Swiss Symphony Reloaded
CHF
About The Programme
The first season will be kicked off with the Ouverture of the opera Youth and Folly by the Neuchâtel-born composer Jean Baptiste Edouard Dupuy (*ca 1770 in Corcelles, †1882 in Stockholm). Dupuy spent his youth in Geneva, went to Paris to study violin and piano and afterwards made his name as a violinist, opera singer, conductor and composer, first and foremost at the royal courts of Denmark and Sweden. But Dupuy was not only famous for his compositions, but also infamous for his larger than life personality. He was nicknamed the «Don Juan of the north», had an affair with the bride of the crown prince of Denmark and was subsequently made to leave the country.
His opera «Youth and Folly» was premiered in Stockholm in 1806. It marked a great success for him, both as a singer and as a composer. One of Dupuys achievements, besides his own compositions, was his role in making the works of W.A. Mozart known in Schweden. He was the first person to stage operas of Mozart there. Fittingly, Mozart’s Requiem was played at his funeral – marking the first time, this piece was played in Sweden.
Lineup
SWISS ORCHESTRA
LENA-LISA WÜSTENDÖRFER, conductor
OLIVER SCHNYDER, piano
programme
JEAN BAPTISTE EDOUARD DUPUY (1770 CORCELLES – 1822)
Ouverture of the Opera «Youth and Folly»
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)
Piano Concerto No. 4, op. 58
HANS HUBER (1852 EPPENBERG-WÖSCHNAU – 1921 LOCARNO)
Serenade No. 2 «Winter Nights»
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791)
Serenade G-Dur, KV 525 «Eine kleine Nachtmusik»
Tonhalle
St. Gallen
How to get there
BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT
About 15 minutes by foot from St.Gallen main station
Bus lines 1, 2, 7 and 8 to Theater
BY CAR
Brühltor underground car park
barrier-free access
MOBILITY DISABILITY / WHEELCHAIR
The Tonhalle can be reached via Cityparking Brühltor. Before events, the direct passage to the Tonhalle is open in the first basement. From the basement of Tonhalle, an elevator takes you to the ground floor (foyer / cash desk) and to the hall (first floor), where wheelchair spaces are available on the parquet floor. You can also access the Tonhalle via an outdoor ramp via the Concerto restaurant.
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
For people with visual impairment or blindness, we offer a free accompanying service by appointment. Assistance dogs are very welcome and can of course be included in the presentation by appointment.
Garderobe
evening ticket office
Doors open / late entry
Discount
Seit dem Gewinn des Großen Preises beim Pembaur-Wettbewerb in Bern (1999) und seinen erfolgreichen Debüts im Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. (2000) sowie beim Tonhalle-Orchester unter David Zinman (Orpheum Young Soloists on Stage) tritt Oliver Schnyder in den bedeutendsten Konzertsälen Europas, Nordamerikas und Asiens auf (u. a. Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Moscow Great Hall, Kölner Philharmonie, Tokio Opera City Concert Hall, Wigmore Hall) sowie bei den Festivals in Luzern, Gstaad, Frankfurt, Schwetzingen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ruhr oder Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Schnyder spielte mit Orchestern wie der Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, dem Philharmonia Orchestra London, dem Tschaikowsky Sinfonieorchester Moskau, dem WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln und den führenden Schweizer Sinfonie- und Kammerorchestern unter Dirigenten wie Ivor Bolton, Semyon Bychkov, Vladimir Fedoseyev, James Gaffigan, Philippe Jordan, Sir Roger Norrington und Mario Venzago. Mit dem Oliver Schnyder Trio (Andreas Janke, Violine, und Benjamin Nyffenegger, Cello) ist er international präsent, wie auch als Duopartner von Musikern wie Daniel Behle, Veronika Eberle, Julia Fischer oder Sol Gabetta.
Für Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal und Telos hat Schnyder Solowerke von Chopin, Schumann und Liszt, Klavierkonzerte von Haydn (Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Andrew Watkinson) und Mozart (Camerata Bern, Erich Höbarth), sämtliche Klavierkonzerte von Mendelssohn (Musikkollegium Winterthur unter Douglas Boyd) und Beethoven (Luzerner Sinfonieorchester/James Gaffigan) sowie mit dem Oliver Schnyder Trio sämtliche Klaviertrios von Beethoven, Schubert und Brahms eingespielt.
2016 wurde Schnyder wiederholt mit einem Werkjahr des Aargauer Kuratoriums ausgezeichnet. Er ist Mitbegründer und künstlerischer Leiter der Klavierreihe Piano District in Baden/Schweiz. Er studierte in der Schweiz bei Emmy Henz-Diémand und Homero Francesch sowie in den USA bei Ruth Laredo (New York) und Leon Fleisher (Baltimore).
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