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44<br />
Music<br />
Orchestre des<br />
Champs-Élysées<br />
Philippe Herreweghe Conductor<br />
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller Soprano<br />
Okka von der Damerau Alto<br />
Maximilian Schmitt Tenor<br />
Tareq Nazmi Bass<br />
Collegium Vocale Gent<br />
Brahms Gesang der Parzen<br />
Bruckner Te Deum<br />
Symphony No 9<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g their acclaimed festival appearance <strong>in</strong> 2009,<br />
Philippe Herreweghe and his period-<strong>in</strong>strument Orchestre des<br />
Champs-Élysées return with transcendental music by two of the<br />
greatest 19th-century composers.<br />
Brahms’s search<strong>in</strong>g Gesang der Parzen (‘Song of the Fates’) is<br />
a brood<strong>in</strong>g meditation on man’s dest<strong>in</strong>y, expressed <strong>in</strong> a work of<br />
tremendous power. The spiritual theme cont<strong>in</strong>ues <strong>in</strong> the joyful Te Deum<br />
by one of music’s most profound mystical explorers, Anton Bruckner.<br />
Bruckner’s monumental N<strong>in</strong>th Symphony is the composer’s crown<strong>in</strong>g<br />
orchestral achievement, a piece that explores profound emotions yet<br />
rema<strong>in</strong>s possessed of a serene, radiant mysticism. Herreweghe has<br />
devoted his career to return<strong>in</strong>g masterworks to their orig<strong>in</strong>al essences,<br />
and tonight his orchestra plays <strong>in</strong>struments from Bruckner’s time.<br />
This concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at a future date.<br />
Monday 20 August 8.00pm<br />
Usher Hall<br />
Tickets<br />
£42 £35 £26 £24 £17 £12<br />
1 hour 55 m<strong>in</strong>utes approximately<br />
eif.co.uk/champselysees<br />
Photo Michel Garnier<br />
Cleveland Orchestra<br />
01<br />
Franz Welser-Möst Conductor<br />
Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra<br />
Smetana Má Vlast (parts 1 – 4)<br />
Best known for the unforgettable ‘Vltava’ (also known as ‘The Moldau’),<br />
which vividly depicts the country’s mighty river, the six symphonic<br />
poems of Má Vlast, ‘My Homeland’, conjure the spirit of Smetana’s<br />
beloved Bohemia, convey<strong>in</strong>g its history, traditions and nature <strong>in</strong> music<br />
of wonder and imag<strong>in</strong>ation.<br />
Franz Welser-Möst and his mighty Cleveland Orchestra br<strong>in</strong>g their power<br />
and precision to the piece <strong>in</strong> a welcome return to the <strong>Festival</strong>. Folk<br />
music, this time from Poland, also lies beh<strong>in</strong>d Lutoslawski’s colourful<br />
Concerto for Orchestra, a virtuoso showpiece that sh<strong>in</strong>es a spotlight<br />
on the <strong>in</strong>dividual talents of Cleveland’s exceptional players.<br />
‘This world-class orchestra... outsh<strong>in</strong>es all competitors these days’<br />
The Wall Street Journal<br />
Tuesday 21 August 8.00pm<br />
Usher Hall<br />
Tickets<br />
£42 £35 £26 £24 £17 £12<br />
1 hour 45 m<strong>in</strong>utes approximately<br />
eif.co.uk/cleveland1<br />
Supported by<br />
Ed<strong>in</strong>burgh <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Festival</strong> Friends and Patrons<br />
Performance of Lutoslawski<br />
supported by<br />
Photo Sniegirova Mariia / Shutterstock
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