Sommernachtskonzert 2023 / Summer Night Concert 2023

Featuring

Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Elīna Garanča
Wiener Philharmoniker
Georges Bizet
Lili Boulanger
Hector Berlioz

Charles Gounod
Maurice Ravel
Camille Saint-Saëns
Johann Strauss II (Jr.)

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Compositional Technique

The Habanera from Bizet's Carmen is based on El arreglito by Basque composer Sebastián Yradier, which Bizet initially mistook for a folksong.

Composer Biography

Lili Boulanger was the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1913 at age 19, a scholarship for French composers to study in Rome.

Recording & Production

This album is a live recording of the 2023 Summer Night Concert, which took place on June 8, 2023, at Schloss Schönbrunn in Vienna.

Historical Context

The 2023 Summer Night Concert commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in Paris in 1948.

Performer Biography

Mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča is also debuting at the Summer Night Concert, despite having performed with the Vienna Philharmonic for twenty years.

Performer Biography

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the conductor, is making his debut at the Summer Night Concert, though he has been associated with the Vienna Philharmonic since 2010.

Composition History

Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, which premiered in March 1875, initially failed to achieve the breakthrough he hoped for, and he died three months later.