fairytale magic

Fairy tales touch us. In this concert, we journey together with the Carinthian Summer Festival Orchestra, the RSO Vienna, under the direction of the acclaimed conductor Yi-Chen Lin, through the world of fairy tales and encounter one of the oldest instruments in the world, the Chinese mouth organ, the sheng. "This instrument was a discovery for me," says the Austrian composer Bernd Richard Deutsch. Two "phenomena" inspired his composition in 2018. Phaenomena: the Chinese mouth organ Sheng and its virtuoso performer Wu Wei, whose personality, musicality and unique presence deeply impressed the composer.

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Wu Wei, Sheng (Chinese mouth organ)
Yi Chen Lin, conductor

Program

Mikhail Glinka
Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila

Bernd Richard Deutsch
Phaenomena for sheng and orchestra
Austrian premiere

Break

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade op. 35

Concert duration approx. 1 hour 50 minutes including intermission

Concert introduction at 18:15 pm

Photo: Yi-Chen Lin, RSO Vienna (c) Marta Gillner, Carinthian Summer