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

[MishaK]

He'll be in Finland 1st of July, playing Brahms's F majorminor Sonata, Op. 5 and Ives's Concord Sonata - and I won't be able to go...

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

But I was pleased to see they're doing Schuman's 6th Symphony (with Slatkin), one of the great criminally neglected American symphonies.

Oh, and I just saw another must-go: Walton 1st Symphony (under Bychkov). Coupled with Prokofiev PC 2. That'll be a noisy evening!

[North Star]

A nasty slip there...

[jlaurson]

NSO-at-Large: Nuremberg Pranks

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/02/nso-at-large-nuremberg-pranks.html


NSO-at-Large: Frankfurt Hijinks

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/02/nso-at-large-frankfurt-hijinks.html

[Sergeant Rock]

"With stops in Hamburg, Nuremberg, and Frankfurt (but not Berlin, Cologne, and Munich), we assume the tour-planner was either avoiding orchestra-hot-spots or just very, very hungry!" --jfl




Sarge

[bhodges]

Tomorrow and Thursday nights, two concerts with one of my favorite orchestras:

Carnegie Hall
Feb. 13-14, 2013
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, Chief Conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, Violin

Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Mahler: Symphony No. 1

R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Edition Nowak)

--Bruce

[bhodges]

And next Tuesday at the German Consulate, a FREE concert by the superb Talea Ensemble:

Henze: Whispers from Heavenly Death (1948)
Henze: Sonata (1959)
Stockhausen: Mikrophonie I (1964)

--Bruce

[jlaurson]

"With stops in Hamburg, Nuremberg, and Frankfurt (but not Berlin, Cologne, and Munich), we assume the tour-planner was either avoiding orchestra-hot-spots or just very, very hungry!" --jfl




Sarge

Brushing up on the National Symphony Orchestra Abroad
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/eyewitness-nso-reigns-in-germany/2013/02/13/84693050-75a1-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html

[TheGSMoeller]

Chicago's Grant Park Orchestra just announced its 2013 season. One of the best lineups I've seen for this summer group. Some highlights...

http://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/the-music/2013-season

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 5
Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto
Britten: War Requiem
Adams: Harmonium
Luzuriaga: Responsorio
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Chicago's Grant Park Orchestra just announced its 2013 season. One of the best lineups I've seen for this summer group.

I'm definitely looking forward to the final concert (The Rite of Spring plus Adams' Harmonium). Unfortunately, most of the other concerts are on Wed. night, which is kind of inconvenient for me. Wish I could hear the VW and the Nielsen especially.

[bhodges]

Chicago's Grant Park Orchestra just announced its 2013 season. One of the best lineups I've seen for this summer group. Some highlights...

http://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/the-music/2013-season

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 5
Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto
Britten: War Requiem
Adams: Harmonium
Luzuriaga: Responsorio
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2

Wow, this is pretty eye-opening, and for FREE, even more so. I've never even heard of the Luzuriaga piece. Very impressive!

--Bruce

[TheGSMoeller]

I'm definitely looking forward to the final concert (The Rite of Spring plus Adams' Harmonium). Unfortunately, most of the other concerts are on Wed. night, which is kind of inconvenient for me. Wish I could hear the VW and the Nielsen especially.

Hey, Velimir. I see you're in Chicago. Have you seen GPO much in the past? It's been a few years since I last visited Chicago in the summer, but I love Millennium Park, and the Orchestra is wonderful!

Wow, this is pretty eye-opening, and for FREE, even more so. I've never even heard of the Luzuriaga piece. Very impressive!

--Bruce

Free is always good, and if you're lucky you get an emergancy vehicle siren in the background for added ambiance.    Which is actually never too big of a distraction.
I haven't heard of Luzuriaga myself, thought I would list it in case someone else here was. 

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Hey, Velimir. I see you're in Chicago. Have you seen GPO much in the past? It's been a few years since I last visited Chicago in the summer, but I love Millennium Park, and the Orchestra is wonderful!

I've only heard them a few times in the past. I just recently moved back to the area after several years abroad, but I'm kind of far out on the North Shore, though I have the advantage of sitting right on a Metra line. As I understand it the GPO is mostly composed of Lyric Opera players, is that right?

[TheGSMoeller]

I've only heard them a few times in the past. I just recently moved back to the area after several years abroad, but I'm kind of far out on the North Shore, though I have the advantage of sitting right on a Metra line. As I understand it the GPO is mostly composed of Lyric Opera players, is that right?

Many of them I believe, yes. But they do come from all over, for example the principal Trumpet is the principal in Seattle Symphony and the assistant principal Trumpet is principal of the Met Opera Orchestra.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

the principal Trumpet is the principal in Seattle Symphony and the assistant principal Trumpet is principal of the Met Opera Orchestra.

Impressive, I never knew that. The Met orch is of course superb, and the SSO ain't half bad either.

[Fafner]

It has been a while since I last was in our local concert hall, but I plan to go next week:

Britten - Suite on English Folk Tunes
Martinů - Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Elgar - Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Elgar - Enigma Variations

Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Petr Vronský

Soloists for both the Concerto and the Allegro were the Wihan Quartet and they were amazing. It was a really focused performance and I am now thinking of getting their complete Beethoven SQ.

[MishaK]

Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 5
Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto NB: + Martinu Thunderbolt P-47
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2

I'm definitely in for these. 

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Meanwhile if I want to go the other direction, the Milwaukee Symphony has some pretty good programming this year. This one's coming up in March:

Edo de Waart, conductor
Ilana Setapen, violin
Swingle Singers, vocals

Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
Prokofiev Concerto No. 2 in G minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 63     
Berio Sinfonia, for Eight Voices and Orchestra

[bhodges]

Meanwhile if I want to go the other direction, the Milwaukee Symphony has some pretty good programming this year. This one's coming up in March:

Edo de Waart, conductor
Ilana Setapen, violin
Swingle Singers, vocals

Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
Prokofiev Concerto No. 2 in G minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 63     
Berio Sinfonia, for Eight Voices and Orchestra

Wow, great things happening in Milwaukee! That's a terrific program.

--Bruce

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Wow, great things happening in Milwaukee! That's a terrific program.

Some fascinating stuff in Milwaukee this year, including Bluebeard's Castle, The Dream of Gerontius, and Prokofiev's 6th Symphony.