Béla Bartók
Dance Suite Sz. 77 (1923)
Franz Liszt
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A major (1830–61)
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D major London (1795)
- Alexandre Kantorow Piano
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- François-Xavier Roth Conductor
Introduction 50 minutes before the concert in the concert hall.
Surely this sounds familiar to you: why sudden breakthroughs happen, when a well- trodden path ends, those things are hard to predict. Not to mention the difficulties of nailing down what is one’s own »thing«. Life seems to enjoy taking detours.
After a good three decades and several remodellings, Franz Liszt’s breath-taking Piano Concerto was finally completed after all. A politically questionable offer from a nationalistic regime made Béla Bartók dance – in a multicultural direction, of all things. And occasionally, one door must close before another can open. For Joseph Haydn, it wasn’t a question of age: even in one’s mid-sixties, one can strike out for new horizons. Join us for the journey!
