Lorenzo Viotti leads his Netherlands Philharmonic
Lorenzo Viotti leads his Netherlands Philharmonic in a program about love and the sea. The concert opens with the doomed love between Tristan and Isolde, mercilessly set to music by Wagner. And ends at sea, with Debussy's famous La mer. No sea is too high for true love. Although���
Lorenzo Viotti leads his Netherlands Philharmonic
The Impossible Love of Tristan and Isolde
'A memorial to love', Wagner called his opera Tristan und Isolde . Britten's Violin Concerto contains a similar emotional power. Against the background of the looming Second World War, Britten, only twenty-five, composed this emotional and complex work. As Britten himself wrote to his publisher: 'It is without doubt my best piece so far. It is rather serious, I am afraid, but there are a few tunes in it!'.
Lorenzo Viotti with the sea according to Debussy
Lorenzo Viotti concludes this concert of the Netherlands Philharmonic with La mer by Debussy, in which the composer shows his best impressionistic side. You imagine yourself on an immense ocean and enjoy a sunrise, the play of the waves and a strong salty breeze through your hair.
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Lorenzo Viotti leads his Netherlands Philharmonic
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