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

[ChamberNut]

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.

Nav, thanks for posting the programme.  Sounds like it was a great concert experience!   

[ChamberNut]

First chamber music concert of the new year! 

Sunday January 11th

A Beethoven triple treat!!  0:)

Op. 95,96,97

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, "Serioso"
Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major
Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major, "Archduke"

[Opus106]

First chamber music concert of the new year! 

Sunday January 11th

A Beethoven triple treat!!  0:)

Op. 95,96,97

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, "Serioso"
Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major
Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major, "Archduke"

Could I request the powers that be of the GMG Universe for an "extremely envy" emoticon? Thanks.

[AB68]

23 January
OPO/Saraste
Mozart Symphony no. 29
Bruckner Symphony no. 9

31 January
PO/Eschenbach
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Pintscher Osiris
Schubert Symphony no. 9 "Great"

1 February
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
PO/Eschenbach
Bartok Violin concerto no. 2
Bruckner Symphony no. 6

14 March
RCO/Haitink
Mozart Symphony No 35 in D major 'Haffner'
Debussy La mer
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major

15 March
Murray Perahia, piano
RCO/Haitink
Schumann Piano Concerto
Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor

[Christo]

February 21: a 'Project Orchestra' performing here in Utrecht (in the Geertekerk i.e. St. Gerard's Church):

Nielsen, Helios Overture
Holmboe, Symphony No. 8 (!!)
Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra.

The first ever opportunity to hear one of Holmboe's finest symphonies in a live concert, just within a walking distance from my house.

[ChamberNut]

First chamber music concert of the new year! 

Sunday January 11th

A Beethoven triple treat!!  0:)

Op. 95,96,97

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, "Serioso"
Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major
Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major, "Archduke"

This was just a fantastic concert, and such tremendous performance by the Winnipeg Chamber Music Society!   

I brought my friend Leor with me, and he enjoyed it very much, and wants to go to the next one in March!   0:)

[imperfection]

Wall Centre Brahms Festival
Saturday, January 17

Academic Festival Overture
Violin Concerto in D
---Intermission---
Symphony No.1 in C

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey
James Ehnes, violin

[springrite]

Wall Centre Brahms Festival
Saturday, January 17

Academic Festival Overture
Violin Concerto in D
---Intermission---
Symphony No.1 in C

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey
James Ehnes, violin

Now, that's an All-Brahms concert I would go for! Besides, I have never heard Ehnes before.

[Sergeant Rock]

Braving black ice and heavy fog, we drove to Darmstadt Thursday evening to see the Quatuor Ébène. Never having been to the Staatstheater we had no idea if there were any restaurants close by. We decided to eat at McDonalds as a precaution. Neither of us was happy about that but it was better than possibly starving later. Autobahn traffic was absurd, of course (it always is this time of day on the 67/5) but we made it to the theater only to be confronted with a large sign announcing the parking garage was closed for renovations! We drove around for 15 minutes until we finally lucked out and found a spot a block from the theater. That's when we noticed the Persian restaurant directly across the street from the theater. We cursed ourselves as my stomach growled and complained about the Big Mac it was trying to digest. No matter, I was still in good spirits, looking forward to hearing the Ébène. But when we tried to buy a program, the woman handed us a leaflet instead, announcing a change. The Ébène's primarius had called in sick at noon and a new quartet had been found and a new program hastily arranged: the Szymanowski Quartet (never heard of them) playing Haydn 77/1, Szymanowski #2 and Ravel. Sucking up my disappointment we went to the bar downstairs and ordered Merlot. The bar tender couldn't find any wine glasses!...so we drank out of water glasses. The evening was not going as planned 

Sitting in the bar, cursing fate, it eventually dawned on me that the program was just as interesting as the Ébène's would have been. I can always listen to Haydn and had never heard the Szymanowski piece live before. The Ravel is one of my favorite quartets. So, excited and expectant, we took our front row balcony seats.

Their playing was accomplished, even exciting. The second violin was a real showman, throwing his whole body into the music, especially during the explosive second movement of the Szymanowski...a fun piece to see, not just hear, live. First violinist Andrej Bielow plays a Strad...and the sound was gorgeous. To my untrained ears the music was flawlessly executed.

Encore was the last movement of Beethoven's op.18/2. When they sat down for a second encore, Bielow announced that they would now play the other three movements...which got a big laugh. Actually, they played a Ukrainian song--pop or folk, I didn't catch--but it was beautiful and a perfect ending to a very enjoyable concert.

Sarge

[MDL]

Got free tickets for Carmina Burana at the Dome, oops, I mean the O2 Centre, tomorrow. It promises to be an utterly vulgar display, complete with lasers and fireworks, but then again, it's Carl Orff, so WTF. It's not like they're doing The Ring featuring the Muppets. The RPO are playing.

[bhodges]

Sounds slightly cheesy but could be fun anyway.    Take some photos (if you can). 

I actually like the piece--quite a lot.

--Bruce

[MDL]

Sounds slightly cheesy but could be fun anyway.    Take some photos (if you can). 

I actually like the piece--quite a lot.

--Bruce

Sounds incredibly cheesy, but it's free and it's a short bus/boat/tube ride out of town from where I live. I've not seen any kind of event in the O2 centre, so it's about time I checked it out. I've been to two Stockhausen concerts today, including a performance of the wonderful Inori, so I'm quite happy to indulge in something a bit more populist! And Carmina Burana, like Ravel's Bolero, is a bit of a guilty pleasure. 

[ChamberNut]

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra concerts I'll be attending for the 2008/2009 Season 

January 16, 2009

Estacio, John - Spring's Promise
Davies, Victor - Concerto for Tubameister and Orchestra (Chris Lee, tuba)
Bottesini - Grand duo concertante for violin & double bass (Karl Stobbe, violin; Meredith Johnson, double bass)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8

This was an incredible concert, with quite the varied program, including Winnipeg's own Victor Davies premiere of his Tuba Concerto.  I enjoyed all four works, and strong performances in all. 

I am going to have to check out Victor Davies' 'Mennonite Piano Concerto' CD, which is apparently on the "Obama list" of CDs recommended by CBC.   

[DavidRoss]

None more than Angela Hewitt playing the Goldbergs and MTT/SFS performing Sibelius's 4th later this season. 

[Opus106]

This one - http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/che/kue/en4053383v.htm

[Brian]

Three legendary Rice University faculty members - Cho-Liang Lin, Lynn Harrell, and Jon Kimura Parker, are joining forces for Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello and then Tchaikovsky's legendary Piano Trio next month. Should be absolutely incredible!

[Renfield]

Three legendary Rice University faculty members - Cho-Liang Lin, Lynn Harrell, and Jon Kimura Parker, are joining forces for Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello and then Tchaikovsky's legendary Piano Trio next month. Should be absolutely incredible!

I am afraid my acquaintance with these legends is limited to Cho-Liang Lin (an excellent violinist, to be sure). Who are the others?

[Novi]

I am afraid my acquaintance with these legends is limited to Cho-Liang Lin (an excellent violinist, to be sure). Who are the others?

I'm not sure either, but wasn't Lynn Harrell the one who was recently more legendary than Rozhdestvensky?

[MishaK]

It's not like they're doing The Ring featuring the Muppets.

If it weren't for the fact that the Ring has a ratio of about 20 seconds of physical action to four hours of music, The Ring with Muppets would actually be kinda fun.

[Brian]

I'm not sure either, but wasn't Lynn Harrell the one who was recently more legendary than Rozhdestvensky?

Lynn Harrell is a distinguished cellist with a reputation for mighty fine playing and recordings, especially in chamber music. He became principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra at age 20 (!), three years after being orphaned in a car wreck. Maybe that explains his famously emotive style (he even plays Jacqueline Du Pre's cello). He has recorded the complete Beethoven and Brahms cello sonatas with Ashkenazy, and, with Ashkenazy and Itzhak Perlman, all the Beethoven trios. The three artists together have also released albums of Debussy and Ravel. Earlier this year (I think) Harrell appeared with the New York Philharmonic in Shostakovich, and next month his new DG CD+DVD comes out, Mendelssohn with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Andre Previn.

Jon Kimura Parker is perhaps most notable for this: