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29/09/2023
Almost 25 years ago, Joan Guinjoan's Fanfŕrria inaugurated L'Auditori. In commemoration of this anniversary, the conductor Ludovic Morlot has chosen it to open this season, which revolves around the motto "power or revolt".
On September 29 and 30, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Auditori de Barcelona, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluña (OBC) together with cellist Alisa Weilerstein conducted by Ludovic Morlot, offer us a concert with works by Sergei Prokófiev, Jordi Cervelló, Ludwig van Beethoven and Joan Guinjoan, by whom they will perform Fanfàrria (1999).
Program
Joan Guinjoan
Fanfàrria (1999)
Sergey Prokofiev
Sinfonía concertante en mi m, op. 125 (1950-1951; rev. 1952)
Jordi Cervelló
A song to Pau Casals (1991)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E b, op. 55 "Heroic" (1802-1803)
Performers
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC)
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Joan Guinjoan
Fanfàrria (1999)
Sergey Prokofiev
Sinfonía concertante en mi m, op. 125 (1950-1951; rev. 1952)
Jordi Cervelló
A song to Pau Casals (1991)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E b, op. 55 "Heroic" (1802-1803)
Performers
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC)
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
"Almost 25 years ago, Joan Guinjoan's Fanfàrria inaugurated L'Auditori. In commemoration of this anniversary, conductor Ludovic Morlot has chosen it to open this season, which revolves around the motto "power or revolt".
Thus, we will hear Un cant a Pau Casals, the tribute of the recently deceased Jordi Cervelló to the maestro. Also Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony, which literally tore off the dedication to Napoleon Bonaparte: the "Heroic" symphony stopped praising the individual who had become a tyrant and, far from the conventions of the time, became a real musical revolt.
Prokofiev, for his part, left his country to escape the conflicts and revolutions, although nostalgia made him return. Back in Russia, he was dazzled by the young cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, for whom he wrote numerous pieces, including the Sinfonia concertante, performed by the cellist Alisa Weilerstein." (Program Notes)
The photo of the Maestro is from the personal archive of the Guinjoan Family.
More information on the Auditori website