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

[Lilas Pastia]

It's an excellent thing that the classical music world seems to have a new, cosmopolitan version of the young Lenny. Dudamel at his very young age seems to have a high level of musicianship allied to unbeatable charisma. There should be a renewal of interest for music wherever he conducts.

[vandermolen]

Miaskovsky's 6th Symphony, 28th April 2010 in London (Jurowski)

[MDL]

Miaskovsky's 6th Symphony, 28th April 2010 in London (Jurowski)

Ooh, that's forward planning. My other half bought me the complete Miaskovsky symphonies for Christmas and I'm really enjoying working my way through them. 6 and 24 are my current faves, but I've still got quite a few symphonies to hear yet.

[karlhenning]

Miaskovsky's 6th Symphony, 28th April 2010 in London (Jurowski)

Is that a UK premiere?

I have this idea that any Myaskovsky performance over here would be a US premiere . . . .

[karlhenning]

A passel of 'em in here to look forward to . . . including the premiere of the Carter Flute Concerto.

[MishaK]

Just got back from hearing Kissing give a blazing account of Prokofiev R&J excerpts, Sonata No. 8 and a potpourri of Chopin. Next up:

March 1
Hilary Hahn, violin
Valentina Lisitsa, piano

Ysaÿe -   Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin
Ives -   Sonata No. 4 ( Children's Day at the Camp Meeting)
Brahms -   Hungarian Dances (arr. Joachim)
Ives -   Sonata No. 2
Ysaÿe -   Sonata No. 6 for Solo Violin
Ysaÿe -   Rêve d'enfant
Ives -   Sonata No. 1
Bartók -   Romanian Folk Dances (arr. Székely)

and then:

March 7:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Roxana Constantinescu, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone

Janácek -   Sinfonietta
Szymanowski -   Violin Concerto No. 1
Stravinsky -   Pulcinella

[Rabbity Baxter]

Here in London we have two new-ish small venues which often offer interesting repertoire in concerts. Coming soon are:


Wednesday, 25 February 2009 at 7.30pm

Russian Settings of Robert Burns

In one of the more unusual twists in literary history Robert Burns became a kind of national poet in Soviet Russia: Samuel Marshak's translations of his poems sold over 600,000 copies, rivalling Pushkin in popularity — and Russian composers, of course, rose to the occasion. The bass-baritone Vassily Savenko and pianist Alexander Blok have recorded 22 Burns settings by Shostakovich, Sviridov, Denisov, Levitin and Khrennikov, just released on a new Toccata Classics CD, and will be presenting a selection of them on Wednesday evening at a Toccata Classics event to launch their recording.

Place – Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA
Tel – 020 7269 9770
Undergrounds – Holborn, Tottenham Court Road



Thursday 26th February at 7.15pm
Stephen Gutman, piano
Bauer and Hieber 48 Great Marlborough Street, London

Rameau: La Dauphine, Suite no 2
Poulenc: Mouvements perpetuels
Anderson: Misreading Rameau
Cage: The Seasons- ballet in one act
Fauré: Pièce breve no 1, Barcarolle no 4, Nocturne no 6

Ticket price £10 (£5 students) and to include a glass or two of wine (French presumably)



Thu 5 March 2009 – 7.30pm

Pushkin House
5a Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2TA
020 7269 9770

Rachmaninoff, Scriabin And Their Contemporaries: Russian Piano Music Of The Serebraniy Vek

Jonathan Powell ‒ piano

Programme:
Sergey Rachmaninoff | Etudes tableaux, op.33
Anatoly Lyadov | Barcarolle
Sergey Taneyev | Prelude
Konstantin Eiges | Sonata no.2 'Poema'
Alexander Scriabin | Sonata no.2
Georgy Conus | Five pieces
Felix Blumenfeld | Sonate-Fantaisie

This programme brings together both luminaries and now-forgotten names from that richest of epochs of Russian culture ‒ the period of Symbolism, and one of transition between Romanticism and Modernism. Alongside classics of the piano repertoire by Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, this concert explores rediscovered treasures by Eiges, a friend of Rachmaninoff, Conus, Scriabin's first teacher, and Blumenfeld, Horowitz' teacher and cousin of Neuhaus and Szymanowski. We also hear pieces from influential composers Taneyev and Lyadov, whose music is frequently heard in Russia, but still rarely heard in the UK.

[Novi]

Janácek -   Sinfonietta
Szymanowski -   Violin Concerto No. 1
Stravinsky -   Pulcinella

Wow, I'd love to hear these.

[Bruckner is God]

This saturday, the 28th February at the Royal Festival Hall, London
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stig Andersen, Waldemar
Soile Isokoski, Tove
Monica Groop, Waldtaube
Andreas Conrad, Klaus-Narr
Ralf Lukas, Bauer
Barbara Sukowa, speaker
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Philharmonia Voices

Arnold Schoenberg- Gurrelieder

[karlhenning]

This saturday, the 28th February at the Royal Festival Hall, London
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stig Andersen, Waldemar
Soile Isokoski, Tove
Monica Groop, Waldtaube
Andreas Conrad, Klaus-Narr
Ralf Lukas, Bauer
Barbara Sukowa, speaker
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Philharmonia Voices

Arnold Schoenberg- Gurrelieder

That's a piece I think I shall never tire of hearing live.

[Sergeant Rock]

This saturday, the 28th February at the Royal Festival Hall, London
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stig Andersen, Waldemar
Soile Isokoski, Tove
Monica Groop, Waldtaube
Andreas Conrad, Klaus-Narr
Ralf Lukas, Bauer
Barbara Sukowa, speaker
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Philharmonia Voices

Arnold Schoenberg- Gurrelieder

I wonder if I can convince Mrs. Rock to get on a train for London after work Friday. Nah...probably not. It was hard enough getting her to Frankfurt to hear Gurrelieder

Enjoy your concert, Mr. BiG

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

March 1
Hilary Hahn, violin
Valentina Lisitsa, piano

Ysaÿe -   Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin
Ives -   Sonata No. 4 ( Children's Day at the Camp Meeting)
Brahms -   Hungarian Dances (arr. Joachim)
Ives -   Sonata No. 2
Ysaÿe -   Sonata No. 6 for Solo Violin
Ysaÿe -   Rêve d'enfant
Ives -   Sonata No. 1
Bartók -   Romanian Folk Dances (arr. Székely)

Oh my...I'd love to hear that. I wonder if she's coming to Europe with that program.

Edit: She will be in Germany next month!...and in my neck of the woods: in Baden Baden Mar 22.

Sarge

[Lilas Pastia]

I'm not much into concert mood this year. But it seems I have missed a good one. Nézet-Séguin's Orchestre Métropolitain performed Mahlers' Das Lied with dutch alto Christianne Stotijn. Soloist, orchestra and conductor seem to have been up to the task. Hopefully a recording will follow. I suppose the deal with Stotijn was struck when NZ was conducting in Rotterdam. He's a very clever fellow.

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/musique/musique-classique/200902/23/01-830136-nezet-seguin-et-stotijn-un-mahler-troublant.php

For those who understand French, this is critic Gingras' few instances of critical doubt, a sure sign something special was going on that night.

[bhodges]

Tomorrow night, this concert--which, by the way, is FREE. 

Alice Tully Hall
The Juilliard Orchestra
David Robertson, conductor

Messiaen: Des Canyons aux étoiles

--Bruce

[MDL]

Tomorrow night, this concert--which, by the way, is FREE. 

Alice Tully Hall
The Juilliard Orchestra
David Robertson, conductor

Messiaen: Des Canyons aux étoiles

--Bruce

Free? Free?! As we say in the UK, you jammy bastard (translation: lucky chap). I've never quite loved this piece as much as Transfiguration, Chronochromie or Turangalila, but it's still fascinating. I heard Simon Rattle and the CBSO performing a double bill with Canyons and Boulez's Rituel in Symphony Hall about 12 years ago, and a great night it was, too.

[bhodges]

I know what you mean...I've only just gotten acquainted with Canyons (having heard it once live last year) and it hasn't quite "stuck" like some of the others.  But then, one's first impressions are sometimes suspect!   

And yes, your jammy bastard  has been thinking a lot about low-cost concerts, ever since Alex Ross's post on the subject a few weeks ago (here, with a link to his article in The New Yorker on the same subject).  I hate hearing anyone say, "I can't afford concerts," since a city like this (and a few others, like London) is a goldmine.

--Bruce

[karlhenning]

May make it to The Nose, after all. (Not a concert, of course.)

[aquablob]

March 5: Angela Hewitt
Goldberg Variations

[DavidRoss]

Hah!  March 1, Angela Hewitt, Goldberg Variations, at the Mondavi Center

[aquablob]

Are you going? If so, you can report back and give me a (p)review!