Philharmonia Orchestra: Gardner conducts in London.

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Gardner conducts in London.

Royal Festival Hall
Thu 31 May 2012 7:30pm

Edward Gardner

conductor

David Fray

piano

Janáček

Sinfonietta

Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 22, K482

Dvořák

Symphony No. 7

Also this evening :

Music of Today: Gérard Grisey

Janáček was inspired to write his festive Sinfonietta, scored for an extraordinary fourteen trumpets, after listening to brass bands performing in his native Czechoslovakia. Conducted tonight by Edward Gardner and dedicated to the Czech Armed Forces, Janáček said that it was intended to express ‘contemporary free man, his spiritual beauty and joy, his strength, courage and determination to fight for victory.’ Dvořák’s motivation in composing his Seventh Symphony was equally patriotic. ”What is in my mind is Love, God, and my Fatherland”, he said of it, and it is suffused with musical references to the Czech nation, in particular in the final movement, which he said was symbolic of the determination of the Czech people to resist political oppression.

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