Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Sunday, November 24, 2024 / 7:30 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
“When a great ensemble – such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – tours the world, listeners pay attention.” – The Chicago Tribune
Regularly noted as one of the world’s most versatile symphonic orchestras with soloistic qualities and robust musical prowess, the Amsterdam-based Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra makes its first return to Washington in 5 years, conducted by 28-year-old Finnish phenomenon Klaus Mäkelä, who is also the incoming music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The concert opens with a new composition by Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer and sound artist Ellen Reid (p r i s m, Push/Pull). Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, a masterpiece of fleeting tranquility punctuated by episodes of abrupt changes in mood and tonality, is performed with the “rich and technically immaculate” (The Guardian) playing of Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili. The program concludes with Rachmaninov’s textured, bombastic, and serene Symphony No. 2— a work with which the composer avenged the failure of his First. And how!
This performance is an external rental presented in coordination with the Kennedy Center Campus Rentals Office and is not produced by the Kennedy Center.
Program Details
Ellen Reid – Body Cosmic
Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op. 63
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, op. 27
Our Partners
This performance is made possible through the generous support of Kenneth R. Feinberg and Diane Feinberg.
Washington Performing Arts’s classical music performances this season are made possible in part through the generous support of Betsy and Robert Feinberg and the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Her Excellency Leena-Kaisa Mikkola, Ambassador of Finland, and Her Excellency Birgitta Tazelaar, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, are the honorary patrons of this engagement.
Special thanks to the following lead supporters of Washington Performing Arts’s mission-driven work: Jacqueline Badger Mars and Mars, Incorporated; D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; and The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
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Before the world-renowned Royal Concertgebouw takes the stage, join us for Take Note – a free educational pre-concert conversation about the ensemble, conductor, and program. Perfect for both new and experienced symphony goers. There is something new for everyone to learn!
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