Evening Concert

Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts

Opening Concert - Beethoven Festival 2022
 

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s a new series from the Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts. You’ll hear the opening concert from last year’s Beethoven Festival with the Budapest Festival Orchestra led by Ivan Fischer in Beethoven’s “3rd Symphony” and works by Bartok, and Ligeti.

Thursday April 13: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (DWFC 2022-02)

Opening concert: Beethoven Festival, August 26, 2022

Performed by: Budapest Festival Orchestra (1,2,3,4,5); Conductor: Iván Fischer (1,2,3,4,5)

Soloist: Anna-Lena Elbert (2); Thomas Zehetmair, violin (3)

(1) Andriesen: "Workers Union" for any loud-sounding group of instruments
(2) Ligeti: "Mysteries of the Macabre" for coloratura soprano and chamber orchestra
(3) Bartok: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1, Sz.36
(4) Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55, "Eroica"
(5) Bartok: “Romanian Folk Dances”, V. Poarga Românească (Romanian polka) - VI. Mǎrunţel (fast dance)