Mezzo

Go behind the scenes at the Steinway & Sons factory and discover Spirio, the incredible technology that allows a piano to replay a performance exactly as it was played live. Mr. Guido Zimmermann, the president of the world-famous pianomakers, talks us through the revolutionary concept, accompanied by images of the precise, fascinating craftmanship and engineering that goes into each one of the Spirio pianos. Hugo Cohen Sprung's documentary also allows us insight into French pianist and Steinway artist Bertrand Chamayou's experience with the technology and features a preview of his unique two-piano concert in which he performs with his "shadow"!

Rusalka Opera in three acts by Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil First performance in Prague, National Theatre, 31 March 1901 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Joana Mallwitz (Musical direction) Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Edward Ananian-Cooper (Chorus master) Philipp Stölzl, Philipp M. Krenn (Stage direction) Philipp Stölzl (Lighting design), Heike Vollmer, Philipp Stölzl (Set design), Anke Winckler (Costume design), Juanjo Arqués (Choreography), Simon Berger (Dramaturgy) Johanni van Oostrum (Rusalka) Pavel Černoch (Princ | Prince) Annette Dasch (Cizí kněžna | Foreign Princess) Raehann Bryce-Davis (Ježibaba) Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev (Vodník | Water Goblin) Karin Strobos (Kuchtík | Kitchen Boy) Erik Slik (Hajný | Gamekeeper) Georgiy Derbas-Richter (Lovec | Hunter) Amsterdam, Dutch National Opera, 13 June 2023

Berliner Solisten Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115 1989 Directed by Klaas Rusticus

Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor) Ulla Miilmann (flute), Liv Redpath (soprano), Johan Reuter (baritone) Carl Nielsen 1865- 1931 Prelude to Saul and David, II act Flute Concerto Symphony No. 3, op. 27 ‘Sinfonia espansiva’ Copenhagen, DR Koncerthuset, 2023 Directed by Kasper Lange