“Crossing Europe” is the title given by the OCL for its series of concerts in the Luxembourg Philharmonie during the 2018/19 season. Through this concept, the chamber orchestra’s aim is for the listener to discover specific repertoire from different regions in Europe. Its next concert planned on Sunday, March 10th is dedicated to the Grande Région.
Roland Kluttig ©Marco Borggreve
Under the direction of the German conductor Roland Kluttig, the program begins with Mozart's famous Symphony No. 31, nicknamed "Parisienne". This piece is the fruit of the genius composer’s stay in the French capital at the tender age of 22. Then, the focus turns towards Belgium with the “Troisième suite dans le style ancien op.95” from Joseph Jongen, composer born in 1873 in Liège and died in Sart-lez-Spa in 1953.
Claude Lenners ©Yves Kortum
In this concert, an important place is also given to contemporary creation. “Silent blue” for 2 percussionists and chamber orchestra, from the Luxembourg composer Claude Lenners, will indeed be played for the first time on March 10th. This work, which was commissioned by the ministry of Culture, gives particular importance to sound color. As Claude Lenners describes his piece, he says: “The different instrumental combinations generate a permanent colored flow, a kind of orchestral alchemy, from which the intensity is managed by the acceleration or the slowdown of the sound material created by the rhythmic initiatives of the vibraphonist duo.” The soloists for “Silent blue” will be the KrausFrink duo, founded in 2006 by the percussionists Victor Kraus and Martin Frink.
KrausFrink ©KrausFrink
The final destination in this “cross-border” journey, the Symphony No. 2 from Kurt Weill, was commissioned in 1933 by the Princesse de Polignac, more commonly known as Winnaretta Singer, heiress of the Singer sewing machine empire and enthusiastic patron of the arts. Kurt Weill completed the symphony’s first movement in Berlin before fleeing to Paris in March of 1933. Bruno Walter, who conducted its first performance at the renowned Amsterdam Concertgebouw, would have liked to have called it the "Fantaisie Symphonique".
ARTISTS :
Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg
- Roland Kluttig, conductor
- KrausFrink, percussion
PROGRAM :
- Symphony No. 31 in D major, Mozart
- Troisième Suite dans le style ancien op.95, Jongen (extracts)
- Silent blue for 2 percussionists and chamber orchestra, Lenners (creation commissioned by the ministry of Culture)
- Symphony No.2, Weill
DATE : Sunday, March 10th at 5:00 pm
PLACE :
- Philharmonie Luxembourg, Grand Auditorium
- 1, Place de L’Europe, 1499 Luxembourg
PRICES :
- Regular price: 30€
- Reduced price (< 26 years): 15€
- Children (< 12 years): Free
Reservations: www.philharmonie.lu / (+352) 26 32 26 32