{"id":102127,"date":"2024-03-05T16:20:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T21:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=102127"},"modified":"2024-03-06T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T12:00:01","slug":"interview-composer-detlev-glanert-talks-about-the-tsos-north-american-premiere-of-his-cello-concerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2024\/03\/05\/interview-composer-detlev-glanert-talks-about-the-tsos-north-american-premiere-of-his-cello-concerto\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW | Composer Detlev Glanert Talks About The TSO\u2019s North American Premiere Of His Cello Concerto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Detlev Glanert (Photo: Bettina St\u00f6\u00df)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finnish conductor Osmo V\u00e4nsk\u00e4 will lead the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in its North American premiere of a cello concerto by noted German composer Detlev Glanert<\/a>. The concerto was written for German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser, who\u2019ll be joining the TSO for the performances on March 27 and 28.<\/p>\n

Edvard Grieg\u2019s Suite No. 1 from\u00a0Peer Gynt begins the concert, and after intermission, V\u00e4nsk\u00e4 will lead the TSO through compatriot Sibelius\u2019 Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43.<\/p>\n

Detlev Glanert: Cello Concerto<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s a busy year for Glanert. His new opera The Jewish Woman of Toledo premiered in Dresden in February, and his Percussion Concerto, with the Arctic Philharmonic, and Christoph-Mathias Mueller in Bod\u00f8, Norway, gets its world premiere in May.<\/p>\n

Detlev is probably best known for his operas, although he has written other works for orchestral instruments and ensembles.<\/p>\n

He began playing the trumpet at age 11, and his studies in composition in his 20s in Koln. It was his 1995 opera Der Spiegel des grosses Kaisers, which won an award, that first put his work into the public spotlight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote a little piece for cello and pianoforte a hundred years ago,\u201d he laughs. \u201cIt is the first cello concerto,\u201d he acknowledges of the new piece. \u201cI had in mind always, my whole life, to write a cello concerto. I was very happy when Johannes came with the idea. The cello is something fascinating.\u201d<\/p>\n

He loves the cello in particular for its range, which encompasses the human vocal range from high to low. He also says that the relatively low number of cello concerti in general added to his enthusiasm for the project. \u201cI was very happy to contribute to that. The cello is so interesting, it can contain the human voice,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

He enjoyed working with the idea of the cello as one voice against the many other voices of the orchestra. \u201cIt’s so interesting,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can construct dialogues, conflicts.\u201d You can create drama, in other words, and other effects. \u201cI tried to put that in the cello concerto in a very specific way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cello Concerto was composed during the pandemic, leading up to the outset of the war in Ukraine. \u201cThere are some shadows of that,\u201d he says, noting there were many Ukrainian refugees in Berlin. \u201cYou really feel it here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glanert says that the initial impetus also came from Moser, who was eager to play one of Glanert\u2019s pieces.<\/p>\n

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Johannes Moser (Photo: Sarah Wijzenbeek)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Johannes Moser<\/h3>\n

German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser was born into a musical family, and began his studies of the cello at age eight. At 19, he became a student of noted Lithuanian cellist and professor David Geringas. Johannes took first prize at the 2002 Tchaikovsky Competition, along with the Special Prize for his interpretation of the Rococo Variations. In 2014, he won the Brahms Prize.<\/p>\n

Johannes is a sought after soloist and chamber musician. He has performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, BBC Philharmonic at the BBC Proms, London Symphony Orchestra, and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, among others. He has worked with Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Jurowski, and Christian Thielemann, and many other leading conductors.<\/p>\n

Johannes is a recording artist with a growing (and award-winning) discography that includes concertos by Dvo\u0159\u00e1k, Lalo, Elgar, Lutos\u0142awski, Dutilleux and Tchaikovsky.<\/p>\n

He practices the Cadenza of the Glanert Cello Concerto:<\/p>\n