Season Concerts

Deaf explosion

B. Dean
Testament [14']

S. Prokofiev
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 [31']

L.V. Beethoven
Symphony no. 3, “Eroica” [47']

Robert Treviño
Conductor

Nikolai Lugansky

Basque National Orchestra

Date & Place

31May, 2018Thursday, 20:00 h.Donostia-San Sebastián AKursaal Auditorium
01June, 2018Friday, 20:00 h.Donostia-San Sebastián BKursaal Auditorum
04June, 2018Monday, 20:00 h.Vitoria-GasteizPrincipal TheatreEl Correo
05June, 2018Tuesday, 20:00 h.BilbaoEuskalduna Concert HallEl Correo
06June, 2018Wednesday, 20:00 h.Pamplona-IruñaBaluarte Auditorium

Information

Beethoven’s heroic forcefulness as he finally lost his hearing, and the testament of Brett Dean.

The Heiligenstadt Testament, written by Beethoven in 1802, is one of the most heart-rending testimonies in the history of music. In it, the genius from Bonn wrote about his despair as his deafness took over. Coinciding with this episode, Beethoven began sketching out his revolutionary Symphony no. 3, "Eroica", which transcends in singularity and ambition any other written beforehand. The Heiligenstadt Testament has fascinated other musicians over time, like the Australian Brett Dean, who in 2008 wrote Testament simulating, with techniques that distort the sound, how Beethoven would have “heard” the instruments. Robert Treviño will conduct this striking programme joined by the eminent Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky to perform one of the most complicated concerts of the repertoire, Prokofiev’s Concerto for piano no. 2.

Artists

Robert Treviño

Robert Treviño

Director

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Nikolai Lugansky

Nikolai Lugansky

Piano

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Basque National Orchestra

Basque National Orchestra

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