Summer Night Concert, Schonbrunn 2010 - Moon / Planets / Stars

On 08 June 2010, the Wiener Philharmoniker treats its namesake city to a free open-air concert on the grounds of the magnificent Schönbrunn Palace

In keeping with the Summer Night Concert's popular character, Franz Welser-Möst will conduct the Wiener Philharmoniker in a programme of universal, indeed, one might say, cosmic appeal. Its title: "Moon - Planets - Stars". This theme will be reflected throughout the concert with Josef Strauss's waltz Sphärenklänge (Music of the Spheres), "Mars" from Holst's Planets, selections from John Williams's score to the Hollywood sci-fi classic Star Wars, Otto Nicolai´s "Moon Chorus" from The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Joseph Lanner's waltz Abendsterne (Evening Stars), a fantastic piece here receiving its first recording by the Wiener Philharmoniker. Liszt's bravura, but also highly poetic, Second Piano Concerto represents the only "down-to-earth" piece in the concert, with Yefim Bronfman the soloist.