Published: February 03, 2011
Cal Performances Presents the Vienna Philharmonic in Three Concerts Conducted by Semyon Bychkov Friday–Sunday, February 25–27, at Zellerbach Hall
BERKELEY, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Cal Performances is pleased to present the legendary Vienna
Philharmonic with conductor Semyon Bychkov in an historic
three-performance concert residency at Zellerbach Hall on Friday,
February 25 at 8:00 p.m., Saturday, February 26,
at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, February 27, at 3:00
p.m. This is the first time since 1987 that the ensemble has
performed in the Bay Area. On February 25, Maestro Bychkov will lead the
orchestra in Schubert's Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, D. 125,
on a program with the Prelude & Liebestod from Wagner's
Tristan und Isolde and the Suite from Bartók's The
Miraculous Mandarin. The following evening, the orchestra
returns with Schumann's Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61,
and Brahms's Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73, a work
that was premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic in 1877. The final concert
features Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in A minor ("Tragic" ). In
his recent appearance as guest conductor of the San Francisco Symphony,
Bychkov was applauded for mixing "raw energy with finesse, yielding
potent and often eloquent readings of the orchestral repertoire" (Joshua
Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle).
This engagement marks the inauguration of a new annual program of
orchestral residencies at Cal Performances. "With my experience at the
Chicago Symphony and the New York Philharmonic, I have lived firsthand
the fundamental positive role orchestras play in our society," said Cal
Performances Director MatiÌas Tarnopolsky. "It is my hope that we
can regularly bring the world's leading orchestras to Berkeley with the
idea that our experience will include not only their musicianship in the
concert hall, but their interaction with young musicians and audiences
here. To begin the Cal Performances' Orchestra Residency with the Vienna
Philharmonic is a dream come true."
Considered one of the finest orchestras in the world, the Vienna
Philharmonic has a rich 160-year musical history that can be traced
back to 1842 and has made it its mission to communicate the humanitarian
message of music into the daily lives and consciousness of its
listeners. Maestro Bychkov has enjoyed many long-term
relationships with the world's most renowned opera houses, including the
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera House, La
Scala, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Semperoper and Palais Garnier (Paris).
For Cal Performances
Christina Kellogg, 510-643-6714
ckellogg@calperformances.org
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