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THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC 70TH ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT
Premiered on November 21, 2007 on PBS (check local listings)
MUSICAL SELECTIONS
Ravel's large-scale symphonic "La Valse" was written for -- and rejected by -- Serge Diaghilev's famed Ballets Russes. It premiered in Paris in 1920 and finally found a choreographer nine years later when the legendary Bronislava Nijinska set it for the Ida Rubinstein Company. The concert's Brahms and Bruch selections are among the most popular concert virtuoso pieces ever written. Brahms' "Piano Concerto No. 1" (1859) was a reworking of an earlier sonata the composer had conceived for two pianos. Max Bruch's best known work, "Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor," premiered in 1866, and was revised by the composer in 1868, with input from violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim.
The evening's program was recorded at the Frederic R. Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv, Israel, in December 2006.
"Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor," op. 26
Music by Max Bruch
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta
1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio
3. Allegro energico
"La Valse"
Music by Maurice Ravel
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta
"Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor," op. 15
Music by Johannes Brahms
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta
1. Maestoso
2. Adagio
3. Rondo: Allegro non troppo
Top banner photo: Zubin Mehta leads the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
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photo: Daniel Barenboim
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