Daniel Raiskin will conduct the orchestra in a proposal with works by Turina, Korngold and Prokofiev, performing as soloist. Benjamin Schmid
Romeo and Juliet is the seventh program of the season of the Sinfónica de Tenerife, a musical proposal conducted by Daniel Raiskin and with the presence of violinist Benjamin Schmid, who will perform as guest soloist. This new concert will take place on Friday [16th], at 7:30 p.m. at the Auditorio de Tenerife.
Danzas fantásticas, op 22, is a score signed by Joaquín Turina in 1919 which, according to its author, visits different states of the soul through rhythm and contrast. Inspired by different epigraphs of La Orgía, a novel by José Más, its melodies range from the Basque zortziko to the Andalusian farruca.
Next, the orchestra will perform Enrich Wolfgang Korngold's Violin Concerto in D major, op.35, a composition premiered in Missouri in 1947, which displays all the melodic and romantic dreamy abilities of this composer. Reminiscent of the soundtracks that sounded in different Hollywood productions, in the first movement it is possible to distinguish the violin from Another Dawn, a film starring Errol Flynn; during the second, part of his work for Juárez, performed by Bette Davis; or the melodies from The Prince and the Pauperin the Allegro assai vivace.
After the break, it will be the turn for a selection of suites from the ballet Romeo and Juliet composed by Sergei Prokofiev at the zenith of his career. The Sinfónica de Tenerife will perform specifically No. 2, op. 64 ter and No. 1, op. 64 bis, precisely those chosen by the author himself to present them in Brno in 1938, years before the premiere of the complete ballet. His musical vision of the Shakespearean drama was so complex that the Kirov ballet itself maintained its reticence because it considered his music too complicated to dance to.
Daniel Raiskin, who returns to Tenerife after conducting the island formation for the last time in June 2018, studied in St. Petersburg, Amsterdam and Freiburg, first focusing on the viola and, later, on musical direction. Since the 2018-2019 season he has been the music director of the Winnipeg Symphony, taking over from 2020-2021, the chief conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic. To his credit, he has also been the conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic since the 2016-2017 season.
His most recent engagements include his return to the Warsaw and Stuttgart Philharmonic, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Russian National Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic, Residentie Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Munich Symphony and Prague Radio Symphony, among others.
Raiskin has also worked in various lyric productions, including Bizet's Carmen, Shostakovich's The Nose and Mozart's Don Giovanni. Throughout his career he has worked with great soloists such as Emanuel Ax, Renée Fleming, Nelson Freire, Martin Fröst, Alban Gerhardt, Vadim Gluzman, Natalia Gutman, Kari Kriikku, Simone Lamsma, Lang Lang or Francois Leleux.
Violinist Benjamin Schmid, whose last performance with the Sinfónica de Tenerife was in June 2010, has more than 75 concerts to his professional credit. of 75 concerts, highlighting the interpretation of various composers such as Hartmann, Gulda, Korngold, Muthspiel, Szymanowski, Wolf-Ferrari, Lutoslawski or Reger.
Recent collaborations include the opening concert of the Salzburger Festspiele, as well as a performance at the Musikverein in Vienna and at Schloss Schönbrunn with the Paganini-Kreisler Concerto under the baton of Valery Gergiev. Schmid also has a successful career in jazz and regularly presents his Hommage à Grappelli program.
Tickets for this new event may be purchased until the day of the concert, through the website www.sinfonicadetenerife.es, at the box office of the Cabildo's cultural center or by phone at 902 317 327, Monday through Friday from 10:00 to 17:00 hours.