The year long musical program, Abu Dhabi Classics, organised by Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) will continue in January with more extraordinary consorts.
Three magnificent nights are scheduled for this month; the first one will take place on January 14, 2010 where the London Philharmonia Orchestra will perform Symphonic Masterworks for Mozart and Beethoven at the Emirates Palace Auditorium.
The London’s Philharmonia, is another world’s great orchestras, indelibly associated with such conducting legends as Wilhelm Furtw?ngler, Herbert von Karajan, Otto Klemperer and Carlo Maria Giulini, will perform under the director of outstanding Finnish maestro Jukka-Pekka Saraste, whose appearance at last season’s Abu Dhabi Classics was among that series’ most memorable.
This year he will present the most famous of all symphonies, Beethoven’s powerful, dynamic Fifth, along with Mozart’s magnificent Piano Concerto No.9 K.271, the Salzburg genius’s first mature masterpiece and a work that paved the way for Beethoven’s concertos.
On January 15th, the voices of Abu Dhabi children will join London’s renowned Philharmonia Orchestra under noted conductor Allan Wilson for a programme of lively and beautiful melodies from the classic films of Walt Disney. Animator Paul Rissman returns to Abu Dhabi and will guide music- and movie-lovers of all ages through the evening which is also featuring Disney animations on a large cinema screen behind the orchestra at the Emirates Palace Auditorium.
German superstar violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter will perform on January 23 in a night titled “Magic of the Violin” at the Emirates Palace Auditorium.
Mutter has been collecting superlatives for her technical perfection, burnished tone and emotional depth from critics and audiences all over the world since conductor Herbert von Karajan discovered her as a 14-year-old prodigy some three decades ago. With her distinguished chamber-music partners, pianist Lambert Orkis and cellist Daniel M ller-Schott, Mutter presents three magnificent piano trios from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
