Sommernachtskonzert 2024 - Summer Night Concert 2024 Wiener Philharmoniker & Andris Nelsons

• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Die Walküre:
• 1 Wagner: Die Walküre: Walkürenritt 05:20
• Tannhäuser:
• 2 Wagner: Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder 03:34
• Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884): Má vlast, JB 1:112:
• 3 Smetana: Má vlast, JB 1:112: II. Vltava, "The Moldau" 13:28
• The Two Widows, JB 1:
• 4 Smetana: The Two Widows, JB 1:108: Polka 03:26
• The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100:
• 5 Smetana: The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100: Dance of the Comedians 05:03
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901): La forza del destino:
• 6 Verdi: La forza del destino: Overture 08:11
• La forza del destino, Act IV:
• 7 Verdi: La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio! 06:31
• Augusta Holmès (1847 - 1903): Ludus pro patria, II. La nuit et l'amour:
• 8 Holmès: Ludus pro patria, II. La nuit et l'amour 05:52
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978): Gayane:
• 9 Khachaturian: Gayane: Sabre Dance 02:35
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Jazz Suite No. 2:
• 10 Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2: VI. Waltz 2 04:02
• Emmerich Kálmán (1882 - 1953): Die Csárdásfürstin, Act I:
• 11 Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin, Act I: Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland 03:24
• Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825 - 1899): Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354:
• 12 Jr.: Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354 09:34
• Total Runtime 01:11:00

Info for Sommernachtskonzert 2024 - Summer Night Concert 2024

The focus of this year's program was on popular works from the 19th and 20th centuries from Europe's rich musical heritage. Bedrich Smetana, one of the most important Czech composers, was honoured with three works to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth. Andris Nelsons conducted the concert for the second time, while Norwegian opera and lieder singer Lise Davidsen made her début with the orchestra. She sang two arias - from Richard Wagner's 'Tannhäuser' and Giuseppe Verdi's 'La forza del destino'.

Wiener Philharmoniker
Andris Nelsons, conductor

Andris Nelsons
is Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. These two positions, in addition to his leadership of a pioneering alliance between both institutions, have firmly established Grammy Award-winning Nelsons as one of the most renowned and innovative conductors on the international scene today.

Nelsons began his tenure as Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the 2014/15 season. This season, the BSO and Nelsons embark on a major tour throughout Asia, giving their first concerts together in Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The orchestra also continues its appearances at Carnegie Hall as part of the “Great American Orchestras” series, with a special concert performance of Act III of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde featuring Jonas Kaufmann. Since his appointment as Gewandhauskapellmeister in Leipzig in February 2018, Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester have completed a number of successful tours, including their first Asia tour together in May/June 2019, performing in Japan and China. This season, the orchestra looks forward to two European tours, which will include performances at the BBC Proms, the festivals in Salzburg and Lucerne, as well as Vienna’s prestigious Musikverein. October/November 2019 marks a special highlight for Nelsons, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Gewandhausorchester: three joint performances in Boston’s Symphony Hall will be given as part of the alliance between the two orchestras, and the Gewandhausorchester will perform additional concerts as part of BSO’s subscription series.

During the 2019/20 season, Nelsons continues his regular collaborations with the Wiener Philharmoniker, with whom he conducts the prestigious New Year’s Day concert in 2020, broadcast to millions across the world. Furthermore, in celebration of the composer’s 250th anniversary, the Wiener Philharmoniker and Nelsons present a cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies at the Musikverein and on tour at the Philharmonie de Paris, Philharmonie am Gasteig in Munich, and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie. Throughout his career, Nelsons has established regular collaborations with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Concertgebouworkest and has been a regular guest at the Bayreuther Festspiele and at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Andris Nelsons has an exclusive recording relationship with Deutsche Grammophon, which has paved the way for three landmark projects. Nelsons and the BSO partner on recording the complete Shostakovich symphonies and the opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District. The fourth and most recent instalment was released in February 2019. Each of the first three releases of the cycle have received Grammy Awards for Best Orchestral Performance, the third additionally winning in the Best Engineered Album, Classical category. Nelsons and the yellow label also have embarked upon a critically acclaimed project with the Gewandhausorchester that sheds new light on the symphonies of Bruckner, and pairs these distinctive symphonic pieces with works by Wagner. The most recent instalment was released in May 2019. Finally, Nelsons’ recordings of Beethoven’s complete symphonies with the Wiener Philharmoniker will be released in October 2019.

Born in Riga in 1978 into a family of musicians, Andris Nelsons began his career as a trumpeter in the Latvian National Opera Orchestra before studying conducting. He was Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 2008-2015, Principal Conductor of Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in Herford, Germany 2006- 2009 and Music Director of the Latvian National Opera 2003-2007.

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