Orchestral Music - BARTOK, B. / MARTINU, B. / BIZET, G. / HAYDN, J. (Lucerne Festival 2018) (Gabetta, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Roth)
Soloist:
Gabetta, Sol
Orchestra:
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Roth, Francois-Xavier
Composer:
Bartok, Bela
Composer:
Martinu, Bohuslav
Composer:
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Composer:
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Venue: KKL Luzern, Lucerne
Date of Concert: 28-08-2018
Festival: Lucerne Festival
Playing Time: 01:38:55
Catalogue Number: NAVD1005
After her remarkable Lucerne Festival debut in 2014, the Argentinian cellist Sol Gabetta returned to the idyllic Swiss city in 2018 for a performance of Martini's First Cello Concerto, one of her favorite virtuosic works for her instrument, accompanied by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Francois-Xavier Roth's baton. As she describes it, "The orchestral writing is opulent, the themes - which draw on superb popular Czech melodies - and a very interesting rhythmic structure." Martinu's masterpiece is framed by the folk melodies of Bartok's Divertimento, Haydn's Parisian Symphony "The Hen" (listen for the oboe's unmistakable pecking sounds!), and the carefree delights of dolls, spinning tops, and soap bubbles in Bizet's Jeux d'enfants.
