Neeme Järvi in concert: Mozart, Wagner, Brahms & Reger Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, State Choir Latvija & Neeme Järvi

• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Polonia, WWV 39:
• 1 Wagner: Polonia, WWV 39: Overture 11:54
• Max Reger (1873 - 1916): Serenade, Op. 95:
• 2 Reger: Serenade, Op. 95: I. Allegro moderato 13:30
• 3 Reger: Serenade, Op. 95: II. Vivace e Burlesca 03:36
• 4 Reger: Serenade, Op. 95: III. Andante semplice 10:05
• 5 Reger: Serenade, Op. 95: IV. Allegro con spirito 13:40
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Schicksalslied, Op. 54:
• 6 Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54: I. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll 06:03
• 7 Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54: II. Allegro ('Doch uns ist gegeben') 06:15
• 8 Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54: III. Adagio 02:08
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Ave verum corpus, KV 618:
• 9 Mozart: Ave verum corpus, KV 618 06:28
• Total Runtime 01:13:39

Info for Neeme Järvi in concert: Mozart, Wagner, Brahms & Reger

The legendary conductor Neeme Järvi celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday in the summer of 2022, in Tallinn, giving a series of concerts with his beloved Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. This album serves not just as a commemoration of those wonderful concerts, but also as a personal calling card for this remarkable musician.

The concert overture Polonia, published in 1836, may well have been inspired by Wagner's encounters with defeated Polish nationalists in Leipzig in 1832. Wagner wrote several concert overtures during this period - whilst plans for his revolutionary operatic output were developing - including Christoph Columbus and Rule Britannia!!

Max Reger composed the Serenade in G major in 1905 - 06; it demonstrates the style and talent of this too-little-heard composer. Brahms set Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny), a poem by Friedrich Hölderlin, in two movements with chorus, but then added a third, an orchestral postlude. Ave verum corpus, possibly Mozart's best-known setting for chorus, rounds off the programme.

State Choir Latvija
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor

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