Archive: Haydn & Copland

Baden Congress Center Festsaal Congress Center

Instrumentation

  • Ernö Rácz, double bass
  • Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, conductor

Programmes

Aaron Copland
«Appalachian Spring» Suite for full Orchestra
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«Simple Gifts»: Who would know this moving American song today if Aaron Copland hadn’t incorporated it into his 1944 ballet «Appalachian Spring»? His version opened the gate to many modern reinterpretations in all manner of genres, including pop. Joseph Haydn was another composer who repeatedly managed to celebrate the folkloric in orchestral form, for example in his explosive, sweeping, 102nd Symphony. As soloist, the Tonkunstler bassist Ernő Rácz brings his virtuosity and playfulness to a Dittersdorf double bass concerto. At the podium, the US polymath Benjamin Wenzelberg, alumnus of the «Ink Still Wet» competition, perfectly embodies this musical bridge between the old and new worlds.

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Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf

Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra No. 2 in E major

Movements

  • Allegro moderato

  • Adagio

  • Allegro

Duration

16 Min.
Joseph Haydn

Symphony in B-flat major Hob. I:102

Movements

  • Largo - Vivace

  • Adagio

  • Menuet. Allegro - Trio

  • Finale. Presto

Duration

26 Min.