On the 20th-21st at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall
Trubchevski to perform Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 collaboration
The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) will perform Dvo??k's Symphony No. 8 at its regular concerts held on the 20th and 21st at the Concert Hall of the Seoul Arts Center.
Vasily Petrenko, music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, will conduct. This is Petrenko's third time conducting the SPO. He left a deep impression on audiences in 2022 with the SPO performing Bruckner's Symphony No. 2.
Petrenko, originally from Saint Petersburg, Russia, was named 'Male Artist of the Year' at the 2010 Classic Brit Awards and 'Artist of the Year' at the 2017 Gramophone Awards. He has gained international recognition conducting world-renowned orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestra. Petrenko has served as principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Oslo Philharmonic. He currently serves as honorary conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Dvo??k's Symphony No. 8 is the most distinctly nationalistic among the nine symphonies he composed. The work is deeply imbued with Bohemian sentiment throughout, earning it the nickname 'Dvo??k's Pastoral Symphony.' It evokes the landscapes and sounds of Bohemian fields and forests, the energy and scents of nature, and the simple, warm, and lively dances and songs of mountain village people. The piece features a bright and cheerful pastoral atmosphere and reveals Dvo??k's Romantic ideals, beginning with a lyrical melody and leading to a festive mood with a march-like dynamic rhythm. The third movement's moist rhythm, reminiscent of an elegant waltz or L?ndler, is particularly charming, and the symphony concludes powerfully with a trumpet fanfare followed by colorful variations that emit dynamic and passionate energy.
In the first half of the concert, Macedonian pianist Simon Trpceski will perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 as a soloist.
Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 is his first concerto and his first orchestral work. The piece originated from a sonata for two pianos that Brahms completed at age 21, which he initially intended to develop into a symphony but later revised into a concerto. Influenced by Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and Piano Concerto No. 3, as well as Schumann's Piano Concerto, this work marks the starting point of Brahms' unique 'symphonic concerto' style.
Trpceski began his international career as a BBC 'New Generation Artist,' won the Royal Philharmonic Society's 'Young Artist Award' in 2003, and was the first to be named 'Macedonian National Artist' in 2011. Since 2017, he has led the chamber music project 'Macedonissimo' and serves as resident artist with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Monte Carlo Orchestra for the 2023?2024 season. He previously collaborated with the SPO in 2009 performing Grieg's Piano Concerto and in 2013 performing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3.
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