Various Composers - Summer Night Concert 2025 (Tugan Sokhiev)

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1. Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air
2. Jacques Offenbach - Die Rheinnixen: Komm zu uns und sing und tanze
3. George Bizet - L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Farandole
4. George Bizet - Carmen: Entr'acte to Act III
5. George Bizet - Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
6. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
7. Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
8. Antonín Dvorák - Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 1 in C Major
9. Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico
10. Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Nessun dorma
11. Camille Saint-Saëns - Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Danse bacchanale
12. Hector Berlioz - La damnation de Faust, H. 111: Marche hongroise
13. Otto Nicolai - Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Ouvertüre
14. Emmerich Kalman - Gräfin Mariza: Wenn es Abend wird (Grüß mir mein Wien)
15. Franz Lehár - Giuditta: Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert
16. Johann Strauss - Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354

Piotr Beczała, tenor

Vienna Boys' Choir

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

Date: 2025

Label: Sony Classical

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This year’s Summer Night Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic features three notable débuts: conductor Tugan Sokhiev, tenor Piotr Beczała, and the Vienna Boys Choir, in a diverse program spanning the mid-19th to early 20th century. While this marks their first appearance in this concert, Sokhiev and Beczała have long-standing ties to the orchestra, dating back to 2009 and 1996 respectively. Founded in 1842, the Vienna Philharmonic is steeped in a 183-year tradition, operating with full artistic and administrative independence, governed democratically by its own members.

Tugan Sokhiev (b. 1977) is a prominent Russian conductor who studied under Ilya Musin at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He served as Music Director of the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse (2008–2022) and the Bolshoi Theatre (2014–2022). A frequent guest with top orchestras such as the Berlin, Vienna, and Munich Philharmonics, Sokhiev also appears regularly in the U.S. and Japan. His discography includes acclaimed recordings with the Toulouse orchestra and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Passionate about education, he founded a conducting academy in Toulouse and mentors young musicians through several European institutions. In 2023, he led Dresden Staatskapelle’s New Year’s concerts.

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