Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester / Gautier Capuçon / Lorenzo Viotti
Elbphilharmonie Summer
The French cellist Gautier Capuçon possesses a full tone and a sumptuous vibrato, but he can also be more restrained when the music demands – then his instrument sighs gently or sings quietly. The dramatic virtuoso passages and lush melodies of Dvořák’s popular Concerto for Cello and Orchestra seem tailor-made for him.
Other works on tonight’s programme are the turbulent overture to Verdi’s crime opera »La forza del destino« and the impressionist dream worlds of Debussy’s »Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune«. Then last but definitely not least, the orchestra makes the concert hall quake with the archaic force of Stravinsky’s »The Rite of Spring«.
Performers
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Gautier Capuçon violoncello
conductor Lorenzo Viotti
Programme
Giuseppe Verdi
Overture to »La forza del destino«
Antonín Dvořák
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester h-Moll op. 104
Encore:
Pablo Casals
Cantdell Ocells (Lied der Vögel)
– Interval –
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Igor Strawinsky
Le sacre du printemps / Bilder aus dem heidnischen Russland
Estimated end time
22:30
Festival
Elbphilharmonie Summer
Live Broadcast
The concert will be broadcast live on www.elbphilharmonie.com and on the forecourt as part of Elbphilharmonie Concert Cinema.