A.S. Mutter and NY Phil at Kraftwerk Peenemünde

Anne-Sophie Mutter and the New York Philharmonic under chief conductor Jaap van Zweden give a concert for peace at the Peenemünde power plant.

It is a special place: it was here that the Nazi regime had the rockets developed that were used to bombard London during World War II. Today, the former turbine hall is a place of remembrance and reconciliation. Anne-Sophie Mutter, the four-time Grammy Award winner and formative soloist, mentor and visionary, connects Germany and the USA like no other violinist. Her husband, the American-Jewish pianist, composer and conductor André Previn, who died in 2019, dedicated the violin concerto ‘Anne-Sophie‘ to her. It is one of his most successful works and a profound love letter full of virtuosity for a master of her instrument. Joan Tower is also dedicated to strong women. With "1920/2019" from the New York Philharmonic‘s Project 19, the young composer pays tribute to the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote and which celebrated its centenary in 2020. The New York Philharmonic also finds diversity in equality in Béla Bartók’s most successful work. His concerto for orchestra, premiered in Boston in 1944, demands brilliant solo and virtuoso performances from the orchestra.

PROGRAMME
Previn: Violin Concerto ‘Anne Sophie‘; Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Tower: 1920/2019 (European premiere)

Original title Anne-Sophie Mutter and NY Philharmonic at Kraftwerk Peenemünde
Genre Concert
Recording location Kraftwerk Peenemünde, May 2022
Production Company Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images GmbH, ZDF, 3Sat, in collaboration with Usedomer Muisk Festival
Duration 100 mins
Producer Bernhard Fleischer
TV Director Michael Beyer
Composer Béla Bartók, André Previn, Joan Tower
Orchestra / Band New York Philharmonic
Conductor Jaap van Zweden
Soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter