Composer

Conductor

»When it’s out of necessity, anything is permissible, he says. Maybe you’re right, she says.« The place: Bergen, Norway. It’s cold. It’s raining. Asle and the heavily pregnant Alida wander around the coastal city. The young couple are turned away wherever they go. The likes of them are not welcome here. Each pause masks a further drift into a surreal psychological haze. Driven by desperation, they break into a stranger’s house. A series of mysterious encounters in which the past comes to life proves to be a disastrous race against time.

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Sleepless

Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Mozart’s phrases often seem to take on a question-and-answer format, as if he is scripting musical conversations. Composer Petér Eötvös created his Dialog mit Mozart in 2014; throughout the piece, he engages in a dialectic exploration of tunes by his renowned predecessor. Violinist Tai Murray takes the stage to perform Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.3 in a program crowned by Schubert’s Symphony No. 4, the “Tragic,” composed at age nineteen but unheard until decades later.

Conversation with Mozart

Von Braun Center

The RPO’s Principal Associate Conductor Alexander Shelley has been called ‘a natural communicator’ – and tonight he has a joyous story to tell.

He kicks off with the whirlwind energy and homespun high-spirits of Smetana’s irresistible comedy overture. He finishes with the blazing trumpets and big, sunlit melodies of Brahms’ second and happiest symphony – it was written while the composer was on his summer holidays, and you can tell!

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Cadogan Hall 

From chirruping birds and babbling brooks to a kaleidoscopic cosmic lightshow – the power of nature pulses through this electrifying concert directed by energetic British conductor Mark Wigglesworth

Péter Eötvös

Composer, Conductor

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 28, 2024

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Cadogan Hall

20 - 21 Mar, 2025

Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony · Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Past events

Jun 15 - Nov 9, 2023

Sleepless · Staatsoper Berlin

Feb 11, 2023

Conversation with Mozart · Huntsville Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Sleepless by Eötvös

Staatsoper Berlin

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