Beethoven

6th Philharmonic Concert

14. July 2019

Dates & Tickets

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major «Eroica», op. 55

  • Duration :
    2 H. 05 Min. Inkl. Pause after 1st part after approx. 45 Min.
  • More information:
    Introduction 45 min before the performance.
Music Direction:
Fabio Luisi

Fabio Luisi

Fabio Luisi hails from Genoa. He is the general music director of the Opernhaus Zürich, the principal conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and music director designate of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, a post he will take up in 2020. From 2011-2017, Fabio Luisi was principal conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and from 2005-2013 principal conductor of the Wiener Symphoniker, as well as general music director of the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Sächsische Staatsoper (2007-2010), artistic director and principal conductor of the MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig (1999-2007), and music director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (1997-2002). With the latter, he made numerous CD recordings (Poulenc, Respighi, Mahler, Liszt, a recording of the complete symphonic works of Arthur Honegger, and Verdi’s Jérusalem und Alzira). He is music director of the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca (Apulia) and has appeared as guest conductor with numerous renowned ensembles, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, the NHK Tokio, the Münchener Philharmoniker, the Filarmonica della Scala, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orkest Amsterdam, and the Saito Kinen Orchestra, as well as with various prominent opera orchestras. He appeared at the Salzburg Festival with performances of Richard Strauss’ Die Liebe der Danae und Die Ägyptische Helena. His most important appearances at the Opernhaus Zürich include, among others, the new productions of three Bellini operas, as well as Rigoletto, Fidelio, Wozzeck and Verdi’s Messa da Requiem. Important CD recordings include Verdi’s Aroldo, Bellini’s I puritani and I Capuleti e i Montecchi, and the complete symphonies of Robert Schumann, as well as the symphonies and the oratorio Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln by Franz Schmidt, the largely forgotten Austrian composer. In addition, he has recorded various symphonic poems by Richard Strauss, and a lauded reading of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 3 with the Staatskapelle Dresden. His recordings of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra won Grammy awards. He received the Premio Franco Abbiati, the coveted Italian critics’ prize, in 2013, and in 2014 won the Grifo d’Oro from the city of Genoa. He was awarded the Anton Bruckner Ring by the Wiener Symphoniker, and is a Cavalier of the Italian Republic. The «Philharmonia Records» recording label, founded by the Philharmonia Zürich in 2015, has issued CD recordings of works by Berlioz, Wagner, Verdi, Rachmaninoff, Bruckner, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Frank Martin under Fabio Luisi’s musical director, as well as DVD records of Rigoletto (stage direction: Tatjana Gürbaca), Wozzeck (stage direction: Andreas Homoki), I Capuleti e i Montecchi (stage direction: Christof Loy), the Messa da Requiem (stage direction /choreography: Christian Spuck), and Das Land des Lächelns (stage direction: Andreas Homoki).

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Orchestra:
Philharmonia Zürich

Philharmonia Zürich

1985 entstand in Folge der Trennung des traditionsreichen Tonhalle- und Theaterorchesters das Orchester der Oper Zürich. 2012, mit Beginn der Intendanz von Andreas Homoki und dem Amtsantritt des neuen Generalmusikdirektors Fabio Luisi, wird das Orchester der Oper Zürich zur Philharmonia Zürich. Pro Saison ist das Orchester in rund 250 Opern- und Ballettvorstellungen des Opernhauses Zürich zu hören. Als Podium für das Konzertrepertoire werden zusätzlich die Philharmonischen Konzerte veranstaltet. Soiréen und Kammermusikmatinéen ergänzen das künstlerische Spektrum des Orchesters. Bevor Fabio Luisi mit der Saison 2012/13 als Generalmusikdirektor die künstlerische Leitung des Orchesters übernommen hat, haben u. a. Franz Welser-Möst (1995-2008, ab 2005 als Generalmusikdirektor) und zuletzt Daniele Gatti als Chefdirigent (2009-2012) das Orchester geleitet. 2000/01 fanden die Beständigkeit der Leistungen des Orchesters der Oper Zürich und die Breite seines Könnens mit der Wahl zum «Orchester des Jahres» in der Umfrage der Zeitschrift «Opernwelt» weit verbreitete internationale Anerkennung.

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Abstract

We will celebrate the end of this year's season with an instrumental fireworks display: on the program are Beethoven’s «Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major op. 55 (Eroica)» and his «Piano Concerto No.1, op. 15 in C Major», in a concert conducted by General Music Director Fabio Luisi. Young Italian pianist Beatrice Rana showed her exceptional virtuosic talent to Zurich audiences last February with Beethoven’s «Piano Concerto No. 3». She returns to play his Piano Concerto No. 1, which premiered in Vienna around 1800. It marks a turning point in the piano concerto genre, at which Beethoven closely intermeshed the piano part with the orchestral part. The movements are rich with contrast: the fiery and heroic opening movement is followed by a lyrical and delicate largo, and the third movement is an exuberant, fast-paced dance movement. Beethoven’s «Symphony No. 3.», the «Sinfonia eroica,» as it was called on the subtitle of the first print, is a key work in music history. Beethoven originally wanted to dedicate the work to Napoleon, but when the latter crowned himself emperor in 1804, Beethoven is said to have exclaimed in horror: «He is nothing more than a common mortal! Now he will, too, will trample all human rights underfoot, indulge only his ambition; now he will, like all others, think himself to be superior, become a tyrant.» Beethoven’s Eroica was thereby no longer a musical statement for, but rather against Napoleon, defending the ideals of freedom Beethoven believed in throughout his life.

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