City of Dreams: Vienna 1900-1935
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Julian Johnson series consultant
Orchestral music, chamber concerts, study days, film, online resources and commissioned articles exploring the music and culture of Vienna between 1900 and 1935.
“Vienna in 1900 was a unique cultural melting pot, where musicians, philosophers, poets, painters and scientists met together in the city’s many cafés, and created works of art and science that changed the course of history.
I have always believed that the music of this period has a very special artistic significance; and I hope that you will join us to hear the music of Mahler, Schoenberg and Berg in the context of Klimt’s paintings, Josef Hoffmann’s tableware and Freud’s dreams.”
Esa-Pekka Salonen
“Re-hearing this extraordinarily rich music, against the backdrop of Vienna’s cultural history, draws out how inseparably the romantic and modern are woven together. In all the music of this series, a poignant sense of loss forms the counterpoint to a longing for the new.”
Julian Johnson
| Wed 25 Feb 2009 6:30pm |
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Pre-concert talk: Romantic Schoenberg/Modern Mahler The Anvil, Basingstoke |
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| Wed 25 Feb 2009 7:45pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at The Anvil The Anvil, Basingstoke |
| Fri 27 Feb 2009 7:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts in Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham |
| Sat 28 Feb 2009 10:00am |
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Explore Vienna study day British Library Conference Centre, London |
| Sat 28 Feb 2009 6:00pm |
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Pre-concert talk: Love and Death in Gurrelieder Royal Festival Hall, London |
| Sat 28 Feb 2009 7:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Gurrelieder Royal Festival Hall, London |
| Wed 4 Mar 2009 8:00pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris |
| Thu 5 Mar 2009 8:00pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Brussels |
| Fri 6 Mar 2009 8:15pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Amsterdam |
| Tue 10 Mar 2009 7:30pm |
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City of Dreams Chamber Concert Inner Parry Room, Royal College of Music, London |
| Thu 12 Mar 2009 6:00pm |
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Pre-concert talk: Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony Purcell Room, London |
| Thu 12 Mar 2009 7:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Zemlinsky Royal Festival Hall, London |
| Fri 13 Mar 2009 8:00pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Philharmonie, Köln Philharmonie, Cologne |
| Sat 14 Mar 2009 7:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts in Vienna Konzerthaus, Vienna, Vienna |
| Sun 15 Mar 2009 7:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts in Vienna Konzerthaus, Vienna, Vienna |
| Tue 17 Mar 2009 8:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Palau de la Música, Barcelona Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona, Barcelona |
| Wed 18 Mar 2009 7:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid Auditorio Nacional Madrid, Madrid |
| Thu 19 Mar 2009 7:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Gurrelieder at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid Auditorio Nacional Madrid, Madrid |
| Sun 22 Mar 2009 7:00pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Berg and Mahler Royal Festival Hall, London |
| Sat 23 May 2009 1:30pm |
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Explore Vienna Study Afternoon The Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester |
| Sun 24 May 2009 2:00pm |
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Explore Vienna study day Recital Hall, Royal College of Music, London |
| Sun 24 May 2009 6:30pm |
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City of Dreams Chamber Concert Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London |
| Tue 26 May 2009 7:30pm |
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City of Dreams Chamber Concert Recital Hall, Royal College of Music, London |
| Wed 27 May 2009 6:15pm |
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Pre-concert talk: Mahler's 'Tragic' Symphony De Montfort Hall, Leicester |
| Wed 27 May 2009 7:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at De Montfort Hall De Montfort Hall, Leicester |
| Thu 28 May 2009 6:00pm |
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Pre-concert talk: Mahler's 'Tragic' Symphony Royal Festival Hall, London |
| Thu 28 May 2009 7:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Berg and Mahler Royal Festival Hall, London |
| Mon 1 Jun 2009 8:00pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Laeiszhalle, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Hamburg |
| Tue 2 Jun 2009 8:00pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Konzerthuset, Copenhagen Konzerthuset, Copenhagen, |
| Fri 5 Jun 2009 6:00pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Gothenburg Concert Hall Gothenburg Concert Hall, Gothenburg |
| Sat 6 Jun 2009 7:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Konserthus, Stockholm Konserthus, Stockholm |
| Fri 12 Jun 2009 10:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Auditorio Nacional de Música Auditorio Nacional Madrid, Madrid |
| Sat 13 Jun 2009 10:30pm |
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at Auditorio Nacional de Música Auditorio Nacional Madrid, Madrid |
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"In a unique project we are re-inventing the networks and paths from Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century. The Wiener Konzerthaus, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa Pekka Salonen come together to explore the inspiration music had on the European cultural landscape of this time. The Wiener Konzerthaus, established during that time, has a living tradition in inspiring its audiences through the music presented. In this project it will become a catalyst for various institutions contributing to this project."
Bernhard Kerres, Vienna Konzerthaus
“Vienna in the fin-de-siecle, with its acutely felt tremours of social and political disintegration, proved one of the most fertile breeding grounds of our century’s a-historical culture. Its great intellectual innovators – in music and philosophy, in economics and architecture, and, of course, in psychoanalysis – all broke, more or less deliberately, their ties to the historical outlook central to the nineteenth century liberal culture in which they had been reared. “
Carl E Schorske, Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture
