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    Wiener Symphoniker | Sheku Kanneh-Mason

    Musikverein Großer Saal - Wien
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    Bösendorferstr.12
    1010 Wien
     

    Wiener Symphoniker | Sheku Kanneh-Mason Musikverein Großer Saal - Wien Thu 11.Jun 2026 19:30
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    Performers

    • Vienna Symphony Orchestra
    • Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
    • Krzysztof Urbański Conductor

    Program

    • Witold Lutosławski Mała suita / Little Suite (version for symphony orchestra)
    • Edward Elgar Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 85
    • — Intermission —
    • Igor Strawinsky Le Sacre du Printemps / Pictures from Pagan Russia

     

    Time magazine called him a "champion of classical music," and Prince Harry's wedding made him world famous. However, without Elgar's Cello Concerto (and the recording by Jacqueline du Pré), his career would never have taken off: Kanneh-Mason returns to his roots at the Musikverein and thus to Elgar's melodic beauty. Dance forms the framework of the concert under Krzysztof Urbański: Lutosławski's "Little Suite" is a charming homage to dance scenes from his Polish homeland. Without Stravinsky's rhythmic finesse in his "Pictures from Pagan Russia," the techno of today's clubbing scene might never have emerged...

     

    (Source: jeunesse.at)