Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - BRSO

Reinhard Goebel

Thursday
17
March 2022
8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Subscription B
Friday
18
March 2022
8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Subscription B

Programme

Johann Friedrich Fasch
Overture for 2 Orchestras
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in due cori for 4 Flute and Orchestra A-major RV 585
Georg Friedrich Händel
Concerto a due cori D-major, HWV 335a
Interval
Johann Christian Bach
Symphony for Double Orchestra E-flat major, Op. 18 No. 1
Christian Cannabich
Symphonia à Due Orchestre

Performers

Reinhard Goebel conductor
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Information about the programme

“Handel is always to be preferred above all others.” Thus Charley Burney wrote in his Present State of Music in 1772. The music of Italy, in contrast, he found “paltry”. But Burney was highly selective in his opinion, for he wrote “only” about contemporary composers. By that time Vivaldi had been dead for 30 years, otherwise his assessment would have been different. Nor was Fasch alive at the time. On the other hand, Burney knew the “London Bach” and heard Cannabich’s “estimable symphonies” in Schwetzingen. From these five composers Reinhard Goebel, a leading figure in period performance practice, has chosen a programme of works for double ensemble, in which two orchestras “concertize” with or against each other. The centrepiece is Vivaldi’s brilliant Concerto for Four Flutes and Orchestra, likewise a contest between virtuosos. Played with verve and panache, the music becomes an utter delight for the listener!

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