Mittwoch19.30 Uhr
Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer Saal

Langrée, Ax / Debussy, H. K. Gruber, Berlioz

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There is no doubt that Emmanuel Ax has great experience giving world premiere performances of contemporary piano concertos: as early as 1988 he introduced Joseph Schwantner's Piano Concerto to the public, followed by new works from John Adams, Christopher Rouse, Melinda Wagner and Bright Sheng. HK Gruber's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, however, is the first composition written especially for the virtuosic hands of the Polish-American pianist. Now this new work receives its Austrian premiere with the Vienna Symphony under the baton of Louis Langrée. On both evenings it is framed by Claude Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and the Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz, a work considered to be the first example of Programme Music. Ax describes Gruber's concerto as follows: 'It begins with a piano solo. The beginning is taken from the seduction scene [from the composer's opera Stories from the Vienna Woods] in a cheap cabaret-bordello. The dotted-rhythm of the band can be heard, providing a backdrop for the jazzy exchange between the piano and the orchestra.'

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Louis Langrée 
Dirigent 
Emanuel Ax 
Klavier 
Wiener Symphoniker

Programm

Claude Debussy

"Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" ("Vorspiel zum Nachmittag eines Faunes"), symphonische Dichtung L 86

"Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" ("Vorspiel zum Nachmittag eines Faunes"), symphonische Dichtung L 86
1892-1894
11min
Komponist:Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Details
HK Gruber

Konzert für Klavier und Orchester

Konzert für Klavier und Orchester
2014-16, rev. 2017
23min
Komponist:HK Gruber Details
Hector Berlioz

"Symphonie fantastique" op. 14

"Symphonie fantastique" op. 14
1830
49min
Komponist:Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) Details

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Wiener Konzerthaus

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