Classical music — orchestral and opera — has been one of my major interests for most of my life. I'll use this blog to tell about some of the concerts I'm attending and the opportunities to listen to some of them and other good programs on the web.
Saturday, August 31, 2024
BSO/Classical New England — 202
With the Tanglewood season over and the first Saturday evening concert of the Symphony Hall season scheduled for September 28, WCRB has four evenings to fill. Tonight andthe following two weeks they'll give us "encore broadcasts from last season at Symphony Hall, all with artists making their debuts with the orchestra. I don't know what they're planning for September 21.
In an encore broadcast, Joana Mallwitz conducts Kodály’s "Dances of Galánta" and Schubert's Symphony No. 9. Anna Vinnitskaya, also in her BSO debut, is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 1.
Joana Mallwitz, conductor Anna Vinnitskaya, piano
Zoltán KODÁLY Dances of Galánta Pyotr IlyichTCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 Franz SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 in C, "Great"
This concert was originally broadcast on November 4, 2023, and is no longer available on demand.
In an interview with CRB's Brian McCreath, conductor Joana Mallwitz previews the program, reveals which piece of music sparked her desire to be a conductor, and talks about her new position as Chief Conductor of the Konzerthaus Orchestra of Berlin. To listen, use the player above and follow along with the transcript below.
TRANSCRIPT:
Brian McCreath I'm Brian McCreath from WCRB at Symphony Hall with Joana Mallwitz here in Boston for the Boston Symphony for the very first time.
As you see, there is an interview with the conductor, which you can access if you go to the WCRB page. I found it interesting.
The BSO's performance detail page for the concert is still available from last November with all the usual links, which can be useful. There we read:
KODÁLY Dances of Galánta TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 Intermission SCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great
German conductor Joana Mallwitz and Russian pianist Anna Vinnitskaya, both in their BSO debuts, perform Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s beloved and epic Piano Concerto No. 1, which originally premiered in Boston. The orchestra opens with the lively Dances of Galánta (1933) by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, which combines traditional folk melodies from the composer’s home region with a symphonic context. In closing, Schubert’s towering Symphony in C, The Great, written near the end of his life and premiered a decade after his death by none other than Felix Mendelssohn.
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