Beethoven’s and Mozart’s piano concerti will be exquisitely rendered on fortepiano by Kristian Bezuidenhout, 18th-century keyboard specialist, accompanied by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
Beethoven’s and Mozart’s piano concerti will be exquisitely rendered on fortepiano by Kristian Bezuidenhout, 18th-century keyboard specialist, accompanied by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
“Fire and ice fused to create playing of real character, alert yet also majestic and hugely impressive” Gramophone “Scintillating performance... Crisp, energetic” Bachtrack
“Mr. Bezuidenhout’s performance showed that the fortepiano’s compactness, and the physicality of the solo line, explain a lot about Mozart’s piano writing.” The New York Times
“One of the most stylish and versatile of early music ensembles” (New York Classical Review), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra specialises in Renaissance, Baroque and classical works performed on period instruments. At the 2020 Festival, the award-winning German orchestra will perform two concerts dedicated to Beethoven and Mozart.
In their first concert, Beethoven’s first three piano concertos will be exquisitely rendered on fortepiano—predecessor of the modern piano—by Kristian Bezuidenhout, a specialist in 18th century keyboard music on fortepiano, harpsichord and modern piano. Soprano Robin Johannsen joins the second concert, featuring both the composer’s piano concertos and concert arias, for a vivacious, graceful all-Mozart evening.
A budding star in today’s opera world, Johannsen’s “superbly agile and fresh-sounding” (Opera News) voice is praised for its “high level of technical accomplishments” (Opera Magazine). She has performed at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin and collaborated with conductors including René Jacobs, Helmuth Rilling and Christian Thielemann.
In 2013, Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra received an Echo Klassik Award for Concerto Recording of the Year with a recording of Mozart’s concertos. These authoritative musicians present an unmissable event for music lovers to hear the authentic sounds of the two composers’ piano concertos and to gain insight into Mozart’s early influence on Beethoven and Beethoven’s subsequent development of his own style.
Mar 6 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat major, Op 19 Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 Leader and Artistic Director: Gottfried von der Goltz Fortepiano: Kristian Bezuidenhout
Mar 7 Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 in E-flat major, KV271, ‘Jenamy’ Piano Concerto No 25 in C major, KV503 Concert Aria for Soprano and Orchestra Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia, KV582 Vado, ma dove?, KV583 Bella mia fiamma, KV528 Ch’io mi scordi di te?, KV505 Artistic Director & Fortepiano: Kristian Bezuidenhout Leader: Gottfried von der Goltz Soprano: Robin Johannsen
PLUS Films: In Search of Beethoven
Date: 16 Dec 2019(Mon) Time: 7:15pm Venue: K11 Art House, K11 Musea
“Fire and ice fused to create playing of real character, alert yet also majestic and hugely impressive” Gramophone “Scintillating performance... Crisp, energetic” Bachtrack
“Mr. Bezuidenhout’s performance showed that the fortepiano’s compactness, and the physicality of the solo line, explain a lot about Mozart’s piano writing.” The New York Times
“One of the most stylish and versatile of early music ensembles” (New York Classical Review), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra specialises in Renaissance, Baroque and classical works performed on period instruments. At the 2020 Festival, the award-winning German orchestra will perform two concerts dedicated to Beethoven and Mozart.
In their first concert, Beethoven’s first three piano concertos will be exquisitely rendered on fortepiano—predecessor of the modern piano—by Kristian Bezuidenhout, a specialist in 18th century keyboard music on fortepiano, harpsichord and modern piano. Soprano Robin Johannsen joins the second concert, featuring both the composer’s piano concertos and concert arias, for a vivacious, graceful all-Mozart evening.
A budding star in today’s opera world, Johannsen’s “superbly agile and fresh-sounding” (Opera News) voice is praised for its “high level of technical accomplishments” (Opera Magazine). She has performed at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin and collaborated with conductors including René Jacobs, Helmuth Rilling and Christian Thielemann.
In 2013, Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra received an Echo Klassik Award for Concerto Recording of the Year with a recording of Mozart’s concertos. These authoritative musicians present an unmissable event for music lovers to hear the authentic sounds of the two composers’ piano concertos and to gain insight into Mozart’s early influence on Beethoven and Beethoven’s subsequent development of his own style.
Programme
Mar 6 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat major, Op 19 Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 Leader and Artistic Director: Gottfried von der Goltz Fortepiano: Kristian Bezuidenhout
Mar 7 Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 in E-flat major, KV271, ‘Jenamy’ Piano Concerto No 25 in C major, KV503 Concert Aria for Soprano and Orchestra Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia, KV582 Vado, ma dove?, KV583 Bella mia fiamma, KV528 Ch’io mi scordi di te?, KV505 Artistic Director & Fortepiano: Kristian Bezuidenhout Leader: Gottfried von der Goltz Soprano: Robin Johannsen
PLUS
PLUS Films: In Search of Beethoven
Date: 16 Dec 2019(Mon) Time: 7:15pm Venue: K11 Art House, K11 Musea
