John Malkovich in «The Music Critic at the Symphony»

06.11.2023 19:30,

Grand Auditorium

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Luxembourg Philharmonic
Aleksey Igudesman direction, violon
John Malkovich narration

Antonín Dvořák: Danse slave op. 46/8 (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegro con brio (Symphonie N° 5) (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
Johannes Brahms: Ungarischer Tanz WoO 1/1 (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
Giya Kancheli: Broken Chant (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
Aleksey Igudesman: Tango Gitano
Sergueï Rachmaninov: Grave – Allegro ma non troppo (Symphonie N° 1) (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
Maurice Ravel: Boléro (extrait) (arr. Aleksey Igudesman).
Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe op. 48 (extrait) (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
Aleksey Igudesman: The Malkovich Torment

Language: In English

They have always been a target for satire, and Georg Kreisler was not the only one to dedicate a famous song to them: music critics. To this day, the role of the aesthetic executioner has been an intriguing subject – malice and wit, historical judgements and legendary misjudgements make for entertaining reading, especially when John Malkovich slips into the role of the critic. Aleksey Igudesman has assembled a series of striking critical reviews on compositions considered to be masterworks today – and in this collaboration with the Luxembourg Philharmonic, he makes words and music meet anew.

Written and conceived by Aleksey Igudesman