Hong Kong City Hall Venue Partnership Scheme: "Great Piano Concertos": Benjamin Grosvenor Plays Brahms

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Conductor Holly Hyun Choe Piano Benjamin Grosvenor Programme Albert Schnelzer Burn My Letters – Remembering Clara (2019) (Asian première) Nielsen Symphony No 1 in G minor, Op 7 Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 15 Distinguished British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor – widely acclaimed for his formidable virtuosity, musical sensitivity and the fine range of colours and character in his performances – has appeared with top orchestras around the world including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Gewanhausorchester Leipzig etc. He brings to Hong Kong Brahms’ monumental Piano Concerto No 1 – a work of magnificent emotional intensity and creative genius – as he joins hands with Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Holly Hyun Choe, Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and Music Director of the Orchestre National de Cannes. The concerto is paired with the Asian première of Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer’s Burn My Letters – Remembering Clara, inspired by the fervent exchange of letters between Brahms and Clara Schumann, as well as Nielsen’s electrifying Symphony No 1 – a rare gem which instilled new energy and ideas into the Classical symphonic structure.

指揮 崔賢 Holly Hyun Choe 鋼琴 葛羅夫納 Benjamin Grosvenor 節目 舒尼爾薩 《燒吾信札 – 憶克拉娜》（2019）（亞洲首演） 尼爾森 G小調第一交響曲，作品7 布拉姆斯 D小調第一鋼琴協奏曲，作品15 英國鋼琴巨星葛羅夫納以懾人心魄的優雅觸鍵、超凡卓絕的技巧及無與倫比的音樂感活躍於世界頂尖舞台，並經常與紐約愛樂樂團、芝加哥交響樂團、萊比錫布業大廳樂團及英國多個樂團頻繁合作。香港小交響樂團邀得葛羅夫納載譽來港，聯同現任挪威電台交響樂團首席指揮兼法國康城國家交響樂團音樂總監崔賢，演奏布拉姆斯情感澎湃的第一鋼琴協奏曲。作品格局宏大、情緒起伏跌宕，葛羅夫納的精彩演繹尤為令人期待。 此外，樂團還會帶來瑞典作曲家舒尼爾薩《燒吾信札－憶克拉娜》的亞洲首演，這作品是2019年為紀念克拉娜．舒曼誕辰200周年而寫，以她與布拉姆斯之間卷帙浩繁的書信往來為靈感。節目並包括尼爾森的第一交響曲，展現出這位北歐重要作曲家在早期時已流露出鮮明的個人風格。