PRSO strings set for inspirational setting of Niederaltaich Abbey
On Friday 22 July members of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra will travel to Bavaria, where they will perform with conductor Caspar Richter and several soloists in a unique programme in Niederalteich.
The abbey’s basilica will play host to close to 60 string instrument players, revealing the full variety of sounds that this lineup of instruments can produce.
They will excel in a compelling, sophisticated dramaturgy that stretches from the Baroque era to the 20th century and even includes film music.
The colours of trumpet and organ will join the language of strings on the solo parts. It will be a unique and tasteful programme taking into account both the sacred venue and the great sound of the host, the Europäische Wochen Passau festival, which was founded in 1952 and is regarded as the most important arts event in a region where eastern Bavaria, Bohemia and Austria meet.
PRSO string musicians will perform in the following pieces:
Charles Ives | The Unanswered Question
Arvo Pärt | Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Michel Legrand | selection of music from the film Yentl
Leonard Bernstein | two meditations from the MASS: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | parts of Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48
Jennifer Higdon | parts of the Concerto for Orchestra
Olivier Messiaen | Prière du Christ montant vers son Père, from the cycle of symphonic meditations L’ascension
Lars-Erik Larsson | Romance from the Pastoral Suite, op. 19
Richard Wagner | overture to the opera Tristan und Isolde
Antonín Dvořák | parts of the Serenade for Strings in E major, op. 22
Arthur Honegger | finale of the Symphony no. 2 for Strings and Trumpet in D major, H 153
Solo performers:
Marek Pavelec, housle
Petr Nouzovský, violoncello
Jonathan Müller, trubka
Anna-Victoria Baltrusch, varhany
Conductor: Caspar Richter
