| Philips Gala - Leila Josefowicz: The Beauty of Beethoven |
sponsored by PHILIPS
Fri, 30 May 08
7:30pm Esplanade Concert Hall |
Featuring:
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Eri Klas conductor
Leila Josefowicz violin
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Repertoire/ Programme: |
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
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Synopsis: |
“[Josefowicz's playing] positively bristles with atmosphere and conviction”
- BBC Music Magazine
Leila Josefowicz is as famous for being the face of Chanel's Allure perfume as for being a violin virtuoso. In this all-Beethoven programme, she takes on the sunny and effervescent Violin Concerto, a work which Beethoven wrote for a violinist friend’s benefit concert. And though the Symphony No. 7 was written when Beethoven’s deafness was far advanced, the work shows none of the distress he must have felt. Instead it is so full of exuberant, dance-like themes that early audiences were confused by the work’s sheer high spirits.
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