What concerts are you looking forward to? (Part II)

[Brian]

Nice interview.

And nice to read that the DSO is commissioning works. Is that a Luisi initiative or did it predate his appointment?

Thanks! It was announced at the same time (on the same day) as Luisi's hiring so I think he gets at least a partial share of the credit.

[king ubu]

Considering this double bill tomorrow:


Dezsö Ránki

Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809) – Sonate B-dur Hob XVI/41 (1784)
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1931) – Menuet sur le nom de Haydn (1909)
Maurice Ravel – Sonatine (1905)
Béla Bartók (1882 – 1945) – «Für Kinder» 1. Heft (Version 1945)
*****
Béla Bartók – Rumänische Weihnachtslieder I-II (1925)
Béla Bartók – Suite op. 14 (1916)
Joseph Haydn – Sonate Es-dur Hob XVI/49 (1790)

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Yulianna Avdeeva

Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) – Estampes (1903)
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1829) – 3. Ballade As-dur op. 47 (1841)
Frédéric Chopin – Drei Mazurken op. 59 (1845): Moderato a-moll, Allegretto As-dur, Vivace fis-moll
Frédéric Chopin – Prélude cis-moll op. 45 (1841)
Frédéric Chopin – 3. Scherzo cis-moll op. 39 (1839)
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Modest Mussorgsky (1839 – 1881) – Bilder einer Ausstellung (1874)


So ... should I stay or should I go?

[The new erato]

I've just puchased passes to the complete concert programme of the chamber music festival in Rosendal, Hardanger. Around 15 concerts in all.

Program: https://www.baroniet.no/rosendal-festival/program/



Focus on Shostakovich. Levit plays the complete op 87, Hamelin and Andsnes join various chamben ensembles in the quintet, viola and cello sonatas and trio (and the Schnittke Quintet) and in various song cycles, including Mussorgskys Songs and Dances of Death.

The Danel Quartet plays 3 quartets, and there are various arrangements of the 10th and 15th symphonies for chamber ensembles, and New Babylon is shown with live music. And Hamelin in Scriabin and Feinberg.

Plus Denisov, Silvestrov, Mussorgsky, Denisov, Stravinsky et al...Hamelin and Andsnes in Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Two Solo Pianos ought to be very fine.

[Draško]

On Friday, if I can make it.

Beethoven - An die ferne Geliebte
Wagner - Die Walküre, Act I

Michaela Kaune, soprano
Thomas Mohr, tenor
Thorsten Grümbel, bass
Belgrade Philharmonic
Gabriel Feltz (piano & cond.)

I thought I might not make it, but I thought it would be work related, but it turned out to be a touch of food poisoning related.    Seems me and Wagner weren't meant for each other especially given how often Wagner gets programmed around here.

So ... should I stay or should I go?

I'd go for Ranki. Don't know Avdeeva.

I've just puchased passes to the complete concert programme of the chamber music festival in Rosendal, Hardanger. Around 15 concerts in all.

That looks awesome!

[Obradovic]

After having had a look on the programs of the Salzburg, Lucerne (invaded by Greeks this year) and Enescu summer festivals, l'm wondering what happened to the Americans? No American orchestras cross the Atlantic this summer...

[king ubu]

I'd go for Ranki. Don't know Avdeeva.

Thanks, that was my reasoning, too. But alas I caught a migraine last night and decided to stay in for the weekend.
Not that hard a decision as this is coming up on Monday:

Kammerorchester Basel
Mikhail Pletnev Klavier

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sinfonie D-Dur KV 385 "Haffner"
Johann Sebastian Bach Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 f-Moll BWV 1056
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Klavierkonzert Nr. 24 c-Moll KV 491
Igor Strawinsky "Pulcinella-Suite" (1949)

[Brian]

Focus on Shostakovich. Levit plays the complete op 87, Hamelin and Andsnes join various chamben ensembles in the quintet, viola and cello sonatas and trio (and the Schnittke Quintet) and in various song cycles, including Mussorgskys Songs and Dances of Death.

The Danel Quartet plays 3 quartets, and there are various arrangements of the 10th and 15th symphonies for chamber ensembles, and New Babylon is shown with live music. And Hamelin in Scriabin and Feinberg.

Plus Denisov, Silvestrov, Mussorgsky, Denisov, Stravinsky et al...Hamelin and Andsnes in Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Two Solo Pianos ought to be very fine.

Whoa. That is a heavy hitter program.

Hope Andsnes joins you for a post-concert bottle of wine.

[The new erato]

Whoa. That is a heavy hitter program.

Hope Andsnes joins you for a post-concert bottle of wine.

He NEVER drinks in the days before a concert, but yeah, I've shared some bottles with him, recently only a few weeks ago.

[Brahmsian]

Attended this outstanding concert on Friday night!

February 01, 2019

Final concert of the 28th annual Winnipeg New Music Festival

Anna Thorvaldsdottir (b.1977-) - Metacosmos

Caroline Shaw (b.1982-) - Music in Common Time

Peteris Vasks (b. 1946-) - Symphony No. 2

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Raiskin - conducting

Excellent concert, with three works of three composers I had never heard a single note from before! 

It was a Canadian premiere for the Thorvaldsdottir and Shaw works, while it was surprisingly also the North American premiere of Vasks' Symphony No. 2, a fairly popular work in Europe.  Caroline Shaw and Peteris Vasks were both in attendance and part of the pre-concert chat as well.

[Florestan]

He NEVER drinks in the days before a concert

How about the days after the concert? 

[king ubu]

How about the days after the concert? 

Well, they are days before the concert ...

[pjme]

In Antwerp, next Tuesday february 12th:

Cardillac by Paul Hindemith. New production with Simon Neal as Cardillac. Dimitri Jurowski conductor.

https://www.operaballet.be/nl/programma/2018-2019/cardillac

[NikF]

I wasn't planning on attending, but the Prokofiev 5 thread http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,28807.0.html is a weighty influence, so -

Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Chihara: A Matter of Honor (RSNO Commission) World premiere
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Prokofiev: Symphony No5

Thomas Søndergård: conductor
Olga Kern: piano

[listener]

tomorrow with the West Coast Symphony in Vancouver in an acoustically challenging cathedral setting
Jordan Nobles: Ouroboros
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante Op. 125
Arvo Pärt: Symphony No. 3

[The new erato]

Tonight:

Harald Sæverud Kjempeviseslåtten
Dmitri Sjostakovitsj Violin Concerto no 1
Aaron Copland Symphony no. 3

Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, Andrew Litton, Vadim Gluzman

[Brahmsian]

Tonight's concert

Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B minor

Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 1 in D minor

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Mickelthwate - guest conductor

Cameron Crozman - cello

Looking forward to this concert, even though I have heard the Dvorak Cello Concerto in concert before (2010 with Alban Gerhardt on the cello).

[André]

Rachmaninof's first is a scorcher !

[Brahmsian]

Rachmaninof's first is a scorcher !

Looking forward to it, André.  Which is good and apropos, as the name of the thread suggests. 

[TheGSMoeller]

Tonight's concert

Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B minor

Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 1 in D minor

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Mickelthwate - guest conductor

Cameron Crozman - cello

Looking forward to this concert, even though I have heard the Dvorak Cello Concerto in concert before (2010 with Alban Gerhardt on the cello).

Very cool, Ray. I don't see the Rach 1st programmed often, should be a treat!

[Brahmsian]

Very cool, Ray. I don't see the Rach 1st programmed often, should be a treat!

It's the first time in their 71 year history, that the WSO will be performing this symphony.