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Tour: Berlin

Wednesday

01.03.2023

20:00 — Philharmonie, Berlin

Tour

Programme

Jonathan Nottconductor

Khatia Buniatishvilipiano

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski

Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1 in B-flat minor op. 23

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony N° 3 in E flat major op. 55, 'Eroica'

The music

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor was rejected by its dedicatee, who considered it fit for the rubbish, but it quickly became a mainstay of the concert & competition repertoire around the world. A glamorous and captivating piano personality, Khatia Buniatishvili will undoubtedly give a much-needed personal touch to this famous work.

We know the anecdote: disappointed by Bonaparte who became Napoleon I, Beethoven tore up the dedication in his honour. From then on, his Eroica Symphony celebrated the greatness of a hypothetical great man while opening the great double doors to Romanticism in music. But how hard it is to be understood as a pioneer! The work was initially deemed to be dull, endless and disjointed...

The venues

OSR Live

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Felix Mendelssohn - Claude Debussy - Ludwig Beethoven

Mer calme et heureux voyage - The Sea - Symphony No. 6

Daniele Gatti

conductor

Recorded on 08 November 2023 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphonie N° 4 en si bémol majeur op. 60

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Recorded on 30 July 2020 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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