French Connection The Staatskapelle’s long-standing affection for Gallic composers and its openness to new music from France is confirmed by this programme.
Conductor: Christian Thielemann | Piano: Lang Lang
Dates & Cast
- Conductor Christian Thielemann
- Conductor Christian Thielemann
- Soloist (m) Lang Lang
- Conductor Christian Thielemann
- Soloist (m) Lang Lang
- Conductor Christian Thielemann
- Soloist (m) Lang Lang
In brief
French Connection
The Staatskapelle’s long-standing affection for Gallic composers and its openness to new music from France is confirmed by this programme. In January 1914, three years after the premiere of the orchestral version of Maurice Ravel’s »Ma mère l’Oye«, Ernst von Schuch conducted the suite in Dresden. In Paris in 1920, Ravel wrote »La Valse« as an homage to Johann Strauss. Conceived as the »apotheosis of the Viennese waltz« and the swan song of an era, the work was conducted by Fritz Busch in 1926. Claude Debussy’s colourful tone painting »Ibéria« was performed in the Saxon capital under the baton of Hermann Kutzschbach in 1912, just two years after the Paris premiere.
Programme
Maurice Ravel »Ma mère l’Oye« Klavierkonzert G-Dur
Claude Debussy »Ibéria« aus den »Images« für Orchester
Maurice Ravel »La Valse«
More info: staatskapelle-dresden.de
