lecture

concerts

The Format

Lecture recitals combine concert and presentation into one compact format: the music and the spoken word interlock, so that an explanation followed by the sound itself allows for a deeper experience and understanding.

The format is aimed at the curious of every age: connoisseurs as much as newcomers, school classes as much as students. Its accessible, unpretentious language opens up a more confident approach to classical music for everyone – whatever their musical background.

The lecture recitals are realised by Joseph Sieber, who guides the audience through the programme and the works, either alongside renowned musicians or at the piano himself.

Dates

A new series on Frédéric Chopin

What makes Chopin's music so singular, and how did a Polish village boy become one of the most successful composers for the piano of all time? The Lucerne pianist and conductor lives in Paris, a few minutes' walk from Chopin's grave, and his sensitive playing and vivid explanations open a unique window on the world of the great poet of the keyboard.

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Facts

This kind of concert became world-famous from 1958 through Leonard Bernstein's 'Young People's Concerts', and has found no equally prominent successor since.

A great admirer of Bernstein, Joseph Sieber has experimented with these means since his earliest days as a conductor and has by now specialised in them professionally.

The Lecture Concerts are one of several complementary formats for symphony orchestras – produced and distributed by the music education initiative Simple Symphony, for clients all over the world.