Concert “Eine Alpensinfonie”

12 and 13 Dec 2014, 8 pm
The Grand Concert Hall, Vietnam National Academy of Music

From Goethe Institut:

You are invited to subscription concert Vol.76 “Eine Alpensinfonie” with:

Conductor: Honna Tetsuji
French horn: Premysl Vojta
and Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

This year the music world celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of German composer Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949). In honor of this occasion and in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will present the Vietnam premiere of two pieces by Richard Strauss: the Horn Concerto No. 2 and An Alpine Symphony, op. 64. The solo part will be played by Premysl Vojta, one of the most outstanding musicians in this discipline in Germany. With this piece he won the renowned ARD Music Contest, which marked the starting point for his successful career in Germany and in international concert halls. In addition to experiencing Premysl Vojta in concert on the 12th and 13th of December, music enthusiasts can also attend an artist talk with the musician on December 10th at the Goethe-Institut. There he will speak about his music career, his relationship to Richard Strauss and his favorite composers in contemporary music.

Richard Strauss composed his Horn Concerto No. 2 towards the end of his eighth decade of life. Its gentle serenity clearly identifies it as one of his later works, but at the same time Strauss looks back at his youth with this piece, which premiered at the Salzburg Festival in 1943. And precisely that is the special appeal of this composition. An Alpine Symphony offers listeners an impressive tone picture, in which the different stages of a mountain hike are transformed into music: the ascent to the peak at and the path back down the mountain as night falls.

Program

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) | Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, Opus 11
Allegro
Andante con moto
Rondo. Allegro

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) | An Alpine Symphony, Opus 64
Nacht (Night)
Sonnenaufgang (Sunrise)
Der Anstieg (The Ascent)
Eintritt in den Wald (Entry into the Forest) – Wanderung neben dem Bach (Wandering by the Brook)
Am Wasserfall (At the Waterfall)
Erscheinung (Apparition)
Auf blumigen Wiesen (On Flowering Meadows)
Auf der Alm (On the Alpine Pasture)
Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen (Through Thickets and Undergrowth on the Wrong Path)
Auf dem Gletscher (On the Glacier)
Gefahrvolle Augenblicke (Dangerous Moments) – Auf dem Gipfel (On the Summit)
Vision (Vision)
Nebel steigen auf (Mists Rise)
Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich (The Sun Gradually Becomes Obscured)
Elegie (Elegy)
Stille vor dem Sturm (Calm Before the Storm)
Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg (Thunder and Tempest, Descent)
Sonnenuntergang (Sunset)
Ausklang (Quiet Settles)
Nacht (Night)

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at vnso.org.vn.

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Přemysl Vojta born in 1983 in Brno (Czech Republic) is a prizewinner of international competitions in Brno, Bratislava and in Vidnava. In September 2010 he won first prize at the “International ARD Music Competition” in Munich, where he was also awarded the Audience Award, the prize for the best performance of a new work and the special award from the Neuen Philharmonie Westfalen. In 2011, after his very successful debut at the Beethoven Festival Bonn, he received the prestigious Beethoven Ring Award.

He was an intern at the Staatskapelle Dresden, solo hornist of the Prague Kammerphilharmonie, the Staatskapelle Berlin, and since 2009 of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. In addition, he has held a teaching position at the Universität der Künste Berlin since 2010. Přemysl Vojta performs regularly with major orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra or the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, and is invited to give recitals and solo concerts of festivals across Europe.

Join the artist talk wit Přemysl Vojta on 10 Dec at Goethe-Institut.

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