Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra & Evgeny Kissin
Gala from Berlin - 2011
Artist: Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra & Evgeny Kissin - Soloist: Evgeny Kissin - Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle - Composer: Edvard Grieg, Maurice Ravel & Eduard Strauss - Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Gala from Berlin - 2011
This year the Berlin Philharmonic and their musical director Sir Simon Rattle welcome the New Year together with multi-awarded Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin. Kissin's musicality, the depth and poetic quality of his interpretations, and his extraordinary virtuosity have placed him at the forefront of today's pianists. This concert he will feature as star soloist in a performance of Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16. Furthermore, the Berlin Phillharmonic performs Dvořák’s Slavonic Dance No. 1, Op. 46, Grieg’s Symphonic Dance No. 2, Op. 64, an orchestrated version of Alborada del gracioso by Ravel, R. Strauss’ Salome’s Dance Salome, excerpts from Stravinsky’s The Firebird and Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 1.