Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra with Kent Nagano

Published on Mar 3, 2015

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra with Kent Nagano

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: Saturday, April 11, 2015

Venue: Concert Hall of NCPA

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Features: One of the world's most formidable orchestras - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Kent Nagano to perform at Concert Hall of NCPA in Beijing on Saturday April 11st.


BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano is renowned for interpretations of clarity, elegance and intelligence. He is equally at home in music of the classical, romantic and contemporary eras, introducing concert and opera audiences throughout the world to new and rediscovered music and offering fresh insights into established repertoire. Since September 2006 he has been Music Director of Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and became Artistic Advisor and Principal Guest Conductor of Gothenburg Symphony in 2013. In 2015 he will take up the position of General Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra.


At the Bayerische Staatsoper, where he was General Music Director from 2006 – 2013, he commissioned new operas from Joerg Widmann Babylon, Wolfgang Rihm Das Gehege and Unsuk Chin Alice in Wonderland and new productions there have included Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov and Khovanshchina,Idomeneo, Eugene Onegin, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Schweigsame Frau, Les Dialogues des Carmélites, St Francois d'Assise, Wozzeck, George Benjamin'sWritten on Skin and Der Ring des Nibelungen. With the Bayerisches Staatsorchester Nagano has toured throughout Europe and in Japan and together they have recorded Bruckner Symphonies No. 4, 7 and 8.


In September 2011, Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal inaugurated their new concert hall La Maison Symphonique. Highlights with the orchestra include the complete cycles of Beethoven and Mahler symphonies, Schoenberg's Gurrelieder, concert versions of Wagner's Tannhaeuser, Tristan und Isolde, Das Rheingold, Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au Bucher, Messiaen's Saint Francois d'Assise, and concert series featuring the works of Dutilleux (2010-2011) and Boulez (2011-2012).


Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, called 'one of the world's most formidable orchestras' by the Guardian, has toured the USA, Europe, Japan and the Far East and performed at major music centers and festivals throughout the world.


In the autumn of 2013, the distinguished American conductor Kent Nagano started his tenure as the orchestra′s Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Advisor. Founded in 1905, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Gteborgs Symfoniker) now numbers 109 players. The great Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar was appointed Principal Conductor in 1907, contributing strongly to the Nordic profile of the orchestra by inviting his colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to conduct their own works. Subsequent holders of the post include Sergiu Comissiona, Sixten Ehrling, and Charles Dutoit. During Neeme Jarvi's tenure (1982-2004), the orchestra became a major international force. It has toured in the USA, Japan, and Far East, and in 1997 was appointed The National Orchestra of Sweden.


During five years as the Orchestra's Music Director (2007-2012), Gustavo Dudamel and the Gothenburg Symphony made acclaimed appearances at the BBC Proms and Vienna Musikverein. The list of prominent guest conductors has included Wilhelm Furtwaengler, Pierre Monteux, Herbert von Karajan, Myung-Whun Chung, Herbert Blomstedt, Vladimir Jurowski, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sakari Oramo and Sir Simon Rattle.


PROGRAMME

Beast Sampler -- Anders Hillborg
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 -- Jean Sibelius


—— Intermission ——


Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op. 68 -- Johannes Brahms


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Concert Hall of Beijing National Grand Theatre

Concert Hall of NCPA

West of Tiananmen Square, Beijing

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