Martha Argerich, Giuliano Sommerhalder and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor - Jonathan Nott

Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland

Thursday 15 February 2024

7:30 PM

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Important Info

Type: Classical Concert

City: Geneva, Switzerland

Starts at: 19:30

Ticket delivery: E-Tickets

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

Can I choose my seats?

Programme

Igor Stravinsky: Tango, for orchestra

Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, Op.35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C major, "Jupiter”, K551

Overview

Born, like Martha Argerich, in Argentina, the tango has spread all over the planet, becoming one of the most popular forms of music. This did not escape Stravinsky, who composed one as soon as he arrived in the United States. Created in 1941 by Benny Goodman, Stravinsky's Tango, one suspects, does not really follow tradition, but on the contrary takes side roads in an atmosphere created from scratch. The neoclassicism made fashionable by Stravinsky seems to have reached the ears of the young Shostakovich when he composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 to which he added a maliciously parodic solo trumpet. Shostakovich’s mocking tone and unbridled humor reign supreme over this concerto, which over the years has become one of his most performed works. "Immortal and ideal model of the symphony" for Mendelssohn, Mozart's last Symphony No. 41, entitled Jupiterby an English impresario who had a sense of the formula, always amazes with the perfection of its writing. His poetic scope, his dynamism, his knowledge of counterpoint quite simply make him one of the greatest monuments of Western music.

Venue Info

Victoria Hall - Geneva
Rue du Général-Dufour 14

The Victoria Hall is a concert hall in Geneva, Switzerland. It was built in 1891–1894 by the architect John Camoletti and financed by the British consul, Daniel Fitzgerald Packenham Barton, who dedicated it to Queen Victoria and gifted it to the City of Geneva. The hall is mainly used for classical music concerts, but it also hosts performers in song, jazz and world music.

The Victoria Hall was home to a wind band, the Harmonie nautique, before the founding of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande by Ernest Ansermet in 1918, and remained so until 1976 when Harmonie nautique ceased operating. During this period it was also used as a studio for recordings.

Arson caused a disastrous fire on 16 September 1984. Much original artwork was lost, including decorative paintings by Ernest Biéler, as was the massive original pipe organ. The building was then slowly restored, with a new and equally large organ being installed in 1993, and today it is registered on the cantonal list of heritage buildings. But the paintings were replaced by a contemporary work by Dominique Appia.

The main entrance faces east. The auditorium has a parterre and two layers of balconies. The organ dominates the back of the stage.