Neujahrskonzert

Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

Deze inhoud is helaas niet in het Nederlands beschikbaar.

For the 2027 New Year’s Concert, the Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra continues its exploration of Vienna as a crossroads of cultures. Under the musical direction of Luxembourgish conductor David Daubenfeld, the orchestra this time juxtaposes Nordic music with Viennese academicism. 

Far from the nerve center of Western music, Scandinavian composers developed a musical language nourished by folk sounds and a deep attachment to their national identity. Thus, Grieg, Svendsen, and Sibelius drew on local traditions to enrich a repertoire unique to Northern Europe. 

This dialogue between cultures reveals two parallel artistic evolutions: on one hand, a Vienna in the midst of a musical, literary, and artistic boom; on the other, Nordic works imbued with nature, lyricism, and folk-inspired colors.

Sparkling waltzes and festive polkas meet magnificent orchestral panoramas, transforming Vienna at times into a lavish imperial court and at others into an isolated village overlooking the Danube, resembling a majestic fjord carving its way deep into the earth.

Conductor: 

David Daubenfeld

Program:

.

I-

Elfrida ANDREE, Concert ouverture

Johan SVENDSEN, Two Swedish Folk Melodies

Emile WALDTEUFEL, Les patineurs (arr. Iain Farrington)

Edvard GRIEG, Peer Gynt - Suites 1 et 2 (arr. Paul Leonard Schäffer)

.

II-

Josef STRAUSS, Ohne Sorgen, Polka schnell (arr. Pierre-Olivier Schmitt)

Fredrik SJØLIN, Naja’s Waltz

Jean SIBELIUS, Karelia Suite

Johann STRAUSS II, Rosen aus dem Süden

Hans Christian LUMBYE, Champagne Galop (arr. Pierre-Olivier Schmitt)