Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - BRSO

Riccardo Minasi | Igor Levit

Thursday
24
September 2020
6:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Thursday
24
September 2020
8:30 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Friday
25
September 2020
6:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Friday
25
September 2020
8:30 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 C Major, op. 15
Joseph Haydn
Symphony in G Major, Hob. I:88

Performers

Riccardo Minasi conductor
Igor Levit piano
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Information about the programme

Over the last few weeks Igor Levit, one of the great Beethoven pianists of our era, explained and played all 32 Beethoven sonatas on BR-KLASSIK. Now he’s the BRSO’s artist-in-residence for the 2020–21 season! Levit has already thrilled audiences by playing four Beethoven piano concertos with the same orchestra, most recently the Second, with his idiosyncratic blend of stylistic fidelity and spirit of adventure. All that’s missing is the First, op. 15, which now stands on the programme to complete the cycle. At the head of the orchestra is Riccardo Minasi, the principal conductor of the Mozarteum Orchestra and a champion of period performance practice. He’s giving his début with “Viennese classics”: Beethoven will be followed by Haydn’s Symphony no. 88, a French-inspired work that enchants us with its expressive Largo and its lilting dance movements, whether gruff in the Minuet or elegant in the Finale.

Further concerts

Thu, 28 Sep, 8:00 pm
Munich, Gasteig HP8, Isarphilharmonie
Sir Simon Rattle © BR\Peter Meisel
Sir Simon Rattle
Mahler 6
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