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Liszt und Tschaikowski

Palace organist Olivier Latry plays Liszt, Kahchun Wong conducts Tchaikovsky's "Soul Drama"

11/23

Saturday | 11/23/2024
7:30 pm Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Floor Plan

11/24

Sunday | 11/24/2024
11:00 am Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Floor Plan

About the Concert

Tickets for this event will be available from 12.06.2024 from 10 am.

Do you hear music differently when you know how it was created? This may well be the case with Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. He had allowed himself to be persuaded to marry a woman, even though he loved men. A big mistake, as he soon realised, which drove him to a complete mental breakdown. He wrote his inner struggles, his guilty conscience towards his wife, all the games of hide-and-seek with his inclinations into this symphony. But whether we know the story or not, its deep emotional content - it is also called "The Tragic" - still has an immediate effect today.
Before that, palace organist Olivier Latry will perform the orchestral version of an organ work by Liszt, which was thought to be lost and which he rediscovered himself in a Parisian villa

Program

Marcel Dupré
"Cortège et Litanie" for organ and orchestra

Franz Liszt
"Ad nos, ad salutarem undam" (arr. for organ and orchestra by Macel Dupré)
Légende "Saint-François de Paul marchant sur les flots" (Arr. for organ and orchestra by Marcel Dupré)

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.4 in F minor

Contributer

Kahchun Wong
Conductor
Olivier Latry
Organ
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Kahchun Wong

First Guest Conductor

Since 2023/24, Kahchun Wong has been Chief Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; from 2024/25, he will also be Principal Conductor of the Hallé in Manchester. The Singapore-born conductor is celebrated internationally for his electrifying stage presence and his attentive examination of the artistic heritage of the East and the West. Winning the Mahler Competition in 2016 opened the doors to performances with top international orchestras.

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Olivier Latry

The French organist Olivier Latry is an accomplished, thoughtful and adventurous musician who explores all possible areas of organ music and has an extraordinary talent for improvisation. He became titular organist of Notre-Dame de Paris at the age of 23 and launched his international career from there. His concerts repeatedly take him to the fantastic Eule organ in the Kulturpalast, where he will once again be the palace organist in 2024/25.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

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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