Camille Saint-Saëns - I Koncert wiolonczelowy a-moll op. 33
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5
Koncert poprzedzony trzydziestominutowym wykładem wprowadzającym w wykonywane utwory. Wykład rozpocznie się o godz. 18:00 w sali kameralnej. Poprowadzą go studenci Wydziału Edukacji Muzycznej Akademii Sztuki w ramach projektu Akademia Słuchania – wspólnej inicjatywy Filharmonii i Akademii. Wstęp bezpłatny dla osób posiadających bilet na koncert.
Mischa Maisky is the only cellist in the world who studied this art under both Mstislav Rostropovich and Gregor Piatigorsky. Maisky, a cellist of the most outstanding global renown, regularly collaborates and has collaborated with the most excellent musicians of our time.
On this exceptional evening, Maisky and our Orchestra will perform Concerto for Cello No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921). Many composers, including Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff, considered it the most magnificent cello concerto the world has ever heard. But beware: Saint-Saëns broke the classical three-movement convention here. He created a concerto consisting of one uninterrupted movement, constructed from three sections that differ but are interwoven with related musical ideas.
The second part of the evening will be filled with one of Gustav Mahler's (1860-1911) most famous symphonies – Symphony No. 5. Recently popularised by the famous film "Tár" with Cate Blanchett in the role of a charismatic conductor, Mahler's "Fifth" is perhaps the most emblematic symphony of the great Austrian composer today. Among its most recognizable motifs is the trumpet solo opening the first movement with a rhythmic motif reminiscent of the beginning of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
A good performance of Mahler's "Fifth" is an experience capable of transforming a person. The fantastic finale almost leaves the audience breathless.
A fragment of Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 performed by Mischa Maisky, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Omer Meir Wellber:
