Name: Folk Music in Symphony – Trans-Classics XIV
Start: 2024-08-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-08-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Gstaad Festival Tent

Organization

Admin

Gstaad Menuhin Festival

Instrumentalist

Alexandre Kantorow

Piano

Orchestra

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Conductor

Iván Fischer

Pianist

Folk Music in Symphony – Trans-Classics XIV

Saanen

Switzerland

Gstaad Festival Tent

Folk Music in Symphony – Trans-Classics XIV: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp Minor Liszt (+2 More)

Public

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A major, S.125

Symphony No. 7 in D minor Op. 70

Luis Mariano Nomdedeu

Approved

The “classical” composers didn’t need to wait for the term “crossover” to appear before infusing their music with the endless inspirations from other musical styles or genres. For visionaries like Franz Liszt and Antonín Dvořák, the infusion of diverse influences into their so-called “serious” music was a vital part of their creative journey. Despite Liszt’s globetrotting life between Paris, Weimar, and Rome, his Hungarian roots resonate in his musical expression. While Dvořák took on the role of Director of the Conservatory in New York during the creation of his Symphony No. 7, his love for his Bohemian heritage still shines through in the composition. For over four decades, Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra have been extraordinary ambassadors of this musical realm. Together, they welcome “Menuhin’s Heritage Artist” Alexandre Kantorow to tackle the challenges of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, aptly described by the composer as a “Symphonic Concerto” in his handwritten notes. Dvořák’s Seventh is best encapsulated as “highly concentrated” symphonic artistry: a mix of sorrow, humor, wild passages, coziness, romance ... every measure sparkles with brilliant creativity!

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