Name: Philharmonia: Spain Tour
Start: 2024-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Palau de la Música Catalana

Admin

Philharmonia Orchestra

Palau de la Música Catalana

Auditorio Nacional de Música

Auditorio Palacio de Congresos Príncipe Felipe de Oviedo

Palau de la Música

ADDA Alicante

Conductor

Masaaki Suzuki

Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Jean-Guihen Queyras

Cello

Philharmonia: Spain Tour

Alicante

Spain

Valencia

Oviedo

Madrid

Auditorio Nacional de Musica

Barcelona

Public

Concert

Cello concerto

Symphony no. 6 op.60, B.112, in D major

Egmont, op. 84

Jnanakumar P

Approved

The Philharmonia travels across Spain on a five-date tour with conductor Masaaki Suzuki and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras.

Dvořák’s radiant Symphony No. 6 is far less frequently performed than his later symphonies (the Philharmonia last played it in 2008), and a rewarding work to get to know. With a nod to Beethoven and Brahms to keep his Viennese audience happy, Dvořák lets his Czech identity shine through in snatches of folk song, and the headlong three-against-two rhythm of the third movement furiant.

Beethoven’s Egmont overture brims over with heroism. It was written for a play by Goethe, who praised Beethoven’s ‘remarkable genius’ in expressing the themes of his drama in music.

It paves the way for Schumann’s Cello Concerto, considered one of the great cello works of the Romantic era. The challenge for the soloist is to make sure this demanding music sounds lyrical and serene – no problem at all for ‘compelling’ (The Strad) cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras.

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Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Instrumentation

Ensemble