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Jo seph M eyer ho f f Sy m pho n y Hall
Bournemouth symphony orchestras, and
the Royal Liverpool and BBC philharmonic orchestras; and to Australia to
conduct the Melbourne, Adelaide and
Sydney symphony orchestras.
Louis Lortie
The Firebird Suite
Friday, February 27, 2015 — 8 p.m.
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor
Louis Lortie, Piano
Hector Berlioz
Le corsaire, opus 21
Maurice Ravel Trio in A minor
Orchestration by Yan Pascal Tortelier Modéré
Pantoum. Assez vif
Passacaille. Très large
Finale. Animé
INTERMISSION
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro assai
LOUIS LORTIE
Igor Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919)
Introduction and Dance of the Firebird
Dance of the Princesses
Infernal Dance of King Kashchei
Berceuse
Finale
The concert will end at approximately 9:50 p.m.
Pianist Louis Lortie
has attracted critical
acclaim throughout
Europe, Asia, and the
United States. He has extended his interpretative voice across a broad range of repertoire rather than choosing to specialize
in one particular style. The London Times
has described his artistry as “a combination of total spontaneity and meditated
ripeness that only great pianists have.”
Lortie has performed complete
Beethoven sonata cycles at London’s Wigmore Hall, Berlin’s Philharmonie, and the
Sala Grande del Conservatorio Giuseppe
Verdi. A pianist and conductor with the
Montreal Symphony, he has performed
all five Beethoven concertos and all of the
Mozart concertos. Lortie has also won
widespread acclaim for his interpretation
of Ravel and Chopin. In 2014–2015,
he returns to the Sydney and Adelaide
Symphony Orchestras and the Chicago
Symphony, the Warsaw Philharmonie,
the Toronto Symphony, the Baltimore
Symphony and the San Diego Symphony;
and presents recitals in London’s International Piano Series, Berlin, Milan, Calgary
and Brussels.
About the concert:
Yan Pascal
Tortelier
Yan Pascal Tortelier
enjoys a distinguished
career as guest
conductor of the world’s most prestigious
orchestras. He began his musical career
as a violinist and at 14 made his soloist
debut with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra. He was principal conductor
of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
from 2009–2011, and currently holds the
position of guest conductor of honour.
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Following his outstanding work as chief
conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, he
was given the title of conductor emeritus
and continues to work with the orchestra
regularly. He also holds the position of
principal guest conductor at the Royal
Academy of Music in London.
Highlights of the 2014–2015 season
and beyond include returns to the United
States to conduct the orchestras in Pittsburgh, Montreal, San Francisco, Minnesota and Baltimore; European performances with the Iceland and
Le corsaire Overture, opus 21
Hector Berlioz
Born in La Côte-Saint-André, France, December 11, 1803; died in Paris, March 8, 1869
The year 1844 was an exhausting and
demoralizing one for Hector Berlioz.
After a long period of deterioration, his
“dream” marriage to the Irish actress
Harriet Smithson finally collapsed. As
fans of the composer’s Symphonie fantastique will remember, Berlioz fell madly
in love with her in 1827 after seeing her