Vienna Youth Orchestra
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Jeunesse is an exciting musical experience, especially with young musicians on the verge of world careers. In the Vienna Jeunesse Orchestra, the best young instrumentalists of the country play this time with two musical rising stars par excellence:
Upper Austrian conductor and multiple award-winner Katharina Wincor was already Assistant Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Fabio Luisi at the age of 24. She has since made her debut with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, the Dresden Philharmonic, Klangforum Wien, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Salzburg Festival, and the Salzburg Landestheater.
In the Jeunesse concert, Wincor will lead captivating and dance-like classical hits by Gottfried von Einem and Sergei Rachmaninoff, whose Symphonic Dances – according to the Bachtrack ranking – were the most performed orchestral work worldwide in 2023. Featured artist Katharina Paul will shine in Richard Strauss's Horn Concerto No. 1, a "classic" for all horn players.
Program and cast
Vienna Youth Orchestra
Katharina Wincor, Conductor
Katharina Paul, Horn
PROGRAM
GOTTFRIED VON EINEM
Dance Rondo, op. 27
RICHARD STRAUSS
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 1 in E-flat major, op. 11
- Intermission -
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Symphonic Dances for Orchestra, op. 45
Musikverein Golden Hall
This building is located on Dumbastraße/Bösendorferstraße behind the Hotel Imperial near the Ringstraße boulevard and the Wien River, between Bösendorferstraße and Karlsplatz. However, since Bösendorferstraße is a relatively small street, the building is better known as being between Karlsplatz and Kärntner Ring (part of Ringstraße loop). It was erected as the new concert hall run by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, on a piece of land provided by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1863. The plans were designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen in the Neoclassical style of an ancient Greek temple, including a concert hall as well as a smaller chamber music hall. The building was inaugurated on 6 January, 1870. A major donor was Nikolaus Dumba whose name the Austrian government gave to one of the streets surrounding the Musikverein.
Great Hall - Golden Hall
“As high as any expectations could be, they would still be exceeded by the first impression of the hall which displays an architectural beauty and a stylish splendour making it the only one of its kind.” This was the reaction of the press to the opening of the new Musikverein building and the first concert in the Großer Musikvereinssaal on 6 January 1870.
The impression must have been overwhelming – so overwhelming that Vienna’s leading critic, Eduard Hanslick, irritatingly brought up the question of whether this Großer Musikvereinssaal “was not too sparkling and magnificent for a concert hall”. “From all sides spring gold and colours.”
Brahms Hall
"In order not to promise too much it can be said that it has been made into the most beautiful, most magnificent, perfect example of a chamber concert hall that any of us knows in the world.” This was the reaction of a Vienna daily newspaper in October 1993 as the Brahms-Saal was presented to the public after extensive renovation work.
The surprise was perfect. It was a completely new hall. In contrast to the Grosse Musikvereinssaal, the Brahms-Saal had changed its appearance quite considerably over the years. When and how it acquired that slightly melancholy duskiness that was known to music lovers before 1993 cannot be precisely documented.
Glass Hall
As a venue for events from concerts to luxury banquets, the Glass Hall / Magna Auditorium is not only the largest of the Musikverein's 4 new halls but also the most flexible in terms of usage.
Hub podiums enable the smooth transformation of the concert hall into a conference centre, the cinema into a ballroom, or the stage into a catwalk. State-of-the-art equipment for sound, lighting, video and widescreen digital projection provide the ideal conditions for half-scenic productions.
The Glass Hall / Magna Auditorium was designed by the Viennese architect Wilhelm Holzbauer. With a height of 8 metres, the hall (including the gallery) can play host to up to 380 visitors.
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