Orchestra Concert

Alpine Symphony

Sir Donald Runnicles conducts favourite works.
© Simon Pauly

10/14

Saturday | 10/14/2023
7:30 pm Start of Concert
The concert introduction in the event hall of the Central Library (1st floor) begins one hour before the concert.
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Floor Plan
59 | 49 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 20 €
9 € Young People

10/15

Sunday | 10/15/2023
11:00 am Start of Concert
The concert introduction in the event hall of the Central Library (1st floor) begins one hour before the concert.
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Floor Plan
59 | 49 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 20 €
9 € Young People

About the Concert

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He would have liked to become a violin virtuoso himself. Jean Sibelius put his heart and soul into his only solo concerto - and created a work that demands a lot from the soloist, especially in the furious finale, which was once even called a "polonaise for polar bears". Moments of stillness and merriment also alternate in "En Saga", which Sibelius composed in his youth.
The symphony in the second part of the concert also refers to Sibelius: the Briton Vaughn Williams dedicated it to his revered colleague, seeing himself in the tradition of a music that connects emotional states with states of nature. And so pastoral sounds resound in this work, which he wrote in complete seclusion in the middle of the Second World War. A refuge from the horrors of the time?

Program

Michael Glinka
Overture to the opera "Ruslan and Ludmilla

Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor op. 47 (1903/05)

Richard Strauss
"An Alpine Symphony" Symphonic Poem

Contributer

Sir Donald Runnicles
Conductor
James Ehnes
Violin
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Sir Donald Runnicles

Conductor

Sir Donald Runnicles has been General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (DOB) since 2009, Music Director of the Grand Teton Music Festival since 2005 and Principal Guest Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in its last season since 2001. Runnicles has also been Principal Guest Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra since 2019, the first orchestra ever to do so. He is Conductor Emeritus of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, having served as Principal Conductor from 2009 to 2016.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

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That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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