Kirill Petrenko, The Berliner Philharmoniker’s 2020 New Year's Eve concert (2021)

Label: ARTE Concert
Conductor: Kirill Petrenko
Performers: Pablo Sáinz-Villegas (guitar), Berliner Philharmoniker

A musical conclusion to an unusual year: the programme of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s traditional New Year’s Eve concert, which took place on 31 December 2020 under the baton of chief conductor Kirill Petrenko in an empty Philharmonie Berlin, reflected the various facets of the past year. As a reminder of the production of Fidelio which was cancelled due to the corona pandemic, the concert opened with the Leonore Overture No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven. The Philharmoniker struck a reflective and melancholy note in Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas brasileiras No. 4, while celebrating the joyful music of the Iberian Peninsula in Manuel de Falla’s Introduction and “Ritual Fire Dance” from El amor brujo, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol. Together with star guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, the orchestra took an evocative tour of the gardens of the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.

Track List:
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Leonore Overture No. 3 in C major, op. 72
Manuel de Falla
- El amor brujo: Introduction and Ritual Fire Dance
Joaquín Rodrigo
- Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra
- Pablo Sáinz-Villegas guitar
Anonymous
- Spanish Romance from the film Jeux interdits (arr. Chris Hazell)
- Pablo Sáinz-Villegas guitar
Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Capriccio on Spanish Themes, op. 34
Dmitri Shostakovich
- The Gadfly, Suite from the film music, op. 97a: No. 3 Folk Feast




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