Programme

Leonard Bernstein
Candide - Overture

Claude Debussy
Clair de Lune (Arr. Leopold Stokowski)

Edward Elgar
The wild bears from: The wand of youth. Suite. No. 2, op. 1b

Jean Sibelius
Kuolema: Valse triste, op. 44

Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dance No. 7 (No. 15) in C major, op. 72

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 20 D Minor, K. 466. 2nd movement: Romance

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1 in B minor, op. 23. 3rd movement: Allegro con fuoco

Yuzo Toyama
Men’s Dance from: Yugen. Ballet suite

Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo

Johannes Brahms
Hungarian dance No. 5 in G minor (arr. A. Parlow)

R. Chapi
La Revoltosa. Preludio

György Ligeti
Concert Românesc. Finale - "Encore Mariss Jansons"

Mariss Jansons, Conductor

Seong-Jin Cho, Piano

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Programme Booklet

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Feel like taking a world tour? At least Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian RSO Orchestra will offer musical souvenirs from Europe, America and Asia in their first New Year’s Eve Concert. Once again the evening will open with last year’s two great centenary celebrants: Bernstein’s sparkling Candide Overture followed by Debussy’s idyllic Clair de lune. A wild bear-dance by Elgar, a morbid waltz by Sibelius and a Slavonic Dance by Dvořák prepare the entrance of the soloist of the evening, Seong-Jin Cho. He will play the Romance from Mozart’s D minor Piano Concerto (K 466) and the Allegro con fuoco from Tchaikovsky’s first Piano Concerto. Further programme highlights include Mascagni’s melodious Intermezzo and fiery Spanish zarzuelas. At the end Maestro Jansons will unleash a musical fireworks display with an Hungarian Dance by Brahms and Rumanian folk music by Ligeti.

Cancellation of Lang Lang

After a longer injury break, Lang Lang consistently follows his doctors’ advice not to play concerts on two consecutive days until further notice, as his management told us. Accordingly, he will now perform only at our New Year’s Eve concert on December 31, 2018. As a soloist, we were able to engage one of the world’s most sought-after young pianists, the Korean Seong-Jin Cho (www.seongjin-cho.com) for the festive concert “70 years of SZ advent calendar”. Both concerts are conducted by our chief conductor Mariss Jansons.

Photo Gallery

Here are some photos of our rehearsals with Mariss Jansons and Seong-Jin Cho.

Seong-Jin Cho makes his debut at the BRSO with this concert.

Seong-Jin Cho and Anton Barakhovsky.