On Friday 3 May at 19:00 CET, Deutsche Welle will launch the premiere of the ICMA Gala Concert which took place at the Palau de la Musica in Valencia on 12 Apr. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/@DWClassicalMusic
After the huge success encountered by the previous concerts of the International Classical Music Awards (1,4 million viewers for the 2022 concert in Luxembourg, 1.8 million viewers for the concert from 2023 in Wroclaw) this year’s concert is all set to become another success.
The program played by Orquesta de Valencia conducted by Music Director Alexander Liebreich is showcasing winners from this year’s awards.
Maurice Ravel – Lever du Jour from Daphnis et Cloé Suite No. 2
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Concerto No. 1 in D, op. 99 for Guitar and Orchestra (1939), 1st movement – Cassie Martin, guitar
Olivier Messiaen – L’Ascension (3rd movement) – Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
Giuseppe Verdi – Aria “Ernani, involami” from Ernani – Aida Pascu, soprano
Charlotte Sohy – Thème varié, Op. 15 – Renaud Capuçon, violin
Orazio Sciortino – Grande Bagatelle for Orchestra (2023/24), Orazio Sciortino, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for two pianos in C minor, BWV 1062 (1st movement) – Duo Pekinel
Witold Lutosławski – Fragments of Paganini Variations – Duo Pekinel
Jean-Féry Rebel – Aria “Impétueux torrent” from Tarsis – Cyrille Dubois, tenor
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane – Lana Zorjan, violin
Kaija Saariaho – Dolce Tormento – Sharon Bezaly, piccolo
Antonin Dvořák – Rondo for Cello and Orchestra Op 94 – Tanja Tetzlaff, cello