Works by Bridge, Britten and Beethoven / Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Sat 16.02.
8.00 p.m.
Baden-Baden
·Festspielhaus

Works by Bridge, Britten and Beethoven

*This concert has been cancelled for technical reasons. Please see the calendar for further details*

We regret that, due to technical issues, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie concert with the Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto, scheduled to take place in Baden Baden on 16th February 2019, has had to be cancelled. Necessary repairs to stage electronics, damaged at the beginning of the year, can thus be undertaken while the hall is empty and before rehearsals of the Easter Opera ›Othello‹ are due to begin.

The directors of the hall in Baden Baden deeply regret this necessary course of action and would like to reassure ticket holders that all tickets will be refunded. Please contact the Service Centre on 0771 30 13 101 for further information.

Programme

- Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
- 3 Idylls for string quartet H. 67 (arr. for full strings)
- Benjamin Britten (1913–1976 )
- Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
- Violin concerto in D major op. 61 (manuscript version)

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Pekka Kuusisto

Violinist, conductor and composer Pekka Kuusisto is widely recognised for his artistic freedom and fresh approach to the repertoire. He is Artistic Director of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Co-Director of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also an artistic partner of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and has been an ›Artistic Best Friend‹ of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen since 2017. Last season, Kuusisto made his debut as a violinist with the Berliner Philharmoniker and as conductor with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. This season he has performed with the Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, among others.

In addition to being an enthusiastic advocate of contemporary music who regularly premieres new works himself, Pekka Kuusisto is a gifted improviser, collaborating with people from across the artistic spectrum. Unfettered by conventional genre boundaries, his recent projects have included collaborations with composer and pianist Hauschka and percussionist Samuli Kosminen, Dutch neurologist Erik Scherder, electronic music pioneer Brian Crabtree and many more. In 2022, Kuusisto will release his first album as a conductor together with violinist Vilde Frang and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

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