On tour in the USA with Klaus Mäkelä
Lisa Batiashvili plays Prokofjev, Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Reid and Rachmaninoff
During its first interconctinental tour with Klaus Mäkelä, the Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony, Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto featuring Lisa Batiashvili and a newly commissioned work by American composer Ellen Reid.
The melancholy theme of the second movement has brought tears to the eyes of many, and will always continue to do so.
Concert programme
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Ellen Reid
nieuw werk (opdrachtwerk)
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Sergej Prokofjev
Vioolconcert nr. 2 in g kl.t., op. 63
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Serge Rachmaninoff
Symfonie nr. 2 in e kl. t., op. 27
Performers
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Klaus Mäkelä
conductor, artistic partner
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Lisa Batiashvili
violin
About this concert
The Concertgebouw Orchestra and its chief conductor designate Klaus Mäkelä are touring the United States, with performances at venues including Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington. Violinist Lisa Batiashvili is travelling with the orchestra to perform Prokofiev’s delightfully melodious Violin Concerto No. 2. Klaus Mäkelä has paired the concerto with Rachmaninoff’s irresistible Second Symphony, a work with which the composer avenged the failure of his First. And how! The melancholy theme of the second movement has brought tears to the eyes of many since the 1908 premiere, and will always continue to do so.
Also on the programme is a surprise: a newly commissioned work by the American composer Ellen Reid to mark her residency at the Concertgebouw and with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in the 2023–24 season. Audiences have come to know her as a musical chameleon, who moves effortlessly across a wide range of disparate styles and genres – from classical to avant-garde pop and electronic soundscapes. This should be interesting!
Dates and tickets
About this concert
The Concertgebouw Orchestra and its chief conductor designate Klaus Mäkelä are touring the United States, with performances at venues including Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington. Violinist Lisa Batiashvili is travelling with the orchestra to perform Prokofiev’s delightfully melodious Violin Concerto No. 2. Klaus Mäkelä has paired the concerto with Rachmaninoff’s irresistible Second Symphony, a work with which the composer avenged the failure of his First. And how! The melancholy theme of the second movement has brought tears to the eyes of many since the 1908 premiere, and will always continue to do so.
Also on the programme is a surprise: a newly commissioned work by the American composer Ellen Reid to mark her residency at the Concertgebouw and with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in the 2023–24 season. Audiences have come to know her as a musical chameleon, who moves effortlessly across a wide range of disparate styles and genres – from classical to avant-garde pop and electronic soundscapes. This should be interesting!