Julius Silver
Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert
Featuring French cellist Gautier Capuçon under the direction of Grammy Award-winning music director Andris Nelsons
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Christina Zeiders
Conducted by Grammy Award-winning Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons, the Vienna Philharmonic’s annual summer night concert returns to the Schönbrunn Palace Gardens.
The concert features French cellist Gautier Capuçon as a soloist performing Camille Saint-Säens’ Concerto for Cello No. 1.
In addition to being a renowned cellist, Capuçon is also the founder and leader of a program at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris designed to promote six young cellists from around the world to study together and perform monthly public concerts.
The orchestra also performs a selection of work from classical composers.
Enjoy Ludwig van Beethoven’s Lenore Overture No. 3, Mykola Lysenko’s Farewell Waltz in C minor, and Camille Saint- Saëns’ Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1. You’ll also hear encores of Myroslav Skoryk’s Melody, George Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Bedřich Smetana’s The Bartered Bride Overture, Antonin Dvorák’s Slavonic Dance in E minor, and Johann Strauss, Jr.’s Viennese Spirit Waltz.
Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2022 premieres on WITF TV and the PBS Video app on Friday, August 26 at 9pm.