NDR das neue werk: Ginastera II
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Xavier de Maistre
Alberto Ginastera is one of the outstanding Latin American composers of the 20th century. Roughly at the same time as Silvestre Revueltas in Mexico or Heitor Villa-Lobos in Brazil, Ginastera, who was born in a working-class district of Buenos Aires in 1916, placed Argentina on the map of classical music. The Argentine composer, who died in 1983, altered his style several times in the course of his career, but all his works share one constant, namely a deep feeling for his native country and its nature. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and the series »NDR das neue werk« devote two concerts to Ginastera, giving an overview of both his orchestral and his chamber music.
In his ballet »Estancia« Op. 8, Ginastera pays tribute to the Argentine cowboys and their local form of rodeo, »La Doma«. However, not all of this composer’s orchestral works have found a place on European concert programmes yet. Thus in our second Ginastera evening, conductor Carlos Prieto presents among other works the European first performance of the »Estudios sinfónicos« Op. 35, and the harp concerto, in which Xavier de Maistre plays the solo part.
Performers
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Xavier de Maistre harp
conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto
Programme
Alberto Ginastera
Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals op. 46 für Streichorchester und Streichquintett in der Ferne
Harfenkonzert op. 25
Estudios sinfonicos op. 35 / Europäische Erstaufführung
Estancia op. 8