Concert of the Wiener Symphoniker

In 1900 a new colour was added to Vienna’s already far from grey musical scene. An ensemble that set itself the goal of performing popular orchestral pieces and new works made its debut under the direction of Ferdinand Löwe. The symphony orchestra then still known as the “Wiener Concertverein” became the forerunner of today’s Wiener Symphoniker. In the early years they gave the first performances of such now standard repertoire pieces as Bruckner’s 9th Symphony, Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder or Ravel’s Piano Concerto for left hand. The orchestra has been headed by Bruno Walter, Richard Strauss, Wilhelm Furtwängler, György Széll and Hans Knappertsbusch and in the years following the Second World War by Hans Swarowsky and Josef Krips. Famous guest conductors have also worked with the ensemble, among them Leonard Bernstein, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Claudio Abbado and Sergiu Celibidache. The guest soloist for their concert in Budapest will be the charming  22-year-old German-Japanese pianist, Alice Sara Ott. This fantastically talented musician was barely twenty when one of the leading German record companies had her record Liszt’s 12 études, among the most technically and artistically difficult series in the entire piano repertoire, and then in the Chopin anniversary year she made a highly successful recording of the complete waltzes.

Conductor: Ádám Fischer
Featuring on piano: Alice Sara Ott

Programme:

Kodály: Dances of Galánta
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68