Beethoven's Apotheosis of the Dance
The QSO reaches fever pitch under the baton of Eivind Aadland, in Wagner's exploration of the agony and ecstasy of extreme passion, from alpha to omega.
Argentinian firebrand and Martha Argerich favourite, Sergio Tiempo, hailed as one of the most thought-provoking pianists of his generation, unleashes his stylish panache and bravura on Liszt's revolutionary Piano Concerto No. 1, where rarely has so much virtuosity been concentrated into one concerto.
Finally, abandon yourself to Beethoven's Seventh Symphony - dubbed by Wagner "the apotheosis of the dance"- whose intoxicating joy and energy, climaxing in the orgiastic final movement, never fail to inspire an equally frenzied and heartfelt ovation.
Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Liszt Piano Concerto No.1
Beethoven Symphony No.7
Eivind Aadland
Eivind Aadland is one of Norway’s most respected conductors. He was Chief Conductor and Artistic Leader of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra for seven seasons, where he conducted the complete Beethoven and Mahler symphony cycles. He has frequently worked with many Scandinavian orchestras, including the Oslo and Bergen Philharmonics, Stavanger Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony and Swedish Chamber Orchestra. At Den Norske Opera, Oslo he has conducted successful productions of Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte and Die Fledermaus.
He is a frequent visitor to the Oslo Philharmonic and WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and has worked with Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, the Swedish Radio, the Lausanne and Scottish Chamber Orchestras and the Symphony Orchestras of Melbourne, Tasmania, Iceland, the Finnish Radio and SWR Stuttgart.
Mr Aadland’s prolific recording output encompasses a diverse range of repertoire and he is a champion of Norwegian and Swedish composers. These include the symphonic works of Eivind Groven, a disc of Norwegian orchestral favourites and the complete music for violin and orchestra of Arne Nordheim with the Stavanger Symphony – all for BIS records. On the Simax label Aadland has a disc of Irgens-Jensen's works with the Bergen Philharmonic and the music of Ole Bull with the Trondheim Symphony. Also with the Trondheim Symphony he has recorded two discs devoted to the orchestral music of Ludwig Irgens-Jensen and Gerhard Schjelderup for CPO Records. He has also recorded for Hyperion, ASV, IMP Classics, and Koch.
A student of Jorma Panula, Eivind Aadland was encouraged by Mariss Jansons to pursue his conducting career. Previously as a violinist having studied with Yehudi Menuhin, Eivind Aadland was concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic from 1981-1989.
Sergio Tiempo
Described by Gramophone magazine as “a colourist in love with the infinite variety a piano can produce”, Sergio Tiempo has developed a reputation as one of the most individual and thoughtprovoking pianists of his generation. Tiempo established his international credentials at an early age, making his professional debut at the age of fourteen at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. A tour of the USA and a string of engagements across Europe quickly followed. Since then he has appeared with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors and is a frequent guest at major festivals worldwide.
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Tiempo began his piano studies with his mother, Lyl Tiempo, at the age of two and made his concert debut when he had just turned three. Whilst at the Fondazione per il Pianoforte in Como, Italy, he worked with Dimitri Bashkirov, Fou Tsong, Murray Perahia and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. He has received frequent musical guidance and advice from Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire and Nikita Magaloff and performs regularly with fellow-countryman and friend Gustavo Dudamel including concerts with the Simón Bolívar Orchestra.
Recent highlights have included debuts with the Bournemouth Symphony, Iceland Symphony, RTÉ Dublin, Gothenburg Symphony, Malmö Symphony and the Hallé Orchestra and recital debuts at the Vienna Konzerthaus, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie and Edinburgh International Festival as well as return visits to the Oslo Chamber Music Festival and the Warsaw Chopin Festival. In June 2010, Tiempo gave the world premiere of a new work for two pianos and orchestra ‘Tango Rhapsody’ by Argentinean composer Federico Jusid with Karin Lechner and the RSI Lugano under Jacek Kaspszyk at the Martha Argerich Festival in Lugano, where he is a visitor each year.
He has won numerous awards including the Davidoff 2000 Prize in Germany.
Presented By Queensland Symphony Orchestra