Programme 2010 (PDF) - Beethovenfest Bonn

Beethovenfest Bonn 10 s e P – 9 o C t 2010 Into the oPen. Utopia and Freedom in Music.
Martina Gedeck
three Sponsors
and a Genius
A programme of speech and
music about the eventful year
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of 1809, during which Vienna Martina Gedeck Recitation
was once again occupied by Sebastian Knauer piano
napoleon’s troops, Joseph Haydn »three princes for the
died and Ludwig van Beethoven Freedom Fighter«
contemplated emigration. In Reading with music by
order to keep him in Vienna, the Ludwig van Beethoven, includ-
Austrian nobles invented sponing the »sonata pathétique«, the
soring. The programme com- »Moonlight sonata« and the
bines chamber music by Haydn »Waldstein sonata«
and Beethoven with quotes ? 29 (concert only)
from letters, historical texts and ? 59 (concert incl. brunch)
literary evidence, which paint
a picture of political and social
The Hotel Königshof will provide
its popular prosecco lunch following
the concert. Further information at
reality in the Vienna of 1809 as www.hotel-koenigshof.de
well as of Beethoven’s artistic
and private situation.
sponsored by the
Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft.
N o sooner had Beethoven’s
violin concerto been heard for the
first time in December 1806 than
the composer set about completing
his fifth symphony, which
was premiered two years later.
The two works stand for a period
of creativity in which Beethoven
developed a symphonic tonal
language all of his own. They will
be played by one of German’s
longest-established orchestras,
the sächsische staatskapelle
Dresden, which can look back on
a history lasting 460 years. Together
with their chief conductor
they last year won the ecHo
Klassik award as orchestra of
the year, while the staatskapelle
also won the ecHo Klassik for
the opera performance of the
year and the Historische edition
special prize.
the classics
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Sergei Khachatryan
sun 19 seP 6 P m
Beethovenhalle
Sergei Khachatryan Violin
Sächsische Staatskapelle
Dresden
Sir Colin Davis conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven:
concerto for violin and
orchestra in D major op. 61
Ludwig van Beethoven:
symphony no. 5 in c minor
op. 67
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non-bookable reserved seats
for students.
5.30 P m
o r C hestra PortraI t
»All ears for half«
sponsored by WestLotto.
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