Philharmonic at home I
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI Semiramide, overture, LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 5 in F major, Op. 76
Igor Ardašev piano, Brno Philharmonic, conductor Petr Altrichter
• Popular overture to a Rossini opera inspired by Voltaire’s tragedy about the fabled Assyrian Queen Semiramide • Virtuoso concerto by a paragon of Viennese classicism, numbered second but composed chronologically first • Antonín Dvořák’s 1875 pivotal opus, an intermediary step on the path towards his supreme symphonies • A work that without doubt rehabilitated the form of classical symphony, viewed at the time as exhausted, and gave it new content • Igor Ardašev, the Philharmonic’s soloist of the season, celebrates an important anniversary this year and gives us his take on Beethoven • Under the baton of Petr Altrichter, former chief conductor of Brno Philharmonic, today the orchestra’s regular guest
