Great Performances, Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2024
PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Friday, Aug, 23, at 9 PM
Saturday, Aug. 24, at 2 AM
Fusion (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2):
Sunday, Aug, 25, at 5 PM
Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 8 PM
A long-standing annual event, GREAT PERFORMANCESpresents the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer night concert from Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace Gardens. Focusing on popular works from the 19th and 20th centuries that highlight Europe’s rich musical heritage, the concert celebrates the bicentennial of distinguished Czech composer Bedřich Smetana with three musical compositions. The orchestra is led for the second time by Andris Nelsons, Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, with internationally acclaimed soprano Lise Davidsen as guest soloist, who performs arias from Richard Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” and Giuseppe Verdi’s “La forza del destino.”
Talent:
- Andris Nelsons – Conductor
- Lise Davidsen – Soloist
- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Musical program:
- “The Ride of the Valkyries” from “The Valkyrie” – Richard Wagner
- “Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder” from “Tannhäuser” – Richard Wagner
- “The Moldau” from “My Homeland” No. 2 – Bedřich Smetana
- “Polka” from “The Two Widows” – Bedřich Smetana
- “Dance of the Comedians” from “The Bartered Bride” – Bedřich Smetana
- Overture to “The Force of Destiny” – Giuseppe Verdi
- “Pace, pace mio” aria from “La forza del destino” – Giuseppe Verdi
- “La Nuit et l’Amour” interlude from Ludus pro patria – Augusta Holmès
- Sabre Dance from “Gajaneh” – Aram Iljitsch Khatschaturjan
- Waltz No. 2 from the Suite for Variety Orchestra – Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Encore
- “Heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland” from “The Csárdás Princess” – Emmerich Kálmán
- “Wiener Blut” Waltz – Johann Strauss
