Conductor Roland Kluttig has also selected sounds from the sunny south for the first part of the programme: the equally restrained, delicate and lively, passionate Rapsodie espagnole by Boléro composer Maurice Ravel, the soulful Tango in D by Spaniard Isaac Albéniz and the Concerto for Bandoneon and Orchestra by tango king Astor Piazzolla, which was nicknamed Aconcagua after Argentina's highest mountain. The Norwegian Per Arne Glorvigen, one of today's leading bandoneon players, enjoys the powerful musical ascent of the mountain as well as the dreamy enjoyment of a balmy evening in the valley with an instrument whose origins lie in 19th century Chemnitz.
Programme:
Maurice Ravel - Rapsodie espagnole
Astor Piazzolla - Concerto for Bandoneon and Orchestra
Aconcagua Isaac Albéniz - Tango in D op. 165 No. 2
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 43
