Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Raphael Christ, Concertmaster and Musical Director
Igor Levit, piano
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Serenade in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 271 "Jenamy"
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Symphony in D major, K. 385 "Haffner"
Not even the Lucerne Festival Orchestra can decline an invitation from Igor Levit. Between the Spring and Summer Festivals, the much-admired ensemble will perform yet again, this time focusing on Wolfgang Amadé Mozart. At the center of the closing concert is one of his most original piano concertos, "Jenamy", which the legendary pianist Alfred Brendel once called a "wonder of the world." Mozart wrote it at the age of 21 for the Parisian pianist Louise Victoire Jenamy, who must have been a fabulous virtuoso – to judge from the solo part, which whirls across the keys. But Mozart presents a heart-rending lament in the central movement that plunges into profound regions of the soul – Igor Levit refers to its "breathtaking depths." By contrast, the "Serenata notturna" that opens the program displays an attitude of playing for the sheer pleasure of playing: no shadows are cast on this cheerfully entertaining music. The "Haffner" Symphony will conclude the program with vibrantly energetic musical fireworks – along with a quote from the composer's opera "The Abduction from the Seraglio", in which Osmin boasts that he will triumph. Mozart knew exactly how to entice his audience.
Berthold Herrmann & Mariann Grawe-Gerber – Founding Partners Piano Fest
Photo © Peter Fischli / Lucerne Festival
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