Mostly Mozart 2008 Podcast
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Violinist Philip Setzer, a member of the esteemed Emerson String Quartet, discusses Terra Memoria. This deeply moving work was written for the Quartet by composer-in-residence Kaija Saariaho, who will discuss the thematic overtones of the piece. Click here to listen or download
Conductor Louis Langrée discusses the final week of the Mostly Mozart Festival, in which we’ll hear a young pianist play a Beethoven Concerto with the Festival Orchestra and one of Mozart’s great choral works – the Mass in C minor – paired with a favorite piece of Louis’, the beautiful Metamorphosen by Richard Strauss in our closing-night program. Click here to listen or download
Composer-in-residence Kaija Saariaho discusses her stunning oratorio La Passion de Simone and what drew her to the subject of the piece, French mystic and philosopher Simone Weil. We’ll also hear from director Peter Sellars who will give us a background of her life and writings. Click here to listen or download
Music director Louis Langrée discusses the programs in the third week of the festival featuring two guest conductors – Jirí Bélohlávek and Osmo Vänskä – who will be leading the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra in two Beethoven symphonies. Click here to listen or download
Samoan choreographer Lemi Ponifasio discusses his dance-theater piece Requiem, which will receive its U.S. premiere on August 8 and 9. We’ll also hear from director Peter Sellars, who will discuss how audiences experience this piece and how it connects to the festival’s namesake composer, Mozart. Click here to listen or download
Conductor Louis Langrée discusses Mozart’s opera La clemenza di Tito, along with some Mozart-filled programs performed by the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra featuring audience favorite Garrick Ohlsson on piano and the debuts of conductor Lionel Bringuier and pianist Benedetto Lupo. Click here to listen or download
Australian artist Lynette Wallworth discusses her interactive video art installations Invisible by Night and Hold: Vessel 1 and 2. We’ll also hear from director Peter Sellars, a champion of Lynette’s, who will discuss the transformative power of these remarkable works. Click here to listen or download
Music director Louis Langée discusses themes that occur during the season and the opening week of programs with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. |
A podcast series featuring many of the artists whose work will be presented during this exciting summer festival, which focuses on Mozart and his contemporaries as well as modern interpreters of his music.
Philip Setzer and Kaija Saariaho – August 12, 2008
Louis Langrée – August 11, 2008
Kaija Saariaho and Peter Sellars – August 5, 2008
Louis Langrée - August 4, 2008
Lemi Ponifasio and Peter Sellars – July 29, 2008
Louis Langrée – July 28, 2008
Lynette Wallworth and Peter Sellars – July 22, 2008
Louis Langrée – July 21, 2008 |
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