itself to the broad range of artistic activities offered by the Vienna Konzerthaus.
Mozart Hall
Open and relaxing, welcoming and intimate, with its incomparable appeal, the Mozart Hall constitutes a jewel of international musical life. The perfect setting for all types of chamber music, from lute and Lieder recitals to string quartets and chamber orchestras, it can accommodate an audience of around 700 – an ideal size in which to experience the intimacy of chamber music and recital performances.
The Mozart Hall enjoys world-wide acclaim on account of its unique acoustics. This distinction makes it a top favourite with leading ensembles and soloists – as well as a popular venue for recordings. This was taken into account during the major renovation of the building: as with all other rooms in the Konzerthaus, the Mozart Hall is directly linked to a recording studio and a technical control room.
Schubert Hall
With its festive character, the Schubert-Saal presents the perfect model of a music salon, the restored use of the windows follwing the renovation having returned the room to its elegant, airy appearance.
Equipped with around 320 seats, it lends itself to a wide range of chamber-music concerts, as well as to receptions, dinners and lectures. It is home to the popular lunchtime concert series, as well as to events which enable promising young musicians to experience a professional concert stage. Many a musical career has been launched in the Schubert Hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus.
Seating capacity: 320
Auditorium: 240 m²
Podium: 50 m²