Opening Concert – Aurora Music Festival
Opening concert with Aurora Chamber Orchestra, Camilla Tilling and Frans Helmerson
The Aurora Music Festival 2019 in Stockholm is the third festival in Stockholm and the 45th Aurora Festival in Sweden. At this opening concert, we will experience two of Sweden’s most prominent international star soloists: soprano Camilla Tilling and legendary cellist Frans Helmerson. Also participating will be the Aurora Chamber Orchestra under the baton of violinist and conductor Daniel Bard.
The concert features a versatile programme, beginning with Benjamin Britten’s bubbling and playful Simple Symphony, music to which Britten himself returned and conducted throughout his life. Franz Schubert is the great master of classical song. He composed over 600 lieds, most of which were accompanied by piano and here, we will hear some of the most beautiful in an arrangement for soprano and string orchestra.
Dvorák’s Cello Concerto is on the repertoire of all great cellists. But he also composed the extremely beautiful Waldesruhe, inspired by his home region of Bohemia, and it is a piece composed directly from the heart. Tchaikovsky’s popular Serenade for Strings is also a piece that comes from the heart. Enormous passion is found here, spiced with a dash of melancholy and a hearty dose of joy.
Since 2006, the Aurora Music Festival has gathered thousands of musicians, artists and global stars to perform classical music for over 100,000 listeners.
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The music
Approximate times -
Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony17 min
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Franz Schubert An die Musik arr Max Reger2 min
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Franz Schubert Geheimes arr Johannes Brahms2 min
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Franz Schubert Ellens Gesang II "Jäger, ruhe von der Jagd" arr Johannes Brahms3 min
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Franz Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade arr Max Reger4 min
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Franz Schubert Du bist die Ruh arr Max Reger4 min
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Intermission25 min
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Antonín Dvorák Waldesruhe for cello and orchestra7 min
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky Serenade for string orchestra32 min
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Encore:
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky From Serenade for string orchestra3 min
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Participants
- Aurora Chamber Orchestra
- Daniel Bard leader
- Camilla Tilling soprano
- Frans Helmerson cello