Programme 2009 (PDF) - Beethovenfest Bonn

B e e t h o v e n f e s t B o n n 4. 9. – 3. 10. 2 0 0 9 In the LIght
Stefan Blunier Johannes Moser
hark the sound
of planets and suns
the Cello is
very grown up!
I t will get tight on the stage
of the Beethovenhalle … When
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BeethovenhaLLe
C
ellos are »grown­up violins
that have learned to stand up on
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CoLLegIum LeonInum
Gustav Mahler’s eighth symphony Arpiné Rahdjian Soprano
their own«. The cello became a Johannes Moser Cello
had its world premiere in the Claudia Barainsky Soprano
grown­up in its final form in Paul Rivinius Piano
context of the World Fair in Munich
in 1910 there were around a
thousand choir singers, orchestra
members and soloists on the
stage of the new Musik Festhalle.
The symphony was »the greatest
Lioba Braun Alto
Marina Prudenskaja Alto
Scott MacAllister Tenor
Alexander Marco­Buhrmester
Baritone
Ralf Lukas Bass
Choir and extra Choir
around 1700 in Stradivari’s workshop.
Since then its gentle, dark
sound has been touching people’s
emotions. Particularly during
the 19th and 20th centuries composers
wrote virtuoso literature
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata for cello and piano
No. 5 in D major op. 102/2
Alexander Zemlinsky:
Sonata for cello and piano
in A minor
thing I’ve done to date« for Mahler. of the theater Bonn
for the »singing instrument«. Johannes Brahms:
The mammoth work burst the Sibylle Wagner Rehearsal
The two musicians are presenting Sonata for cello and piano
symphonic boundaries of the time; Philharmonic Choir
an excellent mix that combines No. 1 in E minor op. 38
according to Mahler, the sym­ of the City of Bonn
festive melody with the highest ? 25
phonic philosopher, one can hark thomas neuhoff Rehearsal
degree of musical skill. Johannes
the universe here and »it is no Limburger Domsingknaben
Moser, who thinks the cello
longer human voices, but planets Klaus Knubben Rehearsal
belonged to him since childhood
and suns that circle«. Stefan Beethoven Orchester Bonn
»like my own arm«, has been
Blunier is making his debut as
principal conductor at the Beethovenfest
Bonn with this work.
Stefan Blunier Conductor
gustav Mahler:
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major
(»Symphony of a Thousand«)
7.30 Pm
ConCert IntroduCtIon
»All ears for half«
awarded the ECHO Klassik twice;
this is the first time he is perform
ing at the Beethovenfest
Bonn.
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