New Year's Eve concert

Beethoven Eroica

Into the new year with chief conductor Sir Donald Runnicles
© Robert Kusel

12/31

Tuesday | 12/31/2024
3:00 pm Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Floor Plan
84 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 30 €
42 € for young people
42 € for Dresden-Pass
42 € for SB ab GdB80 (+ggf. Begleitung)

12/31

Tuesday | 12/31/2024
7:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal
84 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 30 €
42 € for young people
42 € for Dresden-Pass
42 € for SB ab GdB80 (+ggf. Begleitung)

About the Concert

Perhaps the beginning of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is more well-known, but he himself considered his Third, the "Eroica", to be his best symphony. And it also begins with striking blows that captivate attention and never let go, whether in the first movement, where this beginning recurs, in the second movement, the famous funeral march, or in the third, where the horns have their grand entrance. Chief conductor Sir Donald Runnicles loves Beethoven's music and deliberately placed this powerful and expressive symphony at the end of the year: May it continue to have an impact with its strength and dignity into the new year.

Program

Edward Elgar
"Cockaigne Overture" ("In London Town")

Ralph Vaughan Williams
"The Lark Ascending" for violin and orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance in G major for violin and orchestra
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica"

Contributer

Sir Donald Runnicles
Conductor
Maria Ioudenitch
Violin
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Sir Donald Runnicles

Future chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Donald Runnicles will become Chief Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra at the start of the 2025/26 season; he is already the designated conductor in 2024/25. The Scottish-born conductor is also GMD of the Deutsche Oper Berlin until mid-2026. He stands for the principle of quality over quantity and has built up close artistic relationships with renowned institutions worldwide. His expertise in the opera and concert repertoire is in demand everywhere, and the German repertoire is particularly close to his heart.

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Maria Ioudenitch

In 2021, the American-Russian violinist Maria Ioudenitch celebrated her international breakthrough when she won three major violin competitions. For her debut album "Songbird" on Warner Classics, which, like her chamber music performances, is characterized by innovative programming, she received an Opus Klassik in 2023. She is now performing Shostakovich's 1st Violin Concerto with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra at the Kulturpalast and on tour in England.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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