Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir András Schiff
Mendelssohn & Schumann
Dates
thu 15 may 2025 - 20:00
location
Blauwe zaal
price
€ 10 → 95
duration
2h 5' interval
ca. 20:50
Extra info
introduction Elias Van Dyck / 19:15 / Blue Bar
Schiff is an artist at the height of his powers. Always intensely musical, his rubato and phrasing are perfectly judged and entirely natural. The Classic Review
For several years now, Sir András Schiff has been asking concert halls for carte blanche for his recitals. It is only on the morning of the concert itself that he finalises the programme that he will play. He has thus already twice taken DE SINGEL on a fascinating journey through pianoland. For his concert with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, he is obliged to show his hand, No Bach, Mozart or Schubert this time, but two concert pieces by Robert Schumann. In a short waterfall of chords, the pianist immediately makes his mark as a soloist in the Piano Concerto. It speaks volumes about the mastery of Clara Schumann, who performed it for the first time in 1845. Worthy of note is that four years later, Schumann wrote an Introduction and Allegro Appassionato. Here too comes a blazing display of bravura by the soloist. We get a different kind of enchantment from Schiff as a conductor. He leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as conductor in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Felix Mendelssohn. Music that went on to become a role model for Romantic music.
Works
Introductie & Allegro Appasionato voor piano en orkest, opus 92
A Midsummer Night's Dream, opus 61 (selectie)
Concerto voor piano en orkest in a, opus 54
Credits
musical performance
muzikale leiding, pianoforte