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)

Violin

Pekka Kuusisto

The violinist, conductor and composer Pekka Kuusisto is well known for his artistic freedom and refreshing approach to the repertoire. This versatile musician debuted as a violinist in 2022 with the Berlin Philharmoniker and will be appearing in 2023 with, among others, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Featured among the most recent highlights as a conductor are appearances with the Concertgebouworkest, the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, whose ›Artistic Best Friend‹ he has been since 2017.

Since 2022, Pekka Kuusisto has been Artistic Director of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and for the 2023/24 season, will also be the First Guest Conductor and Artistic Co-Director of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

An enthusiastic advocate of contemporary music, who regularly premieres new works, and as a talented improvisor, Pekka Kuusisto reguarly collaborates with people from across the artistic spectrum. Unfazed by the conventional boundaries of genre, his most recent projects have included collaborations with composer and pianist Hauschka and percussionist Samuli Kosminen, Dutch neurologist Erik Scherder and electronic music pioneer Brian Crabtree, among others. In 2022, Kuusisto will release his first album as a conductor together with violinist Vilde Frang and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

Violin