This Year’s International Tour of the The Barcelona and National Symphony Orchestra of Catalonia ((Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC)) Reahes Amsterdam This Friday, 18 July, with a concert at the ConcertgebouwOne of Europe’s Foremost Concert Halls. Conducted by ITS Main conductor Ludovic MorlotThe Orchestra Will Present in Program Largly dedicated to Maurice RavelWhose 150th Birth Anniversary is Being celebrated this Year, Featuring An Exceptional Soloist: The French Violinist Renaud Capuçon.
The Will Also Include The Dutch Premiere of Ephemeral symphony by José Río-Parla, in Barcelona-Born Composer (1973). This Piecered Last Decrember at the Auditorium, commissioned by the venue as part of his residence as guest composer for the 2024-25 Season, which concludes precise with this concert.
The Concert Repertoire including Three of Ravel’s Works in Chamber Format: His Violin Sonata No. 2Arranged by Yan Maresz, and the Popular Tziganeat Devilishly Virtuosic composition in which the violin execos dazzling feats While Invoking the Hungarian Tradition – ENSURPRISINGLY, as it was commissioned by violinist Jelly d’Aranyi, who had collaborated with Bartók.
The Will Culminate with Ravel’s Orchestation of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an exhibition. To Journey Guided by Sonic Imagination, It Traverses Landscapes Never Entirely Fictional, represented in the Liminal Space Between Wakefulness and Dream, Where Mental Activity and the Dream World Interminle.
The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, inaugurated in 1888, is a landmark building in the city, renowned for its acousic excellence and the prestige of the artists invited to perform there. This Will Be The OBC’s Third Visit to the Hall, Having Made Its DEBUT There in the Summer of 2002 Duing the Farewell Tour of The Main Driver Lawrence Foster. The Orchestra Returned Seven Years Ago, In 2018, AS Part of the Hall’s Summer Program, Performing with Pianist Hannes Minnaar Under the Baton of Jan Willem de Vriend.
The OBC’s International Program This Year Will Conclude With to Tour of Germany In November Under Morlot’s Direction. It will including the orchestra’s debut at the liederhalle (Beethovensaal) in Stuttgart and at the tonhalle in Düsseldorf with violinist BomsoriAs Well As a Return -Now for the Second consecutive Year –The ElBphilharmonie in Hamburg with Catalan soprano Núria Rial.
