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Program

Béla Bartók, Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113

Bohuslav Martinů, Cello Concerto No.1, H.196

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Manfred Grafe, Lensky's Aria, arranged for cello and orchestra

Georges Bizet, Children's Games – Petite Suite for Orchestra, Op.22

1. Trumpet and drum

2. The doll

3. The top

4. Little husband, little wife

5. The ball

Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 83 in G Minor, "The Hen"

1. Allegro spiritoso

2. Andante

3. Menuet: Allegretto

4. Finale : Vivace

François-Xavier Roth conducts Bartók, Martinů, Bizet, and Haydn — With Sol Gabetta

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

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Cast

Sol Gabetta — Cellist

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

François-Xavier Roth — Conductor

Program notes

After her remarkable Lucerne Festival début in 2014, the Argentinian cellist Sol Gabetta returned to the idyllic Swiss city in 2018 for a performance of Martinů’s First Cello Concerto, one of her favorite virtuosic works for her instrument, accompanied by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under François-Xavier Roth’s baton. As she describes it, “The orchestral writing is opulent, the themes—which draw on superb popular Czech melodies—and a very interesting rhythmic structure.” Martinů’s masterpiece is framed by the folk melodies of Bartók’s Divertimento, Haydn’s Parisian symphony “The Hen” (listen for the oboe’s unmistakable pecking sounds!), and the carefree delights of dolls, spinning tops, and soap bubbles in Bizet’s Jeux d’enfants.

Photo: Sol Gabetta © Marco Borggreve

A closer look: featured composers

Joseph Haydn

Béla Bartók

Georges Bizet

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Further listening: featured works

Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113

Béla Bartók (Composer)