Concert May 7th 2024 - Beethoven 9 - world premiere programme
Historic City Hall Wuppertal
In 1824, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony pushed the boundaries of music for the first time. 200 years later, this groundbreaking
concert is being reconstructed in Wuppertal. This new production in the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal is the result of
extensive research into the first performance in the former Kärntnertortheater in Vienna. When Beethoven conducted his Ninth
Symphony for the first time, he was already deaf. The Beethoven-Haus Bonn, the University of Vienna, the Vienna Academy Orchestra
and the WDR Radio Choir present the mighty symphony in its original instrumentation, line-up and programme constellation.
A concert that goes beyond a mere musical performance.
ORF documentary: Beethoven's Ninth and the Kärntnertortheater
The film is a journey through time from the past to the future and embarks on a detective-like search for the historical plans
and building conversations about Vienna's Kärntnertortheater, built in 1708, where Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony was
premiered on 7 May 1824. Digital, breathtaking reconstructions make it possible to bring this theatre back to life in 3D animation.
The film follows the creation of this elaborate animation process in a scientific and technical narrative strand and shows
the filming of the re-enactment in the green box. The process of composing the 9th Symphony, which lasted almost two years
(from 1823 to 1824), is very well documented in Beethoven's conversation notebooks and forms the basis for the re-enactment
and thus for the emotional and personal narrative thread in this film. The viewer experiences at first hand the adventurous
creation process and the chaotic circumstances surrounding the eagerly awaited premiere of this revolutionary work.
The music throughout the film is Beethoven's 9th Symphony, which drives the story forward emotionally to end in the final
scene in the digitally "rebuilt" Kärntnertor Theatre. A full orchestra of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs the final
choral passages of the symphony on stage.
ORF DOCUMENTARY RESOUND BEETHOVEN
RESOUND Beethoven brings the composer's most important orchestral works back to the magnificent theatres and concert halls of their premieres for the first time on instruments from the period in which they were written. Numerous concert series in Vienna, international tours, as well as the complete recordings of all orchestral works and piano concertos at the places of their premieres by the composer allow supposedly well-known works to shine in a completely new light.
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major
Brucknerhaus Linz
Benjamin Schmid | Violin
Orchestra Vienna Academy
Martin Haselböck
Beethoven's D major concerto, which is now considered one of the greatest violin concertos of the 19th century, did not enjoy
the success it deserved during the composer's lifetime. It was not until almost forty years later, with the rediscovery of
the work by Felix Mendelssohn and the exceptional virtuoso Joseph Joachim, that it was finally recognised as a masterpiece.
The Wiener Akademie Orchestra and Martin Haselböck, accompanied by violinist Benjamin Schmid, continue their "Resound" adventure
with the recording of this magnificent piece.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Lobkowitz Palace
Gottlieb Wallisch | Hammerklavier
Vienna Academy Orchestra
Martin Haselböck
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat major "Eroica" op. 55
Version for piano quartet by Ferdinand Ries
Gottlieb Wallisch | fortepiano
Ilia Korol | violin
Wolfram Fortin | viola
Philipp Comploi | violoncello
Fortepiano by Conrad Graf, 1818 serial number 184 from the Beethovenhaus in Baden. This grand piano was played several times
by Beethoven himself when he was in Baden for a cure. Recorded in the Kaisersaal of the Kaiserhaus Baden on 27 April 2021
Beethoven Concerto for Piano and Orchestra after the Violin Concerto, op 61a
Gottlieb Wallisch | Piano
Orchestra Vienna Academy
Martin Haselböck
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Vienna, 11 November 2017
Orchester Wiener Akademie on Youtube