Prom 74 - 8.09.17: Vienna Philharmonic – Brahms, Mozart and Beethoven

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  • Eine Alpensinfonie
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    • Nov 2010
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    Prom 74 - 8.09.17: Vienna Philharmonic – Brahms, Mozart and Beethoven

    19:30 Friday 8 September 2017
    Royal Albert Hall

    Johannes Brahms: Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat major, K449
    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A major

    Emanuel Ax piano
    Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    Michael Tilson Thomas conductor

    Michael Tilson Thomas and pianist Emanuel Ax join the Vienna Philharmonic for the orchestra's second concert this season - a programme filled with song and dance.

    Wagner famously described Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 as 'the apotheosis of the dance', and it's hard to hear the breathless Scherzo or exuberant finale without becoming swept up in the work's restless energy.

    That energy also invigorates Brahms's Variations, taking a theme once thought to be by Haydn and transforming it by turns into a graceful sicilienne and a swaying, syncopated dance.

    For Mozart it is song that offers the inspiration for his dramatic Piano Concerto No. 14, with its arching melodies and almost operatic musical dialogues between soloist and orchestra.
    Last edited by Eine Alpensinfonie; 05-09-17, 11:00.
  • Eine Alpensinfonie
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    • Nov 2010
    • 20569

    #2
    Music that has been very much the core of the Vienna Philharmonic's repertoire. (In the grand scheme of things, music of the Strauss family is relatively insignificant, being played only at New Year and occasionally for encores.)

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    • BBMmk2
      Late Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 20908

      #3
      Npt a prom that would take to me for going but on this occasion, I would.
      Don’t cry for me
      I go where music was born

      J S Bach 1685-1750

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      • richardfinegold
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        • Sep 2012
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        #4
        Has MTT ever conducted the VPO before?

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        • BBMmk2
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          • Nov 2010
          • 20908

          #5
          Originally posted by richardfinegold View Post
          Has MTT ever conducted the VPO before?
          I've been thinking this too, RFG. I think, as far as I can tell, it's the first time!
          Don’t cry for me
          I go where music was born

          J S Bach 1685-1750

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          • Petrushka
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            • Nov 2010
            • 12232

            #6
            Decided to skip this Prom. I'm fairly sure that MTT will have conducted the VPO before but this isn't the kind of repertoire that suits him best. However, I'm sure the VPO will play for him as if he were Karajan.
            "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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            • richardfinegold
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              • Sep 2012
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              #7
              Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
              Decided to skip this Prom. I'm fairly sure that MTT will have conducted the VPO before but this isn't the kind of repertoire that suits him best. However, I'm sure the VPO will play for him as if he were Karajan.
              It is an atypical type of a program for MTT. One wonders if he is a wee bit overly respectful of the VPO and doesn't want to challenge them as his mentor, LB once famously did

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              • Eine Alpensinfonie
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                • Nov 2010
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                #8
                Originally posted by richardfinegold View Post
                Has MTT ever conducted the VPO before?
                This may answer the question:

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                • vinteuil
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                  • Nov 2010
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                  "... Following last season’s performances in the Austrian capital, Yerevan,"

                  Clearly the Austro-Hungarian Empire has new expansionist aims...


                  .

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                  • Bryn
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                    • Mar 2007
                    • 24688

                    #10
                    Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                    "... Following last season’s performances in the Austrian capital, Yerevan,"

                    Clearly the Austro-Hungarian Empire has new expansionist aims...


                    .
                    Yes, that comma after Yerevan is not merely redundant. It quite undermines the intent.

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                    • Barbirollians
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 11667

                      #11
                      Wonderful playing but faceless interpretation of the St Anthony Variations .

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                      • Barbirollians
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 11667

                        #12
                        This Mozart isn't doing much for me either . I wish this concert was being conducted by Haitink with Pires at the piano .

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                        • Alison
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                          • Nov 2010
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
                          This Mozart isn't doing much for me either . I wish this concert was being conducted by Haitink with Pires at the piano .

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                          • Barbirollians
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                            • Nov 2010
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                            #14
                            I just found that K449 boring and lacking in any sort of sparkle .

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                            • kernelbogey
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                              • Nov 2010
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
                              I just found that K449 boring and lacking in any sort of sparkle .
                              And this Schubert too, I feel... routine?

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