The 28th edition of the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival will be held in Warsaw on March 17-29, 2024. During 13 festival days, we will listen to 11 symphonic concerts, 2 piano recitals and 2 chamber concerts, during which many outstanding soloists, conductors and ensembles will perform, invited by Elżbieta Penderecka, the general director of the Festival. The concert programme was built around the motto of this year's edition - "Beethoven and the Philosophers".
The 300th anniversary of Immanuel Kant's birth, celebrated this year, was an inspiration to trace the influence of philosophical thought on music. For this reason, the concert programmes include, among others: works by Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Karol Szymanowski, and in the Wiener Kammersymphonie concert, texts about the music of Arthur Schopenhauer, recited by Franz Tscherny, will accompany the compositions of the master from Bonn.
The festival will be inaugurated by Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk with the participation of the world-famous violinist Arabella Steinbacher. In the final concert, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Andrzej Boreyko, will perform Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, Stabat Mater by Francis Poulenc and Stabat Mater by Krzysztof Penderecki.
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More information: http://beethoven.org.pl/festiwal/2024/01/17/28-wielkanocny-festiwal-ludwiga-van-beethovena/