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

[stingo]

Now that sounds like a great way to make an exit!

--Bruce

It was. It was one of the most incredible and moving concert experiences I've ever had.

[mahler10th]

Schoenberg Erwartung (Expectation): monodrama for voice and orchestra, Op.17 (c.32')

Stephen Johnson presenter
Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet soprano
Matthias Pintscher conductor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

This is free next Monday in Glasgow City Halls.  I think I will attend.  Schoenberg!  Me going to see Schoenberg performed!  I hope I can make sense of it...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/868

[Karl Henning]

Très cool, Johnnie!

[bhodges]

Schoenberg Erwartung (Expectation): monodrama for voice and orchestra, Op.17 (c.32')

Stephen Johnson presenter
Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet soprano
Matthias Pintscher conductor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

This is free next Monday in Glasgow City Halls.  I think I will attend.  Schoenberg!  Me going to see Schoenberg performed!  I hope I can make sense of it...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/868

Wow, very cool indeed - and free! Pintscher is a good conductor (and composer); he's done a number of concerts here in the last year or so. He's also going to be one of the three conductors when the NY Philharmonic does Stockhausen's Gruppen in June - with Alan Gilbert and Magnus Lindberg.

Anyway, again...for FREE..amazing.

--Bruce

[Todd]

Looking forward to Haydn's Creation later this month.  Bought the tickets yesterday.  Should be entertaining.

[bhodges]

Tomorrow night:

New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, guest conductor

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

--Bruce

[bhodges]

Another amazing, generous concert at Carnegie Hall yesterday by the MET Orchestra, with not one, but three soloists. Ms. Fleming was marvelous, but the two clarinet concertos might have stolen the show.

The MET Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, Principal Conductor
Stephen Williamson, Clarinet
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Anthony McGill, Clarinet

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
Mahler: "Ich atmet' einen linden Duft"
Mahler: "Liebst du um Schönheit"
Mahler: "Um Mitternacht"
Mahler: "Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder"
Mahler: "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Barber: "Give Me Some Music" from Antony and Cleopatra
Herrmann: "I Have Dreamt" from Wuthering Heights
Barber: "Do Not Utter a Word, Anatol" from Vanessa

Encore:

Previn: "I can smell the sea air" from A Streetcar Named Desire

--Bruce

[North Star]

On Thursday:

Leo McFall & Oulu Symphony Orchestra
Minna Pensola, violin
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello    (both soloists from the string quartet Meta4)

Brahms: Double Concerto
Dvořak: 6th Symphony

[Karl Henning]

Chailly was to conduct the BSO this weekend, but he's had to cancel. The Stravinsky is still on, with guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero.  The rest of the program is Plan B, and conductor-free:

COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man
TOMASI: Procession du Vendredi-saint ("Good Friday Procession") from Fanfares liturgiques, for brass and percussion
STRAUSS: Serenade in E^b, Op. 7, for winds
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for Strings, Op. 48
STRAVINSKY: Le sacre du printemps

[bhodges]

Chailly was to conduct the BSO this weekend, but he's had to cancel. The Stravinsky is still on, with guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero.  The rest of the program is Plan B, and conductor-free:

COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man
TOMASI: Procession du Vendredi-saint ("Good Friday Procession") from Fanfares liturgiques, for brass and percussion
STRAUSS: Serenade in E^b, Op. 7, for winds
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for Strings, Op. 48
STRAVINSKY: Le sacre du printemps

Great program - please let us know how it goes.

I'm hearing an all-Stravinsky evening tonight, with some genuine rarities - some of these I've never heard, even on recordings

American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Conductor
Keith Miller, Bass
Anne-Carolyn Bird, Soprano
Heather Johnson, Mezzo-Soprano
Ann McMahon Quintero, Mezzo-Soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Jonathan Beyer, Baritone
John Douglas Thompson, Narrator
The Collegiate Chorale Singers

ALL-STRAVINSKY PROGRAM

Zvezdoliki
Mavra
Requiem Canticles
Canticum Sacrum
Babel
Symphony of Psalms

--Bruce

[Karl Henning]

I'm hearing an all-Stravinsky evening tonight, with some genuine rarities - some of these I've never heard, even on recordings

American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Conductor
Keith Miller, Bass
Anne-Carolyn Bird, Soprano
Heather Johnson, Mezzo-Soprano
Ann McMahon Quintero, Mezzo-Soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Jonathan Beyer, Baritone
John Douglas Thompson, Narrator
The Collegiate Chorale Singers

ALL-STRAVINSKY PROGRAM

Zvezdoliki
Mavra
Requiem Canticles
Canticum Sacrum
Babel
Symphony of Psalms

Speaking as one who has heard recordings of all those, Bruce .  . . that is a terrific program! Serious case of Stravinsky envy here!

[bhodges]

Thanks, Karl! Botstein is a fabulous programmer. Of course I've heard the Symphony of Psalms a number of times, but don't recall any of the other pieces. Botstein also writes very cogent, thoughtful program notes, which are available online:

http://www.americansymphony.org/concerts/stravinsky-outside-russia

Also, apparently they are doing Stravinsky's arrangement of "Song of the Volga Boatmen," for baritone and orchestra, only recently discovered (1996).

--Bruce

[Karl Henning]

Also, apparently they are doing Stravinsky's arrangement of "Song of the Volga Boatmen," for baritone and orchestra, only recently discovered (1996).

--Bruce

Hmm, I've known of that for a long time . . . hadn't realized it had gone missing : )

[cjvinthechair]

One of the insufficiently frequent visits to Britain of the Leipzig Gewandhaus, plus the marvellous Thomanerchor, doing the St. Matthew Passion in several locations in March. I'm going to Birmingham, and sitting right at the front for once !
Yes, know doing that's frowned on by the cognoscenti, but I don't qualify, so it'll be great.

[Brian]

Hey Mirror Image John, start saving up for a trip to England!!!!

17 October 2012
Beethoven Overture, Leonore No. 3
Carl Vine Piano Concerto No. 2 (UK première)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

Vassily Sinaisky conductor
Piers Lane piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra

[madaboutmahler]

Hey Mirror Image John, start saving up for a trip to England!!!!

17 October 2012
Beethoven Overture, Leonore No. 3
Carl Vine Piano Concerto No. 2 (UK première)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

Vassily Sinaisky conductor
Piers Lane piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Appears you are looking at the next seasons! I am just doing that now... starting with the LSO/BBCSO at the Barbican, loads of great ones! Shall start booking tonight, starting off with that Mahler 2 concert...!

[knight66]

One of the insufficiently frequent visits to Britain of the Leipzig Gewandhaus, plus the marvellous Thomanerchor, doing the St. Matthew Passion in several locations in March. I'm going to Birmingham, and sitting right at the front for once !
Yes, know doing that's frowned on by the cognoscenti, but I don't qualify, so it'll be great.

I am trying to sort out whether I can get to that concert. Should be a good one. I am in, I think, the second front row for Tristan son; again, not the best place for overall sound, but I ought to be able to hear the soloists properly.


Mike

[Lisztianwagner]

Appears you are looking at the next seasons! I am just doing that now...

Maybe I should do something similar too, I've already seen all the concertos I was interested in (apart from Die Frau ohne Shatten); the next season at La Scala seems to be absolutely amazing....starting with Siegfried and Mahler No.6/Chopin's PC No.1 in October, then Lohengrin, and the following year Götterdämmerung and the complete Ring Cycle.

[North Star]

Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival    15.7  -  28-7:
http://www.kuhmofestival.fi/programme.htm


Pianists: Paavali Jumppanen, Henri Sigfiridsson, &al
Violinists: Ilya Gringolts, Hagai Shaham, &al
Violists: Yuval Gotlibovich, Vladimir Mendelssohn, &al
Cellists: David Cohen, Trey Lee, &al
String Quartets: Danel Quartet, Enesco Quartet, Kronos Quartet, &al
Soprano Soile Isokoski, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Storioni Trio, &al

Composers (most of them)
Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Boccherini, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Alkan, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff (All-night Vigil), Janacek, Leaves of My Life (world premiere), R. Strauss, Chausson, Franck, Ysaÿe, Debussy, Ravel's quartet, Scriabin, De Falla, Turina, Chamber arrangements of Mahler,  Zemlinsky, Webern, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Berg, Martinu,Prokofiev, Bartók, DSCH 8th quartet, and piano trio & percussion arr. of 15th symphony, Jolivet, Berio, Gubaidulina

[bhodges]

Starting Friday, Juilliard's Focus! Festival celebrates John Cage with six concerts:

FOCUS! FESTIVAL 2012
SOUNDS RE-IMAGINED: JOHN CAGE AT 100
Friday, January 27 – February 3, 2012

Friday, January 27, 8 PM, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Lara Secord-Haid, soprano
Davone Tines, bass-baritone

59 ½" For a String Player (1953)
Nocturne for Violin and Piano (1947)
Living Room Music (1940)
In a Landscape (1948)
Theater Piece (1960)
Postcard from Heaven (1982)
Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (March No. 2) (1951)
Arias 2 and 2B, from Song Books Vol. 1 (1970) with Solos from Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958)

Monday, January 30, 8 PM, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Juilliard Percussion Ensemble
Daniel Druckman, director
Benjamin Sheen, organ
"Launching the Percussion Revolution"

Henry Cowell – Ostinato Pianissimo (1934)
John Cage – Three2 (1991)
John Cage – Third Construction (1941)
John Cage – Credo In Us (1942)
Lou Harrison – Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra (1973)

Tuesday, January 31, 8 PM, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Music for Wind Instruments (1938)
ear for EAR (1983)
Music Walk (1958)
"44 Harmonies" from Apartment House 1776 (1976, arr. string quartet by Irvine Arditti)
27'10.554" For a Percussionist (1956) with excerpts from 45' for a Speaker (1954)

Wednesday, February 1, 8 PM, Paul Hall
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942)
Nowth Upon Nacht (1984)
But What About the Noise of Crumpling Paper... (1985)
String Quartet in Four Parts (1950)
Eight Whiskus (1985)
Some of "The Harmony of Maine" (1978)
Sonatas and Interludes, Part III (1946-48)

Thursday, February 2, 8 PM, Paul Hall
Five Songs for Contralto (1938)
Six Melodies for Violin and Keyboard (1950)
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (1939)
Etudes Boreales, Nos. I and III (1978)
Sonnekus2 (1985) with Satie Cabaret Songs
Child of Tree (1975)
The Perilous Night (1944)

Friday, February 3, 8 PM, Alice Tully Hall
New Juilliard Ensemble
Joel Sachs, director and conductor
Katya Gruzglina, soprano
Lilla Heinrich Szász, soprano
Nathaniel La Nasa, prepared piano
Allegra Chapman, piano

Fourteen (1990) with Litany for the Whale (1980)
The Seasons (1947)
Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1950-51)
Excerpts from Sixteen Dances (1950-51)
Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1957-58) with Aria (1958)

--Bruce