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

[bhodges]

Tonight, this concert with Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic:

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2     
Szymanowski: Symphony No. 4 for Piano and Orchestra (with Emanuel Ax)     
R. Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
Mussorgsky/ Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

I confess the middle section of the program is the most interesting, especially the Szymanowski, which I don't know at all.

--Bruce

[Novi]

Tonight, this concert with Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic:

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2     
Szymanowski: Symphony No. 4 for Piano and Orchestra (with Emanuel Ax)     
R. Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
Mussorgsky/ Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

I confess the middle section of the program is the most interesting, especially the Szymanowski, which I don't know at all.

--Bruce

Lucky you, Bruce! I like the Symphonie Concertante very much - lush strings and jazzy piano.

(Agree with you about the programming too )

[bhodges]

Lucky you, Bruce! I like the Symphonie Concertante very much - lush strings and jazzy piano.

(Agree with you about the programming too )

Yes, I've heard the Mussorgsky twice in the last six months or so: first by Levine and the MET, and then with Dutoit and Philadelphia.  No need to hear it for awhile.  But I'm going to keep an open mind, in case Maazel pulls out a great performance--seriously. 

An acquaintance from the UK is in town this week who wanted to hear the concert, also for the Szymanowski, I think.  Feel free to recommend a recording of it! 

--Bruce

[Novi]

An acquaintance from the UK is in town this week who wanted to hear the concert, also for the Szymanowski, I think.  Feel free to recommend a recording of it! 

--Bruce

Bruce, the first time I heard the piece was from one of Maciek's uploads here. Unfortunately, it seems to have expired; perhaps it's just my computer, so maybe give it a try :

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,290.msg73779.html#msg73779

As far as recordings go, I'm afraid I'm not much help as I only have one: Andsnes with Rattle and the Brummies. As far as I recall, Andsnes was rhythmically crisper and more energetic than Czapiewski in the above live recording, but it's been a little while since I've heard either.

[MishaK]

A week from today:

January 10, 2009
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano

Barber -   Adagio for Strings
Mozart -   Piano Concerto No. 21
Brahms -   Symphony No. 2

[MDL]

The Barbican Centre is running a series of Total Immersion days. January 17th is dedicated to Stockhausen and I've just bought tickets for the following concerts:

Guildhall New Music Ensemble
BBC Singers
Richard Baker conductor
Nicolas Hodges piano

Programme to include:
Stockhausen Kalvierstucke Nos I-IV, VII and IX
Stockhausen Choral No 1/9
Stockhausen Chore fur Doris
Stockhausen Litanei 97
Stockhausen Adieu

Stockhausen Inori

BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robinson conductor
Kathinka Pasveer dancer-mime
Alain Louafi dancer-mime


I had tickets for four concerts in the Southbank Centre's November Stockhausen series, but had to miss the last two.

[Opus106]

I don't know when I will get to witness a live orchestral concert, but till that happens solo and chamber ones will have to suffice. I saw this in Friday's paper, today. I was there last year to attend a concert by a wind trio from France. While the setting was wonderful*, I was still distracted by the noise from the heavy traffic just outside the church.



*I was a bit late then, but just as I entered music from a divertimento by Mozart, a slow movement, to boot, was making its way to my ears from the beautifully lit interior... a moment that I shall never forget.

[bhodges]

This Friday, the Ensemble ACJW (awkward name for a great collaboration between Carnegie Hall and Juilliard) is giving a free concert:

Ensemble ACJW
Asher Fisch, Conductor
Lucy Shelton, Soprano

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll 
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire

And it looks like I'll hear the Wagner twice, again on Sunday:

The MET Chamber Ensemble
James Levine, Artistic Director and Conductor
Grazia Doronzio, Soprano
Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-Soprano

Dallapiccola: Tre poemi for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra 
Dallapiccola: Commiato for Soprano and Ensemble 
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll 
Elliott Carter: In the Distances of Sleep  
J. Strauss: "Rosen aus dem Süden," Op. 388 (arr. Schoenberg) 
J. Strauss: "Kaiserwalzer," Op. 437 (arr. Schoenberg) 

Then next week, another tribute to Elliott Carter, also with Lucy Shelton:

Da Capo Chamber Players
Lucy Shelton, Soprano

Elliott Carter: Tempo e tempi
Elliott Carter: Enchanted Preludes
Elliott Carter: Four Zukovsky Songs
Elliott Carter: Esprit rude/Esprit doux
Pierre Boulez: Sonatine
Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps

--Bruce

[MDL]

Friday 9th at the Roundhouse in Camden. It's the second time I've heard Sinfonia this year - the Royal Liverpool Phil turned out a cracking performance back in October.


National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
with London Voices
Semyon Bychkov conductor

Luciano Berio: Sinfonia
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

Edit: Of course, that should be "the second time I've heard Sinfonia in the past few months". I haven't heard it twice in the last nine days.

[ChamberNut]

Richard Strauss An Alpine Symphony

Oh man, I'm soooo jealous!   

[MDL]

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It's the first time I've heard it live, so I'm quite excited too. Should be quite a blast, although I've no idea what the acoustics are like for orchestral concerts at the Roundhouse. I've only been to rock gigs there.

[Novi]

Oh man, I'm soooo jealous!   

Ditto for the Berio. That must be a fun piece to hear .

[MDL]

Ditto for the Berio. That must be a fun piece to hear .

It is indeed. This will be the fourth or fifth time I've heard it live and it's always enormous fun. There aren't many avant-garde works you can say that about.

[bhodges]

Speaking of the Richard Strauss, I'm hearing it in a few weeks, too:

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director and Conductor
Measha Brueggergosman, Soprano

Ligeti: Atmosphères 
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, Op. 91 (orch. Mottl/Wagner)
·· Der Engel
·· Stehe still!
·· Im Treibhaus
·· Schmerzen
·· Träume 
R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie

--Bruce

[Sergeant Rock]

After reading Jens' review of the Quatuor Ébène's new disc of Debussy, Fauré and Ravel (review here), I googled to see if the quartet was playing in my neck of the woods. Indeed they are! I just purchased tickets for next Thursday's concert at the Staatstheater Darmstadt. They are playing the Debussy and Fauré plus Schubert's Death and the Maiden.

Sarge

[bhodges]

After reading Jens' review of the Quatuor Ébène's new disc of Debussy, Fauré and Ravel (review here), I googled to see if the quartet was playing in my neck of the woods. Indeed they are! I just purchased tickets for next Thursday's concert at the Staatstheater Darmstadt. They are playing the Debussy and Fauré plus Schubert's Death and the Maiden.

Sarge

What did we ever do before the Internet? 

Very cool...

--Bruce

[Sergeant Rock]

Very cool...

Isn't it? It's so freaking easy to scan the entire world and obtain tickets immediately from the comfort of your easy chair, any time, day or night 

Sarge

[MDL]

Speaking of the Richard Strauss, I'm hearing it in a few weeks, too:

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director and Conductor
Measha Brueggergosman, Soprano

Ligeti: Atmosphères 
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, Op. 91 (orch. Mottl/Wagner)
·· Der Engel
·· Stehe still!
·· Im Treibhaus
·· Schmerzen
·· Träume 
R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie

--Bruce

The first time I heard Atmosphères live (over a decade ago in the Festival Hall, London), it was performed by the Cleveland Orchestra, followed by Wagner (the Lohengrin Overture, I think) without a break for applause between the two pieces.

[Lilas Pastia]

Speaking of the Richard Strauss, I'm hearing it in a few weeks, too:

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director and Conductor
Measha Brueggergosman, Soprano

Ligeti: Atmosphères 
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, Op. 91 (orch. Mottl/Wagner)
·· Der Engel
·· Stehe still!
·· Im Treibhaus
·· Schmerzen
·· Träume 
R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie

--Bruce

Bruce, you should be in for a treat! Please report on all sections of the concert. I see Brueggergosman is tackling Wagner  (his lieder at least). She is one of those extremely promising artists who could be a shooting star or a real comet. Alpensinfoinie is one of my favourite concert memories. You just won't hear Strauss in the same way after that !!

[Opus106]

I don't know when I will get to witness a live orchestral concert, but till that happens solo and chamber ones will have to suffice. I saw this in Friday's paper, today. I was there last year to attend a concert by a wind trio from France. While the setting was wonderful*, I was still distracted by the noise from the heavy traffic just outside the church.

Thanks to an e-mail correspondence earlier with the author of that article, I learnt that the paper had misprinted the date of the recital. It was in fact held today. (Jan 10) Again, the early evening traffic meant that I had to miss the first two pieces of the programme. But the rest was wonderful. The first time I heard an organ being played, and also the music of Bach being played live. Needless to say, I was all goosebumps-y listening to BWV 565. At the end of the recital, the audience was invited to have an up-close look at the organ, which had been recently restored to working condition, and also to interact with Mr. Marlow.

Click on the pictures below for programme information and also a little something about the organ as they appeared on the pamphlet.