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

[André]

Hervé Niquet will conduct the Montreal Symphony in Berlioz' L'Enfance du Christ. Soloists include Marie-Claude Lemieux as Mary and Cyrille Dubois as the récitant. This is very tempting.

Well, I bought me a ticket 

[Valentino]

None.

Covid restrictions again that would stop culture the government said. In effect they do. A load of bollocks, alas.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Well the concert went ahead with Alina Ibragimova ... and it was OK ... but not what I imagine it would have been with Kavakos.   In fact the piece I most enjoyed was Brett Dean's Notturno inquieto, that was completely new to me.  Intriguing, evocative, and, in its way, quite moving.  Fortunately BBC Radio were live broadcasting the concert so I can download it for further listening.

Glad that it went ahead in the end.

PD

[Karl Henning]

Just learnt on Facebook that the Lydian String Quartet is playing a concert at Brandeis this Saturday. I'm going!

[Mirror Image]

Just learnt on Facebook that the Lydian String Quartet is playing a concert at Brandeis this Saturday. I'm going!

Cool. What's the program look like?

[bhodges]

Just learnt on Facebook that the Lydian String Quartet is playing a concert at Brandeis this Saturday. I'm going!

Cool. What's the program look like?

Looks like program is graduate student composers, TBA:

https://www.lydianquartet.com/schedule-source/2019/12/14/waltham-ma-brandeis-university-48jy3

Also, looks like the concert will be livestreamed at the link below. (I'll be at another event, but if this is archived, may dip in later.)

https://www.brandeis.edu/streaming/music/

--Bruce

[Wanderer]

12 January 2022
Megaron Concert Hall, Athens

Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata αρ. 13 σε λα μείζονα, D. 664

Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque

Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata αρ. 21 σε σι ύφεση μείζονα, D. 960

Maria João Pires

[André]

Hervé Niquet  John Nelson will conduct the Montreal Symphony in Berlioz' L'Enfance du Christ. Soloists include Marie-Claude Lemieux as Mary and Cyrille Dubois as the récitant. This is very tempting.

Change of conductor. At least Nelson is a good berliozan. Hopefully no other glitch - like an outright cancellation  before December 22...

[VonStupp]

Mahler's 8th is pretty high on the list for me of symphonies I want to see live.

I had a similar thought; especially with the rampant shutdowns, who knows when I can get out to see these events.

Luckily, in my area, Osmo Vänskä's farewell concert with the Minnesota Orchestra in June will be Mahler's 8 . Carolyn Sampson is on a long roster of soloists, and I am looking forward to it.

I bought tickets a few months ago; hopefully it goes ahead as scheduled.

VS

[André]

Change of conductor. At least Nelson is a good berliozan. Hopefully no other glitch - like an outright cancellation  before December 22...

Concert canceled...

[bhodges]

I had a similar thought; especially with the rampant shutdowns, who knows when I can get out to see these events.

Luckily, in my area, Osmo Vänskä's farewell concert with the Minnesota Orchestra in June will be Mahler's 8 . Carolyn Sampson is on a long roster of soloists, and I am looking forward to it.

I bought tickets a few months ago; hopefully it goes ahead as scheduled.

VS

COVID permitting, I am planning to be at that concert, too! But it seems like eons away at this point. Have just canceled two New York events over the next few weeks, and likely New Year's Eve will be the next to go. Oh well.

Concert canceled...

So sorry to hear. Events are falling like dominoes right now. 

--Bruce

[André]

Bummer indeed. This was the only concert in the last 2 years I truly looked forward to. I even wished a recording could have resulted but that's not going to happen either. Rats...

[Mirror Image]

Well, I bought me a ticket 

Nice! I love that piece.

[bhodges]

Another great-looking livestream, free, and archived for all. There really is too much too much music to listen to.

From earlier today, composer Beat Furrer conducting Klangforum Wien at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow:

Klaus Lang: риза (world premiere)
Beat Furrer: Intorno al bianco
Anton Webern: Sechs Stücke (für Kammerorchester) op. 6
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Nr. 1/7 Kreuzspiel
György Ligeti: Kammerkonzert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0C68Sl2NL4

--Bruce

[TheGSMoeller]

Tomorrow...

Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | George Li, piano

PROGRAM
Suppé – Poet and Peasant: Overture
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor
Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G Major

[Mirror Image]

Tomorrow...

Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | George Li, piano

PROGRAM
Suppé – Poet and Peasant: Overture
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor
Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G Major

Looks like a nice program, Greg.  I love this Dvořák symphony.

[bhodges]

On Saturday, Jan. 15, at 9:00 pm (EST), online:

Taylor Brook: Virtutes Occultae, 18 Pieces for Six Retuned Pianos (2021) - Filmed last August at the TIME:SPANS Festival in New York, the video will be unveiled on Saturday (and presumably available for viewing after that). On Saturday, the composer will be present for live chat, to discuss and answer questions. The pianists are among the best working today:

Laura Barger
Julia Den Boer
Thomas Feng
Isabelle O'Connell
Cory Smythe
Ning Yu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPwthPJLN8o

--Bruce

[T. D.]

Thursday 1/20:

https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/ecstatic-music-bang-on-a-can-peoples-commissioning-fund-concert-2022/

Bang on a Can, live @ Merkin Hall, simulcast by BOAC.

Not sure how much is "classical", though. 

In days of yore I often attended concerts at Merkin Hall...

[bhodges]

Thursday 1/20:

https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/ecstatic-music-bang-on-a-can-peoples-commissioning-fund-concert-2022/

Bang on a Can, live @ Merkin Hall, simulcast by BOAC.

Not sure how much is "classical", though. 

In days of yore I often attended concerts at Merkin Hall...

There are usually some gems in these BOAC concerts. I do recognize a couple of the composers! And Merkin Hall...yes, a wonderful venue, with very clear acoustics!

--Bruce

[bhodges]

This weekend, an unusually interesting concert from Opera Philadelphia:

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
George Walker: Lilacs

https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/on-stage-2021-2022/oedipus-rex-plus-lilacs/

--Bruce