Igor Levit reopens the Vienna Symphony
mainThe orchestra has rolled out short-measure concerts for June and July, with no interval and a maximum permitted attendance of 100.
The first guest on June 5 is Igor Levit, as pianist and conductor.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ouvertüre zum Singspiel “Der Schauspieldirektor” KV 486
Edvard Grieg „Aus Holbergs Zeit“, Suite op. 40
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 12 A-Dur KV 414 (KV 385p)
Next up is the music director Philippe Jordan:
Ludwig van Beethoven Ouvertüre Nr. 3 zur Oper “Leonore” op. 72b
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur op. 55 “Eroica”
Brilliant. I’m told Alondra de la Parra will be playing the last three Beethoven sonatas at the Musikverein next month as well…
LOL
Stupid comment of the decade.
Levit conducting? What is happening?
Who had that crazy idea?
Are they mad?
Leading a Mozart concerto from the piano.
Do your homework before clutching your pearls.
“Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ouvertüre zum Singspiel “Der Schauspieldirektor” KV 486
Edvard Grieg „Aus Holbergs Zeit“, Suite op. 40”
what about those?
NL said Levit as pianist and conductor. Was he wrong?
Keep up Tamino.
https://www.wienersymphoniker.at/de/veranstaltung/levit-mozart-grieg-1
What do you actually have against him?
That he plays better than you?
Is it ok with you that I don’t like much of his playing, and even more so his talking? Or if not, what can we do to make you feel better?
He better waves his hands than tapping on the keys. At least hand waving does not create any senseless sounds!
This is just an exercise in futility. I hope the 100 people there enjoy, but there is no future in this kind of charade.
Be original, music industry. Be disruptive. Do something outside of the ordinary. But just reopening concert halls with 100 people in there is a great way to go broke quickly.
It baffles me that this is what the geniuses at the helms of the great musical institutions have come up with. Shame.
Got any suggestions? I’m sure we’d all love to hear your path to solvency.
Not my job, pal.
But what they’re planning is akin to jumping out of the top floor of a skyscraper that’s on fire. Option 3 might take some creativity to get to, but it’s far better than taking that leap or going down in flames.
April fool joke
We all know that you play better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRNEfl7R5-I
Streaming?
This has a built in problem: too elite.
There is nothing elite in letting Levit conduct. That’s as amateurish as it gets.