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
Christoph Spering Yossif Ivanov
From the Life
of a Prophet
Devil’s trill and
Other Skills on the Violin
W ithin the music of the Romantic
era some considered church
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T
hese four works for violin
from three centuries are all great
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music the pinnacle. One important Marlis Petersen Soprano
pieces of virtuosity: Tartini was
sIegBurg
aspect of this attitude was the Franziska gottwald Alto
ahead of time but not just be­ Yossif Ivanov Violin
revival of the oratorio in Roman­ Rainer trost Tenor
cause of his famous »Devil’s Trill Dimitris Sarog˘lou Piano
ticism, for which Felix Mendels­ thomas e. Bauer Bass
Sonata«. Beethoven’s »Spring giuseppe tartini:
sohn worked particularly hard. Chorus Musicus Köln
Sonata« also shows a predilection Sonata for violin and piano
The Beethovenfest Bonn, in the Das neue Orchester
for the great virtuoso gesture in G minor (»Devil’s Trill Sonata«)
Mendelssohn year 2009, is per­ Christoph Spering Conductor
in which audiences can hear a Ludwig van Beethoven:
forming one of the greatest works Felix Mendelssohn:
butterfly flapping past here and Sonata for violin and piano
of the 19th century with the »Elijah« op. 70
there. Peppered with Norwegian No. 5 in F major op. 24
dramatic oratorio »Elijah«. Its Oratorio for soloists,
folklore and full of technical (»Spring Sonata«)
magnificent romantic images of choir and orchestra
finesse is Grieg’s third Violin edvard grieg:
sound make it a significant link ? 35 I 22
Sonata. Ravel’s »Tzigane« is one Sonata for violin and piano
between the Baroque oratorios Sponsored by Kunststiftung NRW.
of the famous gypsy melodies, a No. 3 in C minor op. 45
by Handel and the later spiritual
showpiece for a young virtuoso Maurice Ravel:
choral works of Brahms.
such as Yossif Ivanov, who knows »Tzigane« for violin and piano
how to utilize the expressive ? 19
powers of his instrument to the
full.
Sponsored by the Kreissparkasse Köln.
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