Igor Levit. Iván Fischer. Budapest Festival Orchestra

In the finale of the Prokofiev cycle, Igor Levit, Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra mix the bizarre with the curious: The orchestral suite based on the fairytale-ironic opera "The Love for Three Oranges" is followed by the second piano concerto with its night-shadowed opening, the original version of which once disappeared under dramatic circumstances. The fourth piano concerto, composed for the left hand, was commissioned by the pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm in the First World War. At the end, there is a first: Prokofiev's first symphony, known as "the Classical", which bears cheerful musical traces of Joseph Haydn.
Notenschlüssel: Concert introduction with Anselm Cybinski and Igor Levit at 19:00 at the Heidelberg Congress Center (made possible by the Heidelberger Frühling Freundeskreis e.V.)
Also bookable as pass (includes all three concerts)
Musical Sunday to Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 on Sun 16 February 2025, 11:00, DAI Heidelberg
Further dates:
All Prokofiev Piano Concertos I: Tue 25 March 2025, 20:00, Heidelberg Congress Center
All Prokofiev Piano Concertos II: Wed 26 March 2025, 20:00, Heidelberg Congress Center