Munich Philharmonic: Ligeti / Stravinsky / BrahmsLahav Shani (conductor), Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
This event is in the past.
For almost three minutes, the audience looks at a black screen as the spherical soundscapes of György Ligeti’s Atmosphères fill the auditorium: That is how Stanley Kubrick sets the mood for the dissolution of time and space in his cinematic masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. Rather than having a film score specially composed, Kubrick chose to make use of existing magnificent compositions.
This event is in the past.
For almost three minutes, the audience looks at a black screen as the spherical soundscapes of György Ligeti’s Atmosphères fill the auditorium: That is how Stanley Kubrick sets the mood for the dissolution of time and space in his cinematic masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. Rather than having a film score specially composed, Kubrick chose to make use of existing magnificent compositions.
With his Violin Concerto, Igor Stravinsky found an unconventional, almost cheerful approach to the genre. Elements of baroque and romantic style play with the listeners’ expectations before, in an ironic twist, all that is familiar is cast aside. Stravinsky’s first violin concerto will be performed by Leonidas Kavakos, one of today’s most accomplished violin virtuosos, who is praised for his unique sound.
While his first symphony was a drawn-out struggle for Brahms, his second was penned quickly and with ease. Ever since its successful world premiere in 1877, Brahms’s Symphony No 2, the “pastoral”, has been his most popular symphonic work. Here, it will be conducted by the Munich Philharmonic’s future principal conductor, Lahav Shani.
Programme
- György Ligeti: Atmosphères for orchestra
- Igor Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D major
- Johannes Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 73
