Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Pekka Kuusisto violin
Kaija Saariaho Lumière et Pesanteur
Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 6 in D minor op. 104
Daníel Bjarnason Violin Concerto
Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 7 C major op. 105
6 p.m., Albert Mangelsdorff Foyer
Lost Soul. The political situation in Schubert's time
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Michael Stegemann (musicologist, TU Dortmund)
Admission free
Followed by around 21.30 pm, Foyer Level 2
At the bar with Esa-Pekka Salonen and Francesco Tristano
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Michael Stegemann
Admission free, duration: approx. 30 minutes
Esa-Pekka Salonen made a gift of her orchestral piece "Lumière et Pesanteur" to Kaija Saariaho in 2009, which the maestro and his Philharmonia Orchestra London place at the beginning of their music festival concert. It is inspired by the French philosopher and freedom fighter Simone Weil, whose life was like a passion for Saariaho: an endlessly arduous "winter journey", of depression, of flaming hope and with death as the ultimate goal. This harrowing work is juxtaposed with a symphony that is at least as haunting. With the seventh symphony, Jean Sibelius said farewell to his compositional life - more than 30 years before his death. Throughout his life, he had felt like a stranger in music history, misunderstood and misunderstood. Sibelius' works also have much to tell of the wintry, barren and vast landscapes of Scandinavia, which are also familiar to the Icelander Daníel Bjarnason. At the invitation of the Alte Oper, the Londoners will bring Bjarnason's violin concerto, which premiered shortly before in Los Angeles, to Frankfurt.
Source of text and further information about this event: https://www.alteoper.de/de/programm/veranstaltung.php?id=517382527
