Philharmonia Orchestra / Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Beethoven / Dvořák
Popular repertoire hits
Originally founded as a recording orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra of London belongs to the cultural spearhead of the British capital, which is not exactly lacking in outstanding orchestras. Recordings, among them numerous film scores, are still one of the Philharmonia’s main activities, and their reading of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has been flying through outer space on board the space probe Voyager 1 since 1977. It goes without saying that the Hamburg audience can hear the orchestra live, under the baton of the young Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, only the sixth principal conductor in the Philharmonia’s almost 80-year history, and with the unconventional violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja as soloist.
The concert opens with Beethoven’s sole violin concerto, one of the most popular pieces in the violin repertoire, on which Kopatchinskaja makes her own individual mark. After the interval we hear Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, which is in turn one of the high points in the Bohemian composer’s orchestral oeuvre. Its spirited character is often interpreted as a musical response to the Czech people’s patriotic wish for their own nation-state. Whether or not this applies, the score is as fresh and thrilling now as it was when it was written.
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-Dur op. 61
PatKop
Für Reto... wo? / Duos für Violine und Klarinette
Darius Milhaud
Jeu / aus: Suite op. 157b
– Interval –
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Als die alte Mutter mich noch singen lehrte op 55/4 / Bearbeitung für Orchester von Julian Milone
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