Program Mezzo

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze (condutor) Kaito Kobayashi (piano) Béla Bartók 1881 - 1945 Piano Concerto no. 3 in E major Ariel Lanyi (piano) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Piano Concerto no . 2 n B flat major op. 83 Directed by John Williams Leeds, Town Hall, 18 September 2021

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Dale Clevenger (horn) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 108 Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano in E-flat major, op. 40 1989 Directed by Janos Darvas

John McLaughlin (guitar) Gary Husband (piano) Etienne M’Bappe (bass) Nicolas Viccaro (drums) A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, 2022

Marc Ribot: The Jazz-bins Marc Ribot (guitar, vocals) Greg Lewis (hammond B3) Joe Dyson (drums) Banlieues Bleues Festival, 18 April 2023

Suites for a suffering world Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750 Cello Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010 Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Thorsten Encke 1966 - Cracks, Clouds The German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff performs J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites Nos. 4 and 5 amid natural surroundings devastated by climate change. Beauty confronts its own destruction. Do we really want to watch without lifting a finger? Melting glaciers, desertified landscapes, flooded communities: climate change is having an alarming impact even in Europe. What are we humans doing to this wonderful planet? Aghast at the depredation and destruction of our unique ecosystems, the renowned German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff wants to ask Nature for forgiveness. She travels with her instrument to places in Europe where climate change has already become reality and visibly dealt severe wounds. Surrounded by sometimes bizarre scenery, she performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites Nos. 4 and 5, contrasting them with works specially composed for her by Thorsten Encke. She levels accusations, stokes resistance, and touches us with her virtuoso playing. The beauty of the music stands in sharp contrast to the often-dramatic images of damaged Nature, combatting the finality of destruction. A moving musical and visual plea for greater care and humility toward the beauty of our planet – at once ravishing and disturbing. Recorded at Aletsch Glacier (Switzerland), Cernon Forest (France), Harz Forest (Germany), Lac de Brenets (France/Switzerland), La Scène (Strasbourg/France), Rhone Glacier (Switzerland), Soulac-sur-Mer (France) Directed by Stéphan Aubé

Great Conductors: Pierre Boulez - Emotion and Analysis The conductor Pierre Boulez described his relationship with Béla Bartók (1881-1945) as a "sympathy between musicians": both belong to the 20th century's most influential artists. A key work of Bartók is the ‘Concerto for Orchestra’, which was premiered in Boston in 1944. The Film ‘Emotion and Analysis’ follows Pierre Boulez in his rehearsals of this composition with the Berlin Philharmonic in the spectacular setting of the monastery Mosteiro dos Jeronimos in Lisbon. Pierre Boulez explains in a series of interviews the historical origins of Bartók's late work, his own personal style of interpretation and his role as conductor as well as his love of composing. Directed by Paul Smaczny, Günter Atteln 2003

Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez (conductor) Anton Bruckner 1824 – 1896 Symphony no. 8 (ed. Robert Haas) Directed Brian Large Saint Florian, Stiftskirche, 1996

Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Elena Bashkirova (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 1997 Directed by Janos Darvas