From the pastoral landscapes of Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 to the vibrant folk scenes of Strauss' sound-poem Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche and Dvoak's Violin Concerto, this Prom takes a vivid journey across Central Europe. At the BBC Proms 2014, the world's largest classical music festival, David Zinman appeared in his final concert as chief conductor of Zurich's Tonhalle Orchestra, stepping down after almost 20 years.
German virtuoso Julia Fischer performs violin and piano concertos by Saint-Saens and Grieg, accompanied by the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie under the baton of Matthias Pintscher.
Duas edições de imagem deslumbrantes sobre uma trilha sonora suntuosa dão nova vida ao trabalho perene de Vivaldi. Escolha entre o corte do diretor com imagens impressionantes da mudança das estações, filmado no Jardim Botânico Nacional do País de Gales, ou a edição de performance com fotos de Julia Fischer e da Academia de St Martin in the Fields, na cúpula de vidro futurista do jardim por Norman Foster .
Brahms’ rousing Academic Festival Overture and Violin Concerto op. 77 bear witness to a composer at the height of his abilities, a mature master of large-scale masterpieces. The Violin Concerto demands extreme technical proficiency. As if to exemplify this, violinist Julia Fischer gears herself from the very start of this emotionally searing work to maintaining a restrained yet passionate tone.
