Henning Kraggerud
VIOLIN
Carnegie Hall
Thursday, October 8, 2009
8:00 PM
Program:
STRAVINSKY |
Dumbarton Oaks |
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| BACH/WEBERN | Musical Offering: Ricercare | |
| AARON JAY KERNIS | Concerto with Echoes World Premiere, part of The New Brandenburgs |
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| BEETHOVEN | Violin Concerto in D major | |
We return to Orpheus’ roots with Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks. Nobody plays it like we do! With Bach’s Brandenburg No. 6 as inspiration, colorful composer Aaron Jay Kernis provides his contribution to our multi-year New Brandenburg commissioning project. After intermission, Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud brings his energy and virtuosity to Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major—fresh, audacious and brimming with poetic power.
"To say that Kraggerud made music in Beethoven's Violin Concerto would be an understatement. The 32-year-old, mop-haired Norwegian, who stepped in for ailing Akiko Suwanai, performed with a stylistic command... It is a safe prediction that he will soon be knocking on the door of stardom, not only for his daunting virtuosity and strapping good looks, but for his distinctive artistry.”
- Cincinnati Post
Janine Jansen, originally scheduled to perform the Beethoven concerto with Orpheus, has withdrawn due to illness. Norwegian violinist, Henning Kraggerud has graciously agreed to step in as soloist. This performance marks Mr. Kraggerud’s New York Orchestral Debut as well as his debut with Orpheus.
About Henning Kraggerud:
Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud combines keen musical intelligence with the warmth and passion of a true virtuoso in performances of rare beauty, technical brilliance and emotional immediacy. In demand thoughout Scandinavia and Europe, Mr. Kraggerud performs regularly with many leading orchestras including the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra and Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, as well as many of the British orchestras including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and BBC Symphony Orchestra, working with conductors such as Stephane Deneve, Ivan Fischer, Marek Janowski, Mariss Jansons, Paavo Jarvi, Hannu Lintu, Nicholas McGegan, Jeffrey Kahane, Peter Oundjian and Jukka Pekka Saraste. In North America, he has appeared with the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Colorado, St. Louis, Toronto and Utah symphonies and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and has performed recitals in New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Increasingly in demand for play/conduct performances, Mr. Kraggerud has appeared as soloist and conductor throughout Scandinavia and with London's Britten Sinfonia.
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