On Thursday and Friday, Omer Meir Wellber will be a guest in Dresden with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini. Thursday’s concert will feature a program of works by Verdi, Shostakovtian, Wagner and Tchaikovsky with cellist and the festival’s artistic director Jan Vogler. Jan Vogler will interpret Shostakovich’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1. The evening’s program booklet with more information can be found here. On Friday evening, pianist Mikhail Pletnev will perform Tchaikovsky’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 with the orchestra and Omer Meir Wellber, and the program will also include works by Verdi, Wagner and Respighi. The program booklet is available here.
8 June Dresden, Kulturpalast
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Omer Meir Wellber – conductor
Jan Vogler – violoncello
- Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to the opera “Macbeth
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 1 E flat major op. 107
- Richard Wagner: Overture to the opera “Lohengrin
- Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor op. 74 “Pathétique
9 June Dresden, Kulturpalast
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Omer Meir Wellber – conductor
Mikhail Pletnev – piano
- Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to the opera “I vespri siciliani
- Peter Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B flat minor op. 23
- Richard Wagner: Overture to the opera “Tannhäuser
- Ottorino Respighi: “Metamorphoseon” Modi XII. Tema e variazioni