Camerata Salzburg / Lisiecki by Gluck, Beethoven, Chopin, Méhul, から (2022/2022), 導体 Gregory Ahss, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria

Vienna-Paris, classic and yet revolutionary The Camerata Salzburg is aiming for the destinations Vienna-Paris: With compositions by Gluck, Beethoven and Méhul, the journey leads into the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The overture to Gluck's reform opera »Orfeo ed Euridice« forms the prelude: the Viennese premiere took place in 1762 before Emperor Franz I and the entire court and was hotly debated in the professional world. Also in Vienna, around 40 years later, Beethoven's fourth piano concerto was composed, which with its mixture of concentration and tension still poses a special challenge for pianists. For Jan Lisiecki, the work represents important milestones in his career, including his debut in New York's Carnegie Hall with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The trail then leads on to Paris to the »revolutionary« composer Etienne-Nicolas Méhul,