Muscle Games

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Arthur Honegger Rugby (Symphonic Movement No. 2), H 67 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 Charles Ives Symphony No. 2 Yoav Levanon, Piano Gabriel Venzago, Chief Conductor Arthur Honegger's Rugby brings sport directly into the concert hall: "I love football, but the wilder, less regulated rhythm of rugby inspires me more." It wasn't about program music for him, but about play and counterplay in rhythm and timbre. The tempo remains high as the young pianist Yoav Levanon performs Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto – a work initially dismissed as "worthless and unplayable." Charles Ives' Second Symphony is performed for the first time in Konstanz: a bold mix of American folk songs and European tradition. Source: thurgaukultur.ch - the cultural portal for Thurgau, with dates, topics & people that make you talk.