Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Mathias Weber / Hendrik Vestmann
Liszt / Franck
On César Franck’s own piano
What a beautiful way to celebrate César Franck’s 200th birthday: the pianist Mathias Weber performs three concerts on César Franck’s original Érard grand piano in the Laeiszhalle and in the Elbphilharmonie. One of the special highlights of this edition of the Érard Festival is César Franck’s famous Piano Quintet , which Mathias Weber presents in two different versions. He is performing the chamber music work with the Schumann Quartet on the first evening, and will then be presenting it in a version for piano and orchestra on the great stage of the Laeiszhalle on the following evening.
Weber is accompanied by the Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester under Hendrik Vestmann. Their programme together also features two works by César Franck’s contemporary, Franz Liszt: the ground-breaking symphonic poem Les Préludes and the virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2.
Performers
Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester
Mathias Weber piano
conductor Hendrik Vestmann
Programme
Franz Liszt
Les Préludes / Symphonic Poem No. 3, S 97
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 2 A-Dur S 125
– Interval –
César Franck
Klavierquintett f-Moll FWV 7 / Bearbeitung für Klavier und Orchester von Mathias Weber
