Klosters Music - Heimatstolz

In Finland, Jean Sibelius is a national saint. In his colourful "Karelia" suite, the composer describes an area in the south-east of the country where he spent his honeymoon. A folkloric march meets a melancholic ballad. Edvard Grieg also shows pride in his homeland in his piano concerto, for example in the finale, whose rhythm is inspired by the Norwegian jumping dance Halling. The Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki, exclusive artist of Deutsche Grammophon, is exactly the right person to unleash this energy with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Maxim Emelyanychev. With works by Edward Elgar, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Richard Wagner, other musical homelands can be experienced. Wagner's lyrical "Siegfried Idyll" was even written in Tribschen on Lake Lucerne.

Jan Lisiecki, piano
Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Program:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Polonaise from "Eugene Onegin"

Edward Grieg (1843–1907)
Piano Concerto in A minor op. 16

Pause

Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4

Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Siegfried Idyll

Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Karelia Suite op. 11