Prom 61: Vienna Philharmonic and Andr茅s Orozco-Estrada

4 Sep 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Wed 4 Sep 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 61: Vienna Philharmonic and Andr茅s Orozco-Estrada

19:00 Wed 4 Sep 2019 Royal Albert Hall

Andr茅s Orozco-Estrada conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a concert with a Central European accent. Dvo艡谩k鈥檚鈥楴ew World鈥� Symphony and folk-inspired The Noonday Witch join Korngold鈥檚 unashamedly Romantic Violin Concerto. Leonidas Kavakos is the soloist.

Programme

- - Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
  - The Noon Witch, Op 108(14 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1896
- - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  - Violin Concerto(26 mins)
- - interval
- - Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
  - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 鈥楩rom the New World鈥�(43 mins)

Performers

Leonidas Kavakos
violin
violin
Vienna Philharmonic
Andr茅s Orozco鈥怑strada
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Dvo艡谩k鈥檚鈥楴ew World鈥� Symphony, with its wistful slow movement, is the centrepiece of the second concert from the Vienna Philharmonic 鈥� a programme of Central European works that showcases the orchestra鈥檚 distinctively rich sound.

Andr茅s Orozco-Estrada pairs it with the composer鈥檚 colourful, folk-infused tone-poem The Noonday Witch, in which a mother鈥檚 threats inadvertently summon a witch into her home.

Cinematic drama is also a hallmark of Korngold鈥檚 richly orchestrated and unashamedly romantic Violin Concerto, performed here by soloist Leonidas Kavakos.

Approx. end time: 21:10

Image: Leonidas Kavakos 漏 Marco Borggreve