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The Beauty of Dance

Wednesday

11.10.2023

19:30 — Victoria Hall

Series R
Series R+
Contemporary music

Grand Mécène

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Thursday

12.10.2023

19:30 — Victoria Hall

Series S
Contemporary music

Programme

Hannu Lintuconductor

Patricia Kopatchinskajaviolin

Jean Sibelius
Finlandia, tone poem Op. 26

György Ligeti
Concerto for violin and orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92

The music

Characteristic of Ligeti's last manner, the Concerto for violin and orchestra, in its final version in 5 movements from 1992 (reviewed for the last time the following year) presented this evening, draws its inspiration both from the composer's own language Hungarian, while contemplating the history of music going back from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era, including Hungarian and Bulgarian folk songs in polyrhythmic superpositions of monstrous difficulty for the soloist. As if that weren't enough for her, the great virtuoso Patricia Kopatchinskaja has further enhanced the score by adding her own cadences. Our concert will begin with this veritable political manifesto that was the symphonic poem Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, composed in 1900 to defend the Finnish press against the Russian oppressor. Beethoven's Seventh Symphony will put a jubilant and timeless end to the two ends of the 20th century presented before it.

Streaming

This concert is broadcast on the 18.10.23 on Espace 2 in the radio program Plein Jeu (8pm), produced by Mitsou Carré and Daniel Rausis, and is available for streaming after broadcast on

osr.ch/live

The venues

OSR Live

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No 6 'Pastoral'

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Recorded on 26 November 2018 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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Maurice Ravel

Boléro

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Recorded on 15 November 2017 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

Highlights

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