Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - BRSO

Philippe Jordan

Thursday
30
September 2021
8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Special concert
Friday
1
October 2021
8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Special concert

Programme

Richard Wagner
A Faust Ouverture
Franz Liszt
Totentanz
Interval
Franz Liszt
A Faust Symphony

Performers

Philippe Jordan conductor
François-Frédéric Guy piano
Ilker Arcayürek tenor
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Information about the programme

In his début at the helm of the BRSO Philippe Jordan, the music director of the Vienna State Opera since 2020, devotes himself to life’s dark side and a theme from world literature that has held composers spellbound time and time again: Faust. Franz Liszt, in the three movements of his Faust Symphony, delineates character studies of the three main figures – Faust, Gretchen and Mephistopheles. His symphony culminate in a mystical finale with chorus and solo tenor, invoking the power of forgiveness through what Goethe called “the eternal feminine”. Wagner’s Faust Overture, on the other hand, is limited to the title figure, its sustained tempo describing his loneliness in his solitary study. Rounding off the programme is Liszt’s Danse macabre (Totentanz), a paraphrase on the Dies irae motif that is by turns apocalyptic, macabre and grotesque. Here, too, we hear the Faustian contest between Heaven and Hell.

Further concerts

Fri, 13 Oct, 8:00 pm
Munich, Gasteig HP8, Isarphilharmonie
Sir Simon Rattle © BR\Astrid Ackermann
musica viva: Sir Simon Rattle
Works by Žuraj and Berio
Thu, 19 Oct, 8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Isabelle Faust © BR\Astrid Ackermann
Maxim Emelyanychev & Isabelle Faust
Works by Fanny Hensel, Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann
Thu, 2 Nov, 8:00 pm
Munich, Gasteig HP8, Isarphilharmonie
Evgeny Kissin © Felix Broede
Krzysztof Urbański & Evgeny Kissin
Works by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich
Fri, 10 Nov, 8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Johannes Kalitzke © BR\Astrid Ackermann
musica viva: Johannes Kalitzke
Works by Lisa Streich, Johannes Kalitzke and Luc Ferrari
Thu, 16 Nov, 8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
David Afkham © Gisela Schenker
David Afkham & Christian Tetzlaff
Works by Alban Berg and Franz Schmidt
Thu, 23 Nov, 8:00 pm
Munich, Gasteig HP8, Isarphilharmonie
Shiyeon Sung © Byungsoo Kim
Shiyeon Sung & Anton Barakhovsky & Sebastian Klinger
Works by Ravel and Ligeti
Thu, 30 Nov, 8:00 pm
Munich, Gasteig HP8, Isarphilharmonie
Constantinos Carydis © Thomas Brill
Constantinos Carydis
Works by Nikos Skalkottas, Joseph Canteloube, Tōru Takemitsu and Ottorino Respighi