Staatskapelle says goodbye to the summer break with an unusual program: Ballet suites and rarely played cello concerto by Edward Elgar

Veröffentlicht:

Von:

Die Staatskapelle verabschiedete sich am Samstag mit einem ungewöhnlichen Programm in die Sommerpause. Auf dem Programm standen zwei Ballettsuiten sowie das selten gespielte und wenig bekannte Cellokonzert von Edward Elgar, das trotz des leidenschaftlichen Einsatzes von Jaqueline du Pré selten aufgeführt wird. Das Cellokonzert stammt aus Elgars letzter Schaffensphase und ist ein spätromantisches Stück. Es besticht vor allem durch sein einprägsames Hauptthema, das zu Beginn vom Orchester eingeführt wird, bevor das Soloinstrument übernimmt. Sol Gabetta, die argentinische Cellistin, verleiht allen Stücken eine besondere Note, auch den weniger aufregenden. Ihr Spiel zeichnet sich durch einen unglaublich charaktervollen Strich, eine wundersame Gesanglichkeit …
The state band said goodbye to the summer break on Saturday with an unusual program. The program included two ballet suites as well as the rarely played and little -known cello concerto by Edward Elgar, which is rarely listed despite the passionate commitment of Jaqueline du Pré. The cello concerto comes from Elgar's last creative phase and is a late romantic piece. It mainly impresses with its memorable main topic, which is introduced by the orchestra before the solo instrument takes over. Sol Gabetta, the Argentine cellist, gives all pieces a special touch, including the less exciting. Your game is characterized by an incredibly characteristic line, a miraculous vocality ... (Symbolbild/MB)

The state chapel said goodbye to the summer break on Saturday with an unusual program. The program included two ballet suites as well as the rarely played and little -known cello concerto by Edward Elgar, which is rarely listed despite the passionate commitment of Jaqueline du Pré. The cello concerto comes from Elgar's last creative phase and is a late romantic piece. It mainly impresses with its memorable main topic, which is introduced by the orchestra before the solo instrument takes over.

Sol Gabetta, the Argentine cellist, gives all pieces a special touch, also the less exciting. Your game is characterized by an incredibly characteristic line, a miraculous vocality and cantability. It gives the indulgent moments of the piece a special soul and always keeps sovereignty in the passages with demanding sixteenth figurations. At her side is the conductor Edward Gardner, who has an extremely elegant gestures and is very considerate, but still determines when it comes to the missions.

With his work,

Elgar initiated the end of a 200-year phase after the death of Henry Purcell, in which ambitious music in England received little attention. The actual breakthrough came with Benjamin Britten after the Second World War. As part of the concert, his ballet music for "The Prince of the Pagodas", which was put together by Edward Gardner, also sounds a suite. This ballet music is also largely unknown. The plot plays in a “kingdom of the middle”, most likely China. The special thing about it is that Britten uses a rich repertoire of Far Eastern, Balinese sound effects, which he produces exclusively with the instruments of a European Symphony Orchestra.

Another program of the evening is Béla Bartók's ballet pantomime "The Wonderful Mandarin". Although the first impression indicates that the ballet also plays in China, it is actually a story from the crook and murderer environment of a western city, inspired by the 20s and the gangster world about Al Capone. Bartók has composed extremely expressive music here, which is characterized by raw sheet metal and brutal motor skills. The state chapel implements this rousingly and increases to a brilliant final chord under the direction of the completely exhausted conductor Gardiner.

Despite the tough start, the evening manages to increase to a climax. Nevertheless, suites remain from ballets, the action of which is not known and whose events cannot be seen visually, as a concert repertoire.