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Fedor Rudin

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Violin

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Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohnův houslový koncert

Prague

Czech Republic

Mendelssohnův houslový koncert: Danses concertantes, K063 Stravinsky (+2 More)

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Danses concertantes, K063

Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64

Czech Suite in D Major, op. 39

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Rakušan ruského původu Fedor Rudin, vnuk skladatele Edisona Denisova, má za sebou pů­sobení u prvního pultu Vídeňských filharmo­niků, ale v současnosti koncertuje po světě jako houslista a komorní hráč i jako dirigent. V Česku je navíc jako lektor spojen s Letní hudební akademií Kroměříž. Mendelssohnův Houslový koncert z roku 1844 má inovativní rozvrh, včetně melodického a harmonického propojení všech tří vět. Vznikal za úzké spo­lupráce s houslistou Ferdinandem Davidem, koncertním mistrem lipského Gewandhaus­ orchestru, jehož byl skladatel v té době šéf­dirigentem. Dnes je řazen po bok Beethove­nova, Brahmsova, Bruchova, Čajkovského, Dvořákova a Sibeliova koncertu. Igora Stra­vinského, jednoho z nejpodnětnějších hudeb­ních tvůrců dvacátého století, kosmopolitu, syntetika a novátora, v programu připomíná jeho abstraktní balet Danses concertantes, který nebyl určen pro jeviště, ale pro kon­certní provedení. Stravinskij odešel do Ame­riky za války, po obsazení Francie. Neokla­sicky střídmý balet vznikl na objednávku orchestru z Los Angeles. Program završuje Česká suita, klasika Antonína Dvořáka, ob­sahující poetickou i vitální stylizaci českých lidových tanců – polky, sousedské a furianta, blízkou jeho Slovanským tancům; doplňuje je lyrické Pastorale a lyrické nokturno nazvané Romanza. Skladba poprvé zazněla roku 1879 v rámci koncertu Spolku českých žurnalistů a o rok později na dobročinném koncertu ve prospěch stavby Národního divadla.

čeština

The Russian-born Austrian Fedor Rudin, the grandson of the composer Edison Denisov, has been the concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic, but currently tours the world as a violinist and chamber musician, as well as a conductor. In the Czech Republic, he is also associated with the Kroměříž Summer Music Academy as a lecturer. Mendelssohn’s 1844 Violin Concerto has an innovative arrangement, including melodic and harmonic interweaving of all three movements. It was written in close collaboration with the violinist Ferdinand David, concertmaster of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, of which the composer was chief conductor at the time. Today it is ranked alongside the Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák and Sibelius concertos. Igor Stravinsky, one of the most stimulating musical creators of the 20th century, a cosmopolitan, synthetic and innovator, is commemorated in the programme by his abstract ballet Danses concertantes, which was not intended for the stage, but for concert performance. Stravinsky went to America during WWII, after France was occupied by Nazi Germany. This neoclassically spare ballet was commissioned by a Los Angeles orchestra. The program concludes with the Czech Suite by the classic Antonín Dvořák, containing a poetic and lively stylization of Czech folk dances – polka, sousedská and furiant, close to his Slavonic Dances; they are complemented by a lyrical Pastorale and a lyrical nocturne called Romanza. The piece was first performed in 1879 as part of a concert organised by the Czech Journalists’ Association and a year later at a fundraising concert for the construction of the National Theatre.

English

Mendelssohnův houslový koncert by Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Dvořák, From (2023/2023), Conductor Fedor Rudin

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