PROGRAMME
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3

Programme also includes
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, C Major

PERFORMING WITH
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor

The world-famous Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes plays Rachmaninov’s music at the very highest level. His interpretations of Rachmaninov’s piano concertos are incomparable, not least the beloved Piano Concerto No. 3. “A gigantic work full of challenges for the pianist”, as Andsnes himself says.

Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 contains everything you want from a virtuoso piano concerto: beautiful melodies and equilibristic piano magic, linked together into a gripping and captivating structure that can make the roof of a concert hall lift!

The evening’s outstanding conductor, Manfred Honeck from Vienna, concludes the concert with Schubert’s great Symphony No. 9: a striving and ecstatic work that Honeck regards as the beginning of the entire Romantic musical tradition. In short, tonight’s concert consists of two highlights from classical music – played by some of the world’s best musicians.

PROGRAMME
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3

Programme also includes
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, C Major

PERFORMING WITH
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor

The world-famous Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes plays Rachmaninov’s music at the very highest level. His interpretations of Rachmaninov’s piano concertos are incomparable, not least the beloved Piano Concerto No. 3. “A gigantic work full of challenges for the pianist”, as Andsnes himself says.

Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 contains everything you want from a virtuoso piano concerto: beautiful melodies and equilibristic piano magic, linked together into a gripping and captivating structure that can make the roof of a concert hall lift!

The evening’s outstanding conductor, Manfred Honeck from Vienna, concludes the concert with Schubert’s great Symphony No. 9: a striving and ecstatic work that Honeck regards as the beginning of the entire Romantic musical tradition. In short, tonight’s concert consists of two highlights from classical music – played by some of the world’s best musicians.

PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5, ‘Emperor’

Programme also includes
Lotta Wennäkoski: Om fotspår och ljus (Of Footprints and Light – Helsinki Variations) (UK premiere)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No 2

PERFORMING WITH
London Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård conductor

Sibelius compared writing his daring Second Symphony to putting together a broken mosaic. For a listener, it’s only possible to marvel as stunning musical patterns shape themselves out of fragments.

In Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto, the piano makes an unexpected hero’s entrance with barely an introduction from the orchestra. But soon there’s a magnificent back and forth between soloist and ensemble, ending in a galloping finale.

Lotta Wennäkoski’s exquisite tone poem Of Footprints and Light quotes from an unfinished opera by the Finnish composer Ida Moberg, who studied with Sibelius.

PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”

Programme also includes
Rosali Grankull: Identitetshandlingar in C Major (Norwegian Premiere)
Carl NielsenSymphony No. 5

PERFORMING WITH
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor

‘Arresting maturity, stylistic acumen and utter delight’ (The Daily Telegraph) combine in Leif Ove Andsnes’s performance of Beethoven’s last piano concerto, the Emperor. Following his multi-award-winning recording of the work, the Bergen-resident pianist returns to the Grieg Hall for this performance with Chief Conductor Edward Gardner.

Beethoven’s revolutionary musical tendencies had a huge influence on Carl Nielsen, the Danish composer who became intensely interested in the idea of a symphony as a struggle between good and evil along Beethovenian lines. Like Beethoven’s, Nielsen’s Fifth is his symphonic masterpiece – a work of startling originality and huge emotional power.

Edward Gardner continues his Nielsen cycle here after the Norwegian premiere of Identity Documents in C major – an exquisite, delicate canvas for orchestra by Swedish composer Rosali Grankull, a finalist in the Orchestra’s Pauline Hall Competition.

PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”

Programme also includes
Rosali Grankull: Identitetshandlingar in C Major (Norwegian Premiere)
Carl NielsenSymphony No. 5

PERFORMING WITH
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor

‘Arresting maturity, stylistic acumen and utter delight’ (The Daily Telegraph) combine in Leif Ove Andsnes’s performance of Beethoven’s last piano concerto, the Emperor. Following his multi-award-winning recording of the work, the Bergen-resident pianist returns to the Grieg Hall for this performance with Chief Conductor Edward Gardner.

Beethoven’s revolutionary musical tendencies had a huge influence on Carl Nielsen, the Danish composer who became intensely interested in the idea of a symphony as a struggle between good and evil along Beethovenian lines. Like Beethoven’s, Nielsen’s Fifth is his symphonic masterpiece – a work of startling originality and huge emotional power.

Edward Gardner continues his Nielsen cycle here after the Norwegian premiere of Identity Documents in C major – an exquisite, delicate canvas for orchestra by Swedish composer Rosali Grankull, a finalist in the Orchestra’s Pauline Hall Competition.

PROGRAMME
Schubert: Piano Sonata in a minor D. 784
Geirr Tveitt: Piano Sonata No. 29 «Sonata Etere» Op. 129
Schubert: Impromptu Nr. 1 i f minor, D. 935
Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116

Norway’s celebrated piano giant set for much-anticipated return to Bærum Kulturhus with a rich programme featuring works by Schubert, Tveitt and Brahms.

Leif Ove Andsnes’ autumn 2021 concert in Sandvika goes down in history books as a sold-out tour de force for the internationally acclaimed pianist.

Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes ranks among the leading classical performers of our time. He is not only brilliant; there is something more, something different about him: he is free. He has transcended the artistic ideal of the immense effort that culminates in the breathtaking performance. Instead he breathes.

PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “The Emperor”

Programme also includes
Arne Nordheim : Nachruf (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1

PERFORMING WITH
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire; Eivind Gulberg Jensen, conductor

Cap au Nord avec ce concert dirigé par EIVIND GULLBERG JENSEN. Après le paisible et vaporeux Nachruf d’Arne Nordheim, un des plus grands noms de la musique norvégienne d’aujourd’hui, place à l’Empereur des concertos. Sous les doigts de l’exceptionnel pianiste – norvégien lui aussi – LEIF OVE ANDSNES, le Cinquième Concerto pour piano de Beethoven affichera une assurance et un éclat sans faille. Cette partition, à la fois héroïque et mystérieuse, a conquis le monde entier par sa seule richesse musicale. Telle une aurore boréale, l’Orchestre continuera de scintiller dans la Première Symphonie de Sibelius.

PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “The Emperor”

Programme also includes
Arne Nordheim : Nachruf (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1

PERFORMING WITH
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire; Eivind Gulberg Jensen, conductor

Cap au Nord avec ce concert dirigé par EIVIND GULLBERG JENSEN. Après le paisible et vaporeux Nachruf d’Arne Nordheim, un des plus grands noms de la musique norvégienne d’aujourd’hui, place à l’Empereur des concertos. Sous les doigts de l’exceptionnel pianiste – norvégien lui aussi – LEIF OVE ANDSNES, le Cinquième Concerto pour piano de Beethoven affichera une assurance et un éclat sans faille. Cette partition, à la fois héroïque et mystérieuse, a conquis le monde entier par sa seule richesse musicale. Telle une aurore boréale, l’Orchestre continuera de scintiller dans la Première Symphonie de Sibelius.

PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “The Emperor”

Programme also includes
Arne Nordheim : Nachruf (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1

PERFORMING WITH
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire; Eivind Gulberg Jensen, conductor

Cap au Nord avec ce concert dirigé par EIVIND GULLBERG JENSEN. Après le paisible et vaporeux Nachruf d’Arne Nordheim, un des plus grands noms de la musique norvégienne d’aujourd’hui, place à l’Empereur des concertos. Sous les doigts de l’exceptionnel pianiste – norvégien lui aussi – LEIF OVE ANDSNES, le Cinquième Concerto pour piano de Beethoven affichera une assurance et un éclat sans faille. Cette partition, à la fois héroïque et mystérieuse, a conquis le monde entier par sa seule richesse musicale. Telle une aurore boréale, l’Orchestre continuera de scintiller dans la Première Symphonie de Sibelius.

PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “The Emperor”

Programme also includes
Arne Nordheim : Nachruf (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1

PERFORMING WITH
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire; Eivind Gulberg Jensen, conductor

Cap au Nord avec ce concert dirigé par EIVIND GULLBERG JENSEN. Après le paisible et vaporeux Nachruf d’Arne Nordheim, un des plus grands noms de la musique norvégienne d’aujourd’hui, place à l’Empereur des concertos. Sous les doigts de l’exceptionnel pianiste – norvégien lui aussi – LEIF OVE ANDSNES, le Cinquième Concerto pour piano de Beethoven affichera une assurance et un éclat sans faille. Cette partition, à la fois héroïque et mystérieuse, a conquis le monde entier par sa seule richesse musicale. Telle une aurore boréale, l’Orchestre continuera de scintiller dans la Première Symphonie de Sibelius.

PROGRAMME
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3

Programme also includes
Liszt: Dante Symphony [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ]

PERFORMING WITH
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor

You ready to RACH? Experience one of the biggest works in classical music as Leif Ove Andsnes performs Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto.

Music Director Manfred Honeck returns to conduct a work ascending from the depths of hell to the heights of heaven. Liszt’s depiction of Dante’s Divine Comedy will lead the listener through the complexity of Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso in this Pittsburgh premiere.

PROGRAMME
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3

Programme also includes
Liszt: Dante Symphony [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ]

PERFORMING WITH
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor

You ready to RACH? Experience one of the biggest works in classical music as Leif Ove Andsnes performs Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto.

Music Director Manfred Honeck returns to conduct a work ascending from the depths of hell to the heights of heaven. Liszt’s depiction of Dante’s Divine Comedy will lead the listener through the complexity of Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso in this Pittsburgh premiere.

PROGRAMME
DUKE ELLINGTON ARR. DANIEL SCHLOSBERG: “In a Sentimental Mood”
ERNŐ DOHNÁNYI: Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-flat minor, Op. 26
JOHANNES BRAHMS : Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

PERFORMING WITH
Dover Quartet

Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Magazine, the Dover Quartet is one of the most versatile and listened-to groups. “No one who’s heard the brilliant Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes in action could be in any doubt about the depth of his musical insights or the range of his interests” (San Francisco Chronicle).

PROGRAMME
DUKE ELLINGTON ARR. DANIEL SCHLOSBERG: “In a Sentimental Mood”
ERNŐ DOHNÁNYI: Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-flat minor, Op. 26
JOHANNES BRAHMS : Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

PERFORMING WITH
Dover Quartet

Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Magazine, the Dover Quartet is one of the most versatile and listened-to groups. “No one who’s heard the brilliant Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes in action could be in any doubt about the depth of his musical insights or the range of his interests” (San Francisco Chronicle).

PROGRAMME
DUKE ELLINGTON ARR. DANIEL SCHLOSBERG: “In a Sentimental Mood”
ERNŐ DOHNÁNYI: Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-flat minor, Op. 26
JOHANNES BRAHMS : Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

PERFORMING WITH
Dover Quartet

Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Magazine, the Dover Quartet is one of the most versatile and listened-to groups. “No one who’s heard the brilliant Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes in action could be in any doubt about the depth of his musical insights or the range of his interests” (San Francisco Chronicle).

PROGRAMME
DUKE ELLINGTON ARR. DANIEL SCHLOSBERG: “In a Sentimental Mood”
ERNŐ DOHNÁNYI: Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-flat minor, Op. 26
JOHANNES BRAHMS : Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

PERFORMING WITH
Dover Quartet

Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Magazine, the Dover Quartet is one of the most versatile and listened-to groups. “No one who’s heard the brilliant Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes in action could be in any doubt about the depth of his musical insights or the range of his interests” (San Francisco Chronicle).

PROGRAMME
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3

Programme also includes
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

PERFORMING WITH
Philadelphia Orchestra
Lahav Shani, Conductor

Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 draws the listener into a labyrinth of interconnected themes, growing ever more mysterious, complex, and beautiful; for the pianist, it is one of the most challenging works in the repertoire, demanding sensitivity as well as stamina. It is performed here by Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, hailed for his “easy virtuosity and panache” (The New York Times). The program closes with one of Bartók’s best-loved works, the exhilarating Concerto for Orchestra.

PROGRAMME
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3

Programme also includes
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

PERFORMING WITH
Philadelphia Orchestra
Lahav Shani, Conductor

Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 draws the listener into a labyrinth of interconnected themes, growing ever more mysterious, complex, and beautiful; for the pianist, it is one of the most challenging works in the repertoire, demanding sensitivity as well as stamina. It is performed here by Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, hailed for his “easy virtuosity and panache” (The New York Times). The program closes with one of Bartók’s best-loved works, the exhilarating Concerto for Orchestra.

PROGRAMME
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3

Programme also includes
LEOŠ JANÁČEK: Taras Bulba
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: La Mer

PERFORMING WITH
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor

HARDING MEETS ANDSNES
Sergei Rachmaninov’s third piano concerto is regarded as one of the most difficult pieces for piano in the classical repertoire. In this concert, the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes will take on the notorious piece together with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under music director Daniel Harding. Furthermore, Leoš Janáček’s colourful rhapsody Taras Bulba and Claude Debussy’s beloved orchestral suite La mer.

PROGRAMME
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3

Programme also includes
LEOŠ JANÁČEK: Taras Bulba
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: La Mer

PERFORMING WITH
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor

HARDING MEETS ANDSNES
Sergei Rachmaninov’s third piano concerto is regarded as one of the most difficult pieces for piano in the classical repertoire. In this concert, the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes will take on the notorious piece together with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under music director Daniel Harding. Furthermore, Leoš Janáček’s colourful rhapsody Taras Bulba and Claude Debussy’s beloved orchestral suite La mer.

Programme
Claude Debussy: Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (1889 – 90)
César Franck: Symphonic Variations, for piano and orchestra (1885)

Programme also includes
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpt)
Richard Wagner: Overture from Tannhäuser (1845)

Performing with
Trondheim Symfoniorkester
Magnus Fryklund, conductor

The last concert of the season offers nothing less than a French evening with our piano virtuoso Leif Ove Andsnes and a summery TSO.

In Debussy’s Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre, the piano soloist is well integrated into the orchestra’s texture, but the solo voice is both virtuoso, elegant and alluringly energetic. Andsnes has received rave reviews for his interpretation of this work worldwide.

Franck’s Variations symphoniques are considered his most brilliant work, requiring both dexterity and finesse. It is like a mini-version of a piano concerto, but here the soloist and orchestra are equal, and together they imaginatively develop the stream of musical ideas that is springing up.

The evening is framed by two orchestral works; excerpts from Mendelssohn’s enchantingly beautiful A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Wagner’s powerful and popular overture to the opera Tannhäuser.