Archive: Midsummer Night's Gala

Grafenegg Wolkenturm Wolkenturm

© Simon Pauly

Rachel Willis-Sørensen

© Simon Pauly

© Sara Schöngen

Benjamin Bruns

© Sara Schöngen

© Lukas Beck

Rudolf Buchbinder

© Lukas Beck

© Dimo Dimov

Yutaka Sado

© Dimo Dimov

Instrumentation

  • Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano
  • Benjamin Bruns, tenor
  • Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
  • Yutaka Sado, conductor

Programmes

Engelbert Humperdinck
Prelude to the Opera «Hänsel und Gretel»
Carl Maria von Weber
«Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen» Max's aria from the Opera «Der Freischütz»
Carl Maria von Weber
«Wie nahte mir der Schlummer» Agathe's recitative and aria from the Opera «Der Freischütz»
Richard Wagner
«Willst jenes Tag's» Erik's cavatine from the Opera «Der fliegende Holländer»
Giuseppe Verdi
«Tacea la notte placida» Leonora's scene and aria from the Opera «Il Trovatore»
George Gershwin
Cuban Overture
Franz Lehár
«Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert» Octavio's song from the Operetta «Giuditta»
Franz Lehár
«Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß» Giuditta's song from the Operetta «Giuditta»
Johann Strauss
Rosen aus dem Süden, Waltz op. 388 after motifs from the Operetta «Das Spitzentuch der Königin»
Franz Lehár
«Lippen schweigen» Duet Hanna - Danilo from the Operetta «Die Lustige Witwe»
Igor Strawinski
Suite from the Ballet «The Firebird» (1919), Finale

For 15 years the Midsummer Night's Gala has ushered-in the summer season at the Wolkenturm. It is also Grafenegg's flagship media event, televised around the world. South African soprano Golda Schultz and German tenor Benjamin Bruns join Rudolf Buchbinder for this anniversary gala, with the Tonkunstler Orchestra under Music Director Yutaka Sado.

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Robert Schumann

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in a minor op. 54, 1st mvt

Movements

  • Allegro affettuoso

Duration

15 Min.

Creation

1841/43/45