German Premiere – Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s cantata “Ode to Joy” will resound for the first time at the 19th Usedom Music Festival
On the German Unity Day, Thomas Sanderling and the Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra brings the courageous early work by the famous Russian composer to Peenemünde
(firmenpresse) - On October 3, the German Unity Day, the 19th Usedom Music Festival presents the first German performance of the cantata »K Radosti« (Ode to Joy) by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The piece will be performed for the first time together with Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony in the historic Army Research Center in Peenemünde by the Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra in Residence at the 19th Usedom Music Festival) under the direction of Thomas Sanderlings together with the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the NDR Choir. Soloists are Maria Bulgakova (Soprano), Marina Prudenskaja (Mezzo-soprano), Steve Davislim (Tenor), and Dimitry Ivashchenko (Bass).
According to the International Tchaikovsky Society, there has been no documented performance of the half-hour long cantata with full-scale orchestra. According to Professor Dr. Thomas Kohlhase, Chairman of the Academic Council of the International Tchaikovsky Society, this is why both musical versions of the famous ode by Friedrich Schiller would represent a particular occasion. He also emphasized that this early work documents, among other things, the 25-year-old student’s »technical ability« to compose and could be taken as evidence of his courage to compose under the pressure of the Beethoven cult of his time. Tchaikovsky himself was also aware of this when he wrote: Beethoven assumes »a place in my heart […] like the Lord God« (quoted from Kohlhase, in: International Tchaikovsky Society. Mitteilungen 12 [1995]). According to Kohlhase, the piece absolutely had to be finished by the young composer as a prerequisite to the examination with his teacher Anton Rubinstein at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Here he was not allowed to choose the text or the genre. That is why he strictly opposed the publication of this piece.
Thomas Sanderling and his orchestra resist the ban issued by the great Russian composer, master of beloved operas, ballets, symphonies, and concerts. They present the young Pyotr Tchaikovsky as extremely courageous and talented young composer.
Thomas Sanderling is a profound authority on Russian music. After the composer Dmitri Shostakovich heard the director with the Russian State Orchestra, he asked Sanderling to direct the German premieres of his 13th and 14th Symphony. In addition, the son of the already deceased internationally honored director, Kurt Sanderling, recorded numerous pieces on CDs and receive the highest international honors. With his wide-ranging guest performances he directed, among other things, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic (Memorial concert for David Oistrach), and the Tchaikovsky Radio Symphony Orchestra in Moscow as well as international concert tours.
Thomas Sanderling will bring the first Orchestra in Residence at the Usedom Music Festival to Germany from Siberia – the Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra. It is considered one of the most important orchestras in Russia with an impressive list of guest performances world-wide and internationally famous directors and soloists.
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The Usedom Music Festival is one of the most important international classical music festivals in the Baltic region of northern Europe and allures thousand of visitors to the southern shores of the baltic sea between Germany and Poland. It crosses borders and unites the states around the Baltic Sea.
Each year a different country of this valuable cultural space is in the focus. 2012 we'll welcome Russia! For three weeks from September 15th to October 7th Kurt Masur and other internationally renowned musicians will fascinate the inquisitive public with an unique program.
The baltic sea connects Russia and Germany upto this day. For centuries, they were direct neighbors. Germany in particular often served as a cultural model for Russia. This shared history is theme of the Usedom Music Festival 2012.
Alexander Datz
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a.datz(at)usedomer-musikfestival.de
Datum: 23.05.2012 - 18:20 Uhr
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