Opening concert
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
Riccardo Muti conductor
Giuseppe Gibboni violin
Ludwig van Beethoven
“Coriolan” – Overture in C minor, Op. 62
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
What makes this concerto a favourite of great performers is not so much its technical difficulty as its expressive versatility, an inventiveness that alternates lyrical outbursts with rhythmic playfulness. In short, it’s Mozart we’re talking about: his K 218 is perfectly suited to the intimate yet flawless virtuosity of Giuseppe Gibboni, the young winner of the Paganini Prize in 2021, at the age of twenty, who is now firmly established as one of the best violinists on the scene. Riccardo Muti, on the other hand, is not afraid to include this Mozart gem in a programme including some immortal Beethoven classics, such as Coriolanus, perhaps the most effective, restless and passionate ‘dramatic’ piece in the entire history of music, and the most brilliant and dazzling of Beethoven’s symphonies, which Wagner famously called “the apotheosis of the dance” due to its energetic, rhythmic and dance-like dynamism.
