Richard Dubugnon Caprice à l’espagnole (Spanish premiere)
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 (“Reformation”)
The cellist Pablo Ferrández, winner of the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition, will perform Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto (1918), considered the most important work from the twentieth-century repertoire of this instrument. He will be accompanied by the Musikkollegium Winterthur, a Swiss ensemble with over 200 years of history. The conductor will be Roberto González-Monjas, also musical director of the Sinfónica de Galicia and principal conductor of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg.
The programme also includes the Spanish premiere of Caprice à l’espagnole by Richard Dubugnon and Symphony No. 5 “The Reformation” by Felix Mendelssohn, composed to celebrate the 16th-century religious reforms in Germany.
This concert is part of the celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Pau Casals.
