08
Dec
2018
08
Dec
2018
Time
Saturday 20:00
Location
Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Great Hall
Composer
Bedřich Smetana, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonín Leopold Dvořák
Smetana | The Moldau | Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 | Dvořák Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” — 08 Dec 20:00
Bedřich Smetana | The Moldau
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Antonín Leopold Dvořák | Symphony No. 9 in E-minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”)

This evening the concert begins with Smetana’s  “The Moldau” from his famous set of six symphonic tone poems entitled “My Homeland” (Czech: Má vlast). The main theme which evokes the great river Vltava runs emphatically throughout the entire work and includes the composers adaptation of the Italian renaissance melody “La Mantovana”. This melody is also the basis for the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah.    

The Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23  by Tchaikovsky was composed in 1874. The work was initially condemned by the composer’s mentor, however the conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow premiered and brought fame to this masterpiece.  Tonight’s soloist  is the internationally renowned pianist Andrei Gavrilov.

The concluding work this evening and a piece that Antonín Dvořák called “From the New World”  was his ninth and final Symphony No. 9 in E-minor, Op. 95. The symphony was composed in the United States and premiered in 1893 at Carnegie Hall in New York. In addition to some American inspired melodies, this work is a much greater culmination of Dvorak’s symphonic composition, and tonight, the crowning moment of our musical journey through Eastern Europe.

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Location
Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
ADDRESS
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PHONE NUMBER
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