WDR Symphony Orchestra on Tour with Chief Conductor Marie Jacquot
With Antoine Tamestit, viola, and Iveta Apkalna, organ, the orchestra embarks on a concert tour across Austria and Germany.
The WDR Symphony Orchestra sets off on tour with its new Chief Conductor, Marie Jacquot, bringing a compelling programme to audiences across Austria and Germany. The concerts mark Jacquot’s first tour with the orchestra since taking up her new position.
Joining the orchestra are two outstanding soloists: French violist Antoine Tamestit and Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna. Tamestit performs Thierry Escaich’s La Nuit des Chants, while Apkalna takes centre stage in Camille Saint-Saëns’ monumental Symphony No. 3, the celebrated Organ Symphony.The programme is completed by Richard Wagner’s overture to Tannhäuser.
The tour takes the WDR Symphony Orchestra to Linz on 20 October, Innsbruck on 21 October, Salzburg for two concerts on 22 and 23 October, and Hamburg on 25 October.
