CONCERTS

Tenerife Symphony Orchestra
Sergei Dogadin, violin

Program
C. M. VON WEBER: Euryanthe: Overture, J. 291
F. MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
J. SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

VENUE PROGRAMME TEXT: This September, the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra opens its season at the Auditorio de Tenerife with an exceptional programme under the direction of the splendid Vasili Petrenko.

Enjoy Weber’s magnificent ‘Euryanthe’ overture, famous for its rich instrumentation and energetic melodies, followed by Mendelssohn’s moving Violin Concerto in E minor, a work noted for its lyricism and technical finesse, performed by virtuoso violinist Sergei Dogadin. The evening concludes with Sibelius’ powerful Symphony No. 2, a work that evokes the vast nature of Finland with its deep seriousness and lush textures. This season, feel your Symphony!

Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León
Juan Floristán, piano

Mozart: Concierto para piano n.º 20 en Re menor, K 466
Bruckner: Sinfonía n.º 4 en Mi bemol mayor, WAB 104, “Romántica”

VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
En este programa, protagonizado por la música de dos compositores austríacos fundamentales para la historia, volvemos a celebrar una importante efeméride: el 200 aniversario del nacimiento de Anton Bruckner. Interpretamos una de sus obras sinfónicas de referencia, su Cuarta sinfonía, que recibió el apelativo de “Romántica” del propio compositor. La OSCyL ya habrá interpretado esta obra en su debut en el Festival de Granada, el 12 de julio de este 2024, también bajo la batuta de nuestro director asociado Vasily Petrenko. Dentro de su encomiable labor de presentar a los jóvenes intérpretes españoles más brillantes junto con nuestra orquesta, dirige en este programa al pianista Juan Floristán, ganador de los concursos internacionales Paloma O’Shea de Santander y Arthur Rubinstein de Tel Aviv y quien se presenta por primera vez en la temporada de abono de la OSCyL. La obra escogida es el célebre Concierto n.º 20 en Re menor, K 466 de Mozart, admirado por Beethoven y uno de sus dos únicos conciertos escritos en modo menor, muestra de un especial e inusual dramatismo dentro de la producción mozartiana.

Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León
Juan Floristán, piano

Mozart: Concierto para piano n.º 20 en Re menor, K 466
Bruckner: Sinfonía n.º 4 en Mi bemol mayor, WAB 104, “Romántica”

VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
En este programa, protagonizado por la música de dos compositores austríacos fundamentales para la historia, volvemos a celebrar una importante efeméride: el 200 aniversario del nacimiento de Anton Bruckner. Interpretamos una de sus obras sinfónicas de referencia, su Cuarta sinfonía, que recibió el apelativo de “Romántica” del propio compositor. La OSCyL ya habrá interpretado esta obra en su debut en el Festival de Granada, el 12 de julio de este 2024, también bajo la batuta de nuestro director asociado Vasily Petrenko. Dentro de su encomiable labor de presentar a los jóvenes intérpretes españoles más brillantes junto con nuestra orquesta, dirige en este programa al pianista Juan Floristán, ganador de los concursos internacionales Paloma O’Shea de Santander y Arthur Rubinstein de Tel Aviv y quien se presenta por primera vez en la temporada de abono de la OSCyL. La obra escogida es el célebre Concierto n.º 20 en Re menor, K 466 de Mozart, admirado por Beethoven y uno de sus dos únicos conciertos escritos en modo menor, muestra de un especial e inusual dramatismo dentro de la producción mozartiana.

Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Dudok Quartet

Programme
Joey Roukens: Strange oscillations from String Quartet No. 4 ‘What remains’
John Adams: Absolute jest
Shostakovich: Fourth symphony

VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
With the elusive Fourth Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich and Absolute jest by John Adams, Vasily Petrenko once again solidifies his connection with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

Delusions of grandeur
That Dmitri Shostakovich withdrew his Fourth Symphony just before its premiere in 1936 had everything to do with Stalin and a scathing article in the Pravda. Shostakovich felt at the time that his symphony was “full of megalomania. When the work was finally premiered in the 1960s, he appeared not to have changed a note. Familiar Matineegast Vasily Petrenko, with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, shows that Shostakovich did the right thing.

String Quartet
By then the ears have been warmed by “a colossal twenty-five-minute scherzo,” as John Adams called his Absolute Jest for string quartet and symphony orchestra. Written in 2012 for the centennial of the San Francisco Symphony, the work frequently references Beethoven’s late string quartets. By then the Dudok Quartet, the “soloist” on duty, had already established the quartet sound with the first movement of Roukens’ Fourth String Quartet, “a beautiful piece in which the finite and infinite meet,” according to NRC.

Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Dudok Quartet

Programme
Joey Roukens: Strange oscillations from String Quartet No. 4 ‘What remains’
John Adams: Absolute jest
Shostakovich: Fourth symphony

VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
String quartet and symphony orchestra meet at Theater aan de Parade. For a once-in-a-lifetime concert experience, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra is partnering with the celebrated Dudok Quartet Amsterdam. Both orchestra and quartet are known for their love of new music. On the menu is the rarely performed Absolute Jest by American minimalist John Adams. A rollercoaster of a concerto for string quartet and orchestra, which Adams himself described as “a colossal twenty-five-minute Scherzo.

Beethoven’s brilliant late quartets are audibly an endless source of inspiration for arch-seclectician Adams. The Dudok Quartet opens the concert in advance with a movement from one of the finest Dutch string quartets of recent years, What Remains, Joey Roukens’ fourth quartet adventure.

After intermission, led by Russian-British conductor Vasily Petrenko, the orchestra dives into the deeply dramatic, highly personal sound world of Shostakovich. His Fourth Symphony is a true monument to as many as one hundred and thirty orchestral musicians. Despite coercive Stalin and his Communist cronies, Shostakovich created a prodigious body of work. Shostakovich packs all his love and frustrations into this three-movement, symphonic tour-de-force, in which he experiments to his heart’s content, professes his love for Mahler, romps with dance music and does not shy away from grotesque effect. Petrenko knows Shostakovich’s Fourth inside and out, having already conducted the work with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. In the British music press, their recording of the Fourth Symphony received purely four- and five-star reviews.

In collaboration with the NTR Saturday Matinee.

Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC)
Jan Lisiecki, piano

Grieg: Piano Concerto
Zemlinski: Die Seejungfrau (The Little Mermaid)

Venue Programme Note:
The timpani doubling prepares the initial burst and the almost immediate intervention of the leading instrument. Edvard Grieg composed his only piano concerto at the age of 24, while living in Denmark. Premiered in 1869 in Copenhagen, it is a masterpiece of the genre and contains all the elements of romantic artwork: originality, pathos and virtuosity in creation, and the development of melodies evocative of Nordic nature.

Inspired by the story of one of the most international Danes, Hans Christian Andersen, the work that the Austrian composer Alexander Zemlinsky titled Die Seejungfra u (The Little Mermaid) is a dreamy fantasy for orchestra, premiered in 1905 at the Musikverein in Vienna . A suggestive work, in three movements, which for a while was believed to be lost or destroyed, when in fact it was dismembered.

Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC)
Jan Lisiecki, piano

Grieg: Piano Concerto
Zemlinski: Die Seejungfrau (The Little Mermaid)

Venue Programme Note:
The timpani doubling prepares the initial burst and the almost immediate intervention of the leading instrument. Edvard Grieg composed his only piano concerto at the age of 24, while living in Denmark. Premiered in 1869 in Copenhagen, it is a masterpiece of the genre and contains all the elements of romantic artwork: originality, pathos and virtuosity in creation, and the development of melodies evocative of Nordic nature.

Inspired by the story of one of the most international Danes, Hans Christian Andersen, the work that the Austrian composer Alexander Zemlinsky titled Die Seejungfra u (The Little Mermaid) is a dreamy fantasy for orchestra, premiered in 1905 at the Musikverein in Vienna . A suggestive work, in three movements, which for a while was believed to be lost or destroyed, when in fact it was dismembered.

Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
DJ St. Paul
National Children’s Choir; Irene Verburg, Choir conductor

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Selections)

VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
Pop and classical music join forces to present Pieces of Tomorrow: classical music in a new guise. In over an hour you will hear fragments from classical masterpieces that you must have heard live once in your life. You can bring your beer inside, visuals and light show will support the story and we will let the music speak for itself. Host DJ St. Paul asks the conductor and musicians all sorts of questions so that you can learn the story behind the music. Immerse yourself in the sound of a full symphony orchestra!

Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
National Children’s Choir; Irene Verburg, Choir conductor

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Selections)

VENUE PROGRAMME NOTE:
Musical fairy tales come true during Christmas. The Radio Philharmonic has prepared a delicate Christmas surprise. Young and old can enjoy a complete performance of Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker. A magical work entirely appropriate for the Christmas season. Vasily Petrenko knows the Russian repertoire like the back of his hand. He leads the orchestra through the wonderful world of Clara and her living Nutcracker puppet.

With The Nutcracker from 1892, Tchaikovsky wrote one of the most renowned ballets in the repertoire. The Russian Romantic masterfully succeeded in capturing the tender, naive dream world of the child in the most wonderful melodies. Enchanting passages such as the March, Flower Waltz or the Dance of the Sugar Fairy excite everyone’s imagination.

The versatile Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko conducts orchestras all over the world. As chief conductor of London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Petrenko has specialized in the great classical repertoire. This evening, together with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Children’s Choir, Petrenko erects an unforgettable Christmas monument to the disarming splendor of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.