Immediately following the Mozart@252 Festival, the tireless Toronto Symphony Orchestra will embark upon three spectacular offerings of the highest caliber of performers: brothers Renaud and Gautier Capuçon (violin and cello) will be led by Charles Dutoit; virtuoso pianist Yundi Li by the young Canadian superstar Yannick Nézet-Séguin; and maestro Jukka-Pekka Saraste will make his long-awaited return to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
The performances will take place from January 30 to February 16, 2008.
Pre-eminent master of French repertoire, conductor Charles Dutoit, returns to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for three evenings of Brahms and Berlioz. Two very special guests, violinist Renaud Capuçon and cellist Gauthier Capuçon, will make their TSO debuts in the Double Concerto for Violin and Cello by Brahms, and the evening will be rounded out by Berlioz's overture to his delightful opera Béatrice et Bénédict as well as his Symphonie fantastique.
"...the Capuçons both draw velvety tone from their bows. They are magnetic players with that rare ability to fasten your attention on every detail in their playing." – Los Angeles Times
Former TSO Music Director Jukka-Pekka Saraste, currently Music Director of the Oslo Philharmonic, will make an anticipated return to Toronto to lead Mahler's Symphony No. 9. Paired with this significant piece of music will be a Canadian premiere of Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg's new 25-minute work, Seht die Sonne, which the composer has written specifically to be performed with this symphony. Commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony, this pairing was chosen to open the BPO's 125-year anniversary season on August 25, 2007 , conducted by Simon Ratte.
" 'Seht die Sonne' is the work of a master painter of sound." – The New Yorker
Also making his Toronto Symphony Orchestra debut is the sensational Chinese pianist Yundi Li. Having won first place at the prestigious Frederic Chopin Competition held in Warsaw in October 2000 when he was only 18 years old, his career has taken off at lightning speed. Li will be accompanied by the astounding young conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin , who will succeed Valery Gergiev as the next Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and hold concurrently the function of Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, beginning in September 2008. The programme includes Enescu's Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 (on February 13 and 14 only), Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, and Dvorák's Symphony No. 6. -- www.tso.ca
Comment and add to the story without registration, but keep the comments meaningful please. Links are not accepted.
