BEETHOVEN'S PASTORAL SYMPHONY
Ludwig van Beethoven named his sixth symphony Pastoral, describing his love of the countryside. Ernest Chausson’s song cycle Poème de l’amour et de la mer portrays the flowers of the sea and the death of love, and in Jean Sibelius’ dance intermezzo Pan and Echo, the shepherd god Pan chasing the nymph Echo is set to music. Spanish conductor Roberto Gonzáles-Monjas leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Italian baritone Andrè Schuen in this concert where the love of, and in, nature takes center stage.
Participants
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a multiple-award-winning ensemble renowned for its high artistic standard and stylistic breadth, as well as collaborations with the world’s finest composers, conductors, and soloists. It regularly tours all over Europe and the world and has an extensive and acclaimed recording catalogue.
Daniel Harding has been Music Director of the SRSO since 2007, and since 2019 also its Artistic Director. His tenure will last throughout the 2024/2025 season. Two of the orchestra’s former chief conductors, Herbert Blomstedt and Esa-Pekka Salonen, have since been named Conductors Laureate, and continue to perform regularly with the orchestra.
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs at Berwaldhallen, concert hall of the Swedish Radio, and is a cornerstone of Swedish public service broadcasting. Its concerts are heard weekly on the Swedish classical radio P2 and regularly on national public television SVT. Several concerts are also streamed on-demand on Berwaldhallen Play and broadcast globally through the EBU.
Andrè Schuen växte upp med tre modersmål och cello som huvudinstrument, en mångsidighet som även präglar hans konstnärskap sedan han övergått till sången. Ledande roller i såväl nya verk som Anno Schreirers Hamlet från 2016 som stora klassiker som Mozarts Don Giovanni och därtill konsertverk som Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, Faurés Requiem och Bachs Weinachtsoratorium hanterar Schuen med samma skicklighet. Han är en återkommande gäst vid exempelvis Festspelen i Salzburg och utnämndes 2016 av ECHO Klassik till Årets unga artist.
Programme
I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande: Allegro ma non troppo.
II. Szene am Bach: Andante molto mosso
III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute: Allegro
IV. Gewitter, Sturm: Allegro
V. Hirtengesang, frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm: Allegretto
Approximate concert length: 1 hour 30 minutes with intermission
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