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Igor Levit traverses the cosmos of all 32 piano sonatas on eight evenings.
PROGRAMME
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 — ‘The Tempest’
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, op. 2/3
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 — ‘Pathétique’

The Vienna Philharmonic, under the baton of Andris Nelsons, play the 6th Symphony in A minor by Gustav Mahler.
PROGRAMME
GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 6 in A minor

PROGRAMME
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59/3 — ‘Rasumovsky’
ANTON WEBERN
Slow Movement for String Quartet
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59/1 — ‘Rasumovsky’

The Mozart Matinees will be opened at this year’s Salzburg Festival under the baton of Ivor Bolton, the Honorary Conductor of the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg.
PROGRAMME
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mass in C minor, K. 139 — ‘Waisenhausmesse’
Adagio and Fugue for strings in C minor, K. 546
Vesperae solennes de Confessore for soli, mixed choir, orchestra and organ in C major, K. 339

Levit traverses the cosmos of all 32 piano sonatas on eight evenings.
PROGRAMME
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49/1
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49/2
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 — ‘Appassionata’

Levit traverses the cosmos of all 32 piano sonatas on eight evenings.
PROGRAMME
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a — ‘Les Adieux’

Levit traverses the cosmos of all 32 piano sonatas on eight evenings.
PROGRAMME
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26
Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 — ‘Waldstein Sonata’

You will not have to forego a Mozart opera in such an important year. Christof Loy directs Così fan tutte, Joana Mallwitz conducts the Vienna Philharmonic, making her Festival debut in Così fan tutte. A young ensemble has been engaged: Elsa Dreisig takes on the role of Fiordiigi and Marianne Crebassa that of her sister Dorabella. Bogdan Volkov sings the role of Ferrando and Andrè Schuen that of Guglielmo. Lea Desandre and Johannes Martin Kränzle appear as Despina and Don Alfonso.

A very special dinner party awaits you in the film “Great World Theatre – Salzburg and its Festival” by Beate Thalberg. Florian Teichtmeister plays the historical figure of Franz Swatosch, a servant who takes you through an evening with founder Max Reinhardt, Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss and the artists and strategists Helene Thimig, Margarete Wallmann and Anna von Mildenburg, who are joined by Gottfried von Einem, the Festival’s innovator.

The Salzburg Festival opens the summer of 2020 with a work which played a major role in the oeuvre of all three Festival founders – Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Max Reinhardt: Elektra by Richard Strauss. The production is directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski, the Vienna Philharmonic play under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst. The role of Elektra will be embodied by the Lithuanian rising star Aušrine Stundyte. That of Chrysothemis will be sung by Asmik Grigorian. They are joined by Tanja Ariane Baumgartner as Clytemnestra, Michael Laurenz as Aegisth and Derek Welton as Orest.