Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Philharmonia Orchestra & Santtu-matias Rouvali

• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act I:
• 1Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act I: No. 2, Valse07:29
• 2Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act I: No. 4, Pas de trois: I. Intrada02:31
• 3Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act I: No. 4, Pas de trois: Ii. Andante sostenuto02:48
• 4Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act I: No. 4, Pas de trois: Iii. Allegro semplice01:14
• 5Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act I: No. 8, Dance of the Goblets: Tempo di polacca03:57
• 6Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act I: No. 10, Scene. Moderato02:57
• Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act Ii:
• 7Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act Ii: No. 13, Dance of the Cygnets: Iv. Allegro moderato01:29
• Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act Iii:
• 8Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act Iii: No. 18, Scene. Allegro01:42
• 9Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act Iii: No. 19, Pas de six: Iii. Moderato – Iv. Allegro01:03
• 10Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act Iii: No. 19b, Pas de deux: I. Introduction04:17
• 11Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act Iii: No. 21, Spanish Dance. Allegro non troppo [Tempo di bolero]02:47
• 12Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act Iii: No. 22, Neapolitan Dance. Allegro moderato – Andantino02:24
• Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act Iv:
• 13Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts), Act Iv: No. 29, Finale. Andante – allegro agitato – Moderato e07:12
• Total Runtime41:50

Info for Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

In the 2019/20 season Santtu-Matias Rouvali continued as Chief Conductor of Gothenburg Symphony and as Principal Conductor Designate of the Philharmonia Orchestra, where he succeeds Esa-Pekka Salonen as Principal Conductor in 2021/22. Alongside these posts he retains his longstanding position as Chief Conductor with Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, close to his home in Finland. His international profile continues to flourish. He debuted the season with the New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic and Royal Concertgebouw orchestras in wide-ranging repertoire. He conducted the New York premiere of Bryce Dessners Wires, and at the Concertgebouw he conducted the world premiere of Ariadne by Theo Verbey, as well as Stravinskys Oedipus Rex. He has built a loyal following internationally after successful tour concerts last season with Gothenburg Symphony in Vienna, where he returned in December to conduct the Wiener Symphoniker and Nicola Benedetti. In 2019/20 he returned to several orchestras across Europe, including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

A self-critical composer, Tchaikovsky once said I listened to the Delibes ballet Sylvia... what charm, what elegance, what wealth of melody, rhythm, and harmony. I was ashamed, for if I had known of this music then, I would not have written Swan Lake. It is ironic that Tchaikovskys own words should actually be applied to Swan Lake itself; what charm, what elegance, what wealth of melody, rhythm, and harmony.

Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-matias Rouvali, conductor

Santtu-Matias Rouvali
will succeed Esa-Pekka Salonen as Principal Conductor in the 2021/22 season. He continues as Chief Conductor of Gothenburg Symphony, and retains his longstanding Chief Conductor position with Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra close to his home in Finland.

His international profile continues to flourish, with debuts this season with New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in wide-ranging repertoire. In New York he conducts the New York premiere of Bryce Dessner’s Wires, and at the Concertgebouw he conducts the world premiere of a new piece by Theo Verbey, as well as Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. In Berlin he is looking forward to performing Ravel’s piano concerto in G minor with Alice Sara Ott, alongside Sieblius Symphony 1.

He has built a loyal following internationally; after successful tour concerts in Vienna with Gothenburg Symphony last season he returns there to conduct the Wiener Symphoniker and Nicola Benedetti. In 19/20 he returns to several orchestras across Europe, including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Rouvali’s Gothenburg season opened with a programme featuring Leif Ove Andsnes, the orchestra’s Artist in Residence for 2019/20.

Following last season’s successful tour of Germany and Austria with Alice Sara Ott and Martin Grubinger, Rouvali and Gothenburg Symphony are back on the road in February 2020 touring Japan. Together with violinist Fumiaki Miura and pianist Mari Kodama, they perform works by Shostakovich, Beethoven and Sibelius across eight major cities from Fukuoka to Tokyo.

Rouvali also accompanied the Philharmonia Orchestra on a tour to the Canary Islands in January 2020, performing in Gran Canaria and Tenerife as part of the Canary Islands Festival. In London, highlights of his Philharmoni season include extracts from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Prokofiev’s Symphony 5 as well as Sibelius Symphony 5, alongside soloists Nikolay Lugansky, Behzod Aburaimov and Nemanja Radulovic.

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