Simon Rattle: Borodin, Mussorgsky
Composer(s): Modest Mussorgsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, Alexandr Borodin
Director(s): Elisabeth Malzer
In 2007 The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Simon Rattle celebrated the New Year with Russian music
Every year in Berlin, the ritual remains unchanged: The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates the New Year with a particularly festive concert. In 2007, the orchestra’s musical director, Simon Rattle, conducted the concert. For the celebration to be complete, powerful Russian music producing an immediate effect was chosen, among the pieces were universally acclaimed favourites: “The Polovetsian Dances” and the “Second Symphony” by Alexander Borodin, the prelude to the “Khovanshchina” and the very famous “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Modest Mussorgsky orchestrated by Maurice Ravel.
Following in the footsteps of these two composers who belonged to the group “The Five” formed in Saint Petersburg in 1860 around Balakirev, was Dmitri Shostakovich, whose dance from the ballet “The Golden Age” Rattle gives as an encore and describes as “crazy music”. The musicians from Berlin, whose reputation for excellence is firmly established, play these works with a pleasure that is clearly apparent.
The concert of the New Year by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra headed by Simon Rattle.
In the programme:
- Alexander Borodin: Polovetsian Dances; Symphony No. 2 in B minor
- Modest Mussorgsky: The “Khovanshchina” prelude; Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestration by Ravel).
Every year, the ritual remains unchanged. On December 31st, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra proposes a particularly festive concert to celebrate the New Year. In 2007, the programme was dedicated to Russian music and included the famous “Pictures at an Exhibition”.
Program :
- Opening Credits
- Alexandr Borodin
Polovetsian Dances from the Opera “Prince Igor” (orchestral version by Rimsky-Korsakov)
1. Introduction
2. Gliding Dance of the Maidens
3. Wild Dance of the Men
4. General Dance
5. Dance of the Boys and Second Dance of the Men
6. Gliding Dance of the Maidens (reprise)
7. Dance of the Boys and Second Dance of the Men (reprise)
8. General Dance
- Alexandr Borodin
Symphony No.2 in B minor
I Allegro
II Scherzo: Prestissimo – Allegretto
III Andante
IV Finale: Allegro
- Modest Mussorgsky
Khovanshchshina: Prelude
- Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Ravel)
Promenade
1. Gnomus
Promenade
2. Il Vecchio Castello
Promenade
3. The Tuileries Gardens
4. Bydlo ("Cattle")
Promenade
5. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
7. Limoges - the marketplace
8. Catacombae: Sepulchrum Romanum
Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
9. The Hut on Hen's legs (Baba Yaga)
10. The Great Gate of Kiev
- Dmitri Shostakovich
The Golden Age, Ballet Suite, Op.22a: Dance
- End Credits
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