Concert programme
- Emilie Mayer: Overture No. 2 in D
- Witold Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Despite getting started relatively late in life, Emilie Mayer became a prolific composer who wrote no fewer than eight symphonies, at least fifteen overtures and many pieces of chamber music. Although her music is often received by audiences with whole-hearted enthusiasm, many nineteenth-century music critics described her – and other women in the field – as a “second-class composer”.
Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra brings together melodies from the folk music of Poland’s Mazovia region with the sonic landscape of the modern symphony orchestra. This was the first time Lutosławski used folkloric influences in a work for a large symphony orchestra, and the concerto’s 1954 premier paved the way for his breakthrough even west of the Iron Curtain.
Many years after the premiere of Beethoven's seventh, his successor Richard Wagner would describe the symphony as so danceable that "tables and benches, cans and cups, the grandmother, the blind and the lame, aye, the children in the cradle fall to dancing.” Beethoven himself considered it to be one of his most successful compositions. The allegretto in particular was an immediate success at the premiere in Vienna in 1813, and has since often been played independently of the other three movements.
Note: This semester, there will be no printed programmes distributed at our concerts.
Note! This concert is being recorded and streamed on YouTube
In order for more people to be able to take part in this concert, we choose to record and stream it via our YouTube channel. The recording will remain on YouTube for some time after the recording.
We try to avoid filming the audience as much as possible. However, it may happen that the audience is visible in the background and that you are included in the picture. If you do not want to be on video, you can choose a seat in the chairs at the back. We can not guarantee that you will not be seen in the film. If you have a protected identity, we advise against visiting this concert.
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This concert is streamed with kind support from the Polish Institute, Instytut Polski w Sztokholmie.
