Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - BRSO

Klaus Mäkelä | Igor Levit

Thursday
29
October 2020
6:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Thursday
29
October 2020
8:30 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Friday
30
October 2020
8:30 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal

Programme

Igor Stravinsky
Concerto for String Orchestra in D major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in E flat major, K. 271 (“Jenamy”)
Béla Bartók
Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113

Performers

Klaus Mäkelä conductor
Igor Levit piano
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Concert video

Klaus Mäkelä © Jerome Bonnet

Information about the programme

Igor Levit will continue his residency at the BRSO with Mozart’s “Jeunehomme” Piano Concerto (K 271). To the present day it remains incomprehensible how the 21-year-old Mozart, in his final Salzburg concerto, could indulge his wonted jeu d’esprit while plumbing such precocious spiritual depths as in the tragic C minor slow movement. Originally Yannick Nézet-Séguin was meant to stand at the helm until prevented from travelling by covid regulations. His place will be taken by the 24-year-old Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä, who advanced this season to become principal conductor of the Oslo Symphony, an orchestra shaped by Mariss Jansons. Framing the “Jeunehomme” Concerto will be two string studies composed for Paul Sacher and his Basle Chamber Orchestra: Igor Stravinsky’s Concerto in D and the popular Divertimento by Béla Bartók.

Further concerts

Thu. 29. May 8:00 pm
Munich, Gasteig HP8, Isarphilharmonie
Sir Simon Rattle © Astrid Ackermann
Sir Simon Rattle
Works by Boulez, Poulenc and Ravel
Wed. 4. Jun 7:00 pm
Munich, Werksviertel-Mitte, TonHalle
Alisa Weilerstein © Evelyn Freja
Watch This Space | Alisa Weilerstein & friends
Thu. 5. Jun 8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Alan Gilbert © Peter Hundert
Alan Gilbert & Alisa Weilerstein
Works by Sibelius and Larcher
Thu. 19. Jun 8:00 pm
Munich, Gasteig HP8, Isarphilharmonie
Igor Levit © Felix Broede
Antonio Pappano & Igor Levit
Busoni: Piano Concerto