Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon
French guest cellist Gautier Capuçon performs Antonín Dvořák’s much loved cello concerto in Berwaldhallen. Slovakian conductor Juraj Valčuha also conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Alexander von Zemlinsky’s Die Seejungfrau, based on H.C. Andersen’s story about a mermaid who sacrifices everything for love.
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.
Juraj Valčuha, född i Bratislava i Slovakien, är sedan sex år tillbaka chefsdirigent för italienska Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai. Han gästdirigerar även frekvent världen över, bland annat i Los Angeles, Washington, London, Berlin, Budapest och Bologna, och har varit en återkommande gästdirigent hos Sveriges Radios symfoniorkester.
Programme
I. Sehr mässig bewegt
II. Sehr bewegt, rauschend
III. Sehr gedehnt, mit schmerzvollem Ausdruck
Approximate concert length: 1 hour 50 minutes with intermission
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