Name: Beethovens Pastoralsymfoni
Start: 2023-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Konserthuset (Stockholm Concert Hall)

Organization

Conductor

Alan Gilbert

Soprano

Christina Nilsson

Sopran

Konserthuset Stockholm

Orchestra

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethovens Pastoralsymfoni

Stockholm

Sweden

Konserthus

Beethovens Pastoralsymfoni: Frontispiece for orchestra Chin (+2 More)

Public

Frontispiece

Four Last Songs

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, op.68 ("Pastoral")

Approved

Konserthuset (Stockholm Concert Hall)

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hornist

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Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

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Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

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Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

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Executive producer

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Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

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Teacher

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Mezzo-soprano

Singer

Tenor

Baritone

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Contralto

Bass-baritone

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Child vocalist

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Alto

Continuo

The Royal Philharmonic's honorary conductor Alan Gilbert premiered Unsuk Chin's Frontispiece when he took over as chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie in 2019. Unsuk Chin describes the music as a kind of fast-forward through history, where music from different eras emerges in new forms and mixes with each other. In 2013, Unsuk Chin was the subject of Konserthuset's Composer Festival.

Richard Strauss wrote many works with his wife Pauline as a source of inspiration – she herself was a successful soprano. He was in his 80s when he came across a poem by Joseph von Eichendorff, about an aging couple who, at the end of their lives together, look at the setting sun and ask themselves: "is it perhaps death?". This inspired him to begin composing a song cycle, which was never finished. After Strauss's death, his publisher brought the four completed songs together and named them Vier letzte Lieder, "Four Last Songs".

As a vocal soloist, we hear the young soprano Christina Nilsson, who cemented her place in opera heaven with the sensational role debut as Aida at the Royal Opera in 2018. She has appeared with the Royal Philharmonic several times, most recently at a summer concert in 2019.

The beautiful and peaceful continues in the Pastoral Symphony, where Beethoven describes life in the country at the beginning of the 19th century. He gave the various movements colorful names: "Awakening of happy feelings on arrival in the country", "By the stream", "Funny intercourse with country folk", "Thunderstorm and storm" and "Shepherd's song". It's a bright musical journey in the countryside, with only a thunderstorm to disturb the idyll.

English

Kungliga Filharmonikernas hedersdirigent Alan Gilbert uruppförde Unsuk Chins Frontispiece när han 2019 tillträdde som chefdirigent för NDR Elbphilharmonie. Unsuk Chin beskriver musiken som en sorts snabbspolning genom historien, där musik från olika epoker uppstår i nya former och blandas med varandra. Unsuk Chin var 2013 föremål för Konserthusets Tonsättarfestival.

Richard Strauss skrev många verk med sin fru Pauline som inspirationskälla – hon var själv en framgångsrik sopran. Han var i 80-årsåldern när han kom över en dikt av Joseph von Eichendorff, om ett åldrande par som i slutet av sina liv tillsammans ser på den nedgående solen och frågar sig: ”är det kanske döden?”. Detta inspirerade honom till att börja komponera en sångcykel, som aldrig blev klar. Efter Strauss död förde hans förläggare ihop de fyra slutförda sångerna och döpte dem till Vier letzte Lieder, ”Fyra sista sånger”.

Som sångsolist hör vi den unga sopranen Christina Nilsson, som befäste sin plats på operahimlen med den sensationella rolldebuten som Aida på Kungliga Operan 2018. Hon har framträtt med Kungliga Filharmonikerna flera gånger, senast vid en sommarkonsert 2019.

Det vackra och fridfulla fortsätter i Pastoralsymfonin, där Beethoven beskriver livet på landet i början av 1800-talet. Han gav de olika satserna målande namn: ”Glada känslors uppvaknande vid ankomsten till landet”, ”Vid bäcken”, ”Lustigt samkväm med lantfolk”, ”Åskväder och storm” och ”Herdesång”. Det är en ljus musikalisk resa på landet, med bara ett ovädersutbrott som stör idyllen.

svenska

Beethovens Pastoralsymfoni by Chin, Strauss, Beethoven, Sun 07 May 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor Alan Gilbert, Konserthuset (Stockholm Concert Hall), Stockholm, Sweden

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