Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no.5 in C Minor op.67 -
Fourth Movement: Allegro
Geneva Camerata / David Greilsammer, conductor
Live at Victoria Hall, Geneva, 03.05.2016

Performed on 4 May 2015

Programme
GLASS Metamorphosis
FROGERGER Tombeau sur la Mort de Monsieur Blancheroche
LIGETI Musica Ricercata No. 7 & 8
BUXTEHUDE Canzonetta in D minor
CAGE Two Pieces for Piano: II
COUPERIN Les Barricades Mysterieuses
PORAT Whaam! (HK Premiere)

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IMAGINARY BRIDGES

A few years ago, when visiting a museum, I was struck by a strange and unexpected thought. As I walked from one room to the next, I suddenly realised how intense that very moment had been, that precise instant of leaving the previous hall and entering the next space, stepping into a new and different collection of paintings, looking at a new world of shapes and colours. This simple moment of exchanging one artistic world for a totally different one seemed like a revelation of great importance. In what felt like an effortless step something had moved me deeply, something had made sense. Oddly, it is at that same time that I started creating programmes where past and present meet, where old composers converse with contemporary ones.

This visit to the museum has influenced many of my recital programmes, including the one I am performing in Hong Kong tonight. For this concert, my wish is to embark with the public on a musical journey, strolling continuously and without interruption through different worlds of sound, different shapes, and disparate styles. My hope is to assemble unusual, short pieces of music into one single, whole piece. And in order to keep a coherent, and logical trajectory along this journey, I selected two periods of classical music that are particularly dear to me: Baroque and contemporary. The composers of these two periods are defined by two elements that I love deeply: they are both radical and poetic.
At the heart of this journey are some unexpected pairings of pieces from the early baroque and pieces of today. And I wonder: could it be possible that as listeners we are moved not only by the work itself, but also by everything that surrounds it? Could the same piece sound different depending on the works that stand next to it, just like paintings in a museum? It is my hope that when walking through this path, new and unexpected connections will occur, leading us into the secret, hidden garden of the music.

David Greilsammer, April 2015

"Dance or Die" - video teaser
A new album on Naïve Records
David Greilsammer, piano

LISTEN NOW: https://naive.ffm.to/labyrinth

David Greilsammer’s new album, ‘Labyrinth’, is a wild and adventurous project that been developed and created by the artist in the last few years, through a number of performances in the US and Europe. In 2005, the pianist - then still in his twenties - released his first solo album, the enigmatic ‘fantasie_fantasme’, and in 2014 he presented another halting piano recording, bringing together the Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and John Cage. Now, in his brand new album, David Greilsammer finally reveals the dream that has haunted him for many years - being trapped inside of a labyrinth. He has decided to share this strange and extraordinary dream with the public, through a maze of pieces and sounds.

Diving into a stunning succession of musical works, the listener can follow the trail of this labyrinth, exploring many different periods and styles and discovering a dialogue between complete works and ephemeral fragments, all magically intertwined. While encountering pieces by Beethoven, Janáček, Satie and Bach, we also discover some unexpected surprises, such as the world premiere of "Repetition Blindness" by Ofer Pelz, a new piano arrangement of Jean-Féry Rebel's 18th-century "Chaos", created by Jonathan Keren, as well as George Crumb’s dazzling and spiritual "Magic Circle of Infinity", among many other eclectic selections.


Video: Kronos Pictures
Album Label: naïve

The video contains the following musical excerpts from the album:
Beethoven - Bagatelle op.126 no.4
Ligeti - Piano Étude "Fanfares"
Granados - "El Amor y la Muerte"
Marais - Chaconne from "Le Labyrinthe"
Scriabin - "Vers la Flamme"

Igor Stravinsky - Concerto for Orchestra in E-Flat, "Dumbarton Oaks"
Geneva Camerata
David Greilsammer, conductor
16.1.2014 - Bâtiment des Forces Motrices - Geneva

"Symphony No.5" - Dimitri Shostakovich
Arrangement for chamber orchestra: Jonathan Keren

Kader Attou, choreography and scenography
Grichka, krump choreography and dance
Hendrickx, krump dance
Dexter, krump dance
Melissa, krump dance
David Greilsammer, conductor
Geneva Camerata, orchestra

©kronospictures

Gustav Mahler · Symphony no.1
Marion Motin · stage director and choregrapher
Diana Akbulut · dance
David Greilsammer · conductor
Geneva Camerata · orchestra

Performed entirely be heart by the musicians of the Geneva Camerata
Live at Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva, 20.05.2025
Geneva Camerata - Concert Prestige #5 – "Titane" - 24/25 Season

Video : ©kronospictures

Davidsbündlertänze, opus 6 n°10 & n°14

Pianist David Greilsammer performed "Metamophosis" at the November 2021 General Meeting of the APS.

Mozart Piano Concerto no. 17 in G Major K.453 / 3.Allegretto - Presto
David Greilsammer, piano & conductor
Geneva Camerata
Live from Geneva - Bâtiment des Forces Motrices
16 January 2014