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

[bhodges]

Great score, Greg! What magnificent programs!  And you start off with Mälkki — prepare for [the good kind of] butt-kickin'.

What Karl said ^^^. I've only heard Mälkki live once - with the International Contemporary Ensemble - but thought she was one of the most exciting conductors I've heard in years. And I agree with you about Runnicles - he's excellent. Very fine programming.

--Bruce

[TheGSMoeller]

What Karl said ^^^. I've only heard Mälkki live once - with the International Contemporary Ensemble - but thought she was one of the most exciting conductors I've heard in years. And I agree with you about Runnicles - he's excellent. Very fine programming.

--Bruce

Thanks, Bruce! I do remember you praising both Runnicles and the ASO in the past.

[Brian]

And you start off with Mälkki — prepare for [the good kind of] butt-kickin'.[/font]

Absolutely agree with this - saw her do Sibelius Five in London and it was a fire-breathing account, fantastic.

[jlaurson]

Few things on the itinerary:

Diana Damrau Recital (w/Xavier de Maistre)
El Sistema • Youth Orchestra of Caracas, Felsenreitschule, Shostakovich I think...
Birtwistle: Gawain, Felsenreitschule
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler III, Grosses Festspielhaus
Salzburg contemporary • Klangforum Wien 1,   Kollegienkirche (Birtwistle and stuff)
W. Braunfels, Jeanne d'Arc, Felsenreitschule
Mozart, Lucio Silla, Haus für Mozart, Fischer Adam
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler VII, Grosses Festspielhaus
Vienna  Phil • Mahler V • Zubin Mehta, Grosses Festspielhaus

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

July 21 (Sunday) at Ravinia - an interesting program by an up-&-coming young quartet:

Linden String Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet No. 64 in D Major (Op. 76, No. 5)
John Corigliano: Snapshot: Circa 1909; A Black November Turkey 
William Bolcom: Three Rags for String Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

Well this turned out to be one of the best chamber concerts I've been to in a long time. This is a young quartet (founded 2008), and they crackle with energy and enthusiasm. I think there were a couple of insecure moments in the Beethoven, but playing was mostly superb and the Heiliger Dankgesang was wonderfully done. The American pieces, particularly the Bolcom rags, made for a nice modern detour from the Viennese classics on display.

[MishaK]

Well this turned out to be one of the best chamber concerts I've been to in a long time. This is a young quartet (founded 2008), and they crackle with energy and enthusiasm. I think there were a couple of insecure moments in the Beethoven, but playing was mostly superb and the Heiliger Dankgesang was wonderfully done. The American pieces, particularly the Bolcom rags, made for a nice modern detour from the Viennese classics on display.

Excellent.

I heard the Grant Park Symphony last Saturday do Berlioz King Lear, Martin Concerto for seven Winds, and Saint-Saens Organ Symphony under Thierry Fischer, which was excellent.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Excellent.

And I'm going to Mahler 7 this Thursday! This will probably be my only CSO concert this summer.

[jlaurson]

Preview of the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( Gawain )

One of the performances I'm most looking forward to at this year's Salzburg Festival is Harrison Birtwistle's Gawain, in a Alvis Hermanis production, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher, and featuring the ever strapping and striking Christopher Maltman. Here are some photos (below the jump) of the production (courtesy Salzburg Festival, © Ruth Walz) which will premiere today, June 26th.

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/07/preview-of-2013-salzburg-festival-gawain.html[/url]

[MishaK]

Hey, Jens. Are you still based in Munich? I will be in Munich for a couple of days early next month to visit relatives. Is there something good to hear or is everyone gone on summer break?

[jlaurson]

Hey, Jens. Are you still based in Munich? I will be in Munich for a couple of days early next month to visit relatives. Is there something good to hear or is everyone gone on summer break?

The opera festival is going on... but everything that's interesting should be sold out. Orchestras are on break... so I'd scan little festivals in the surrounding areas for interesting bits.

I'll be mostly in Salzburg and Schwarzenberg (Schubertiade) for the summer, so that I can get my regular fix... seeing how Bayreuth didn't ask me to see their Ring, stingy buggers.

[jlaurson]

Few things on the itinerary:

Diana Damrau Recital (w/Xavier de Maistre)
El Sistema • Youth Orchestra of Caracas, Felsenreitschule, Shostakovich I think...
Birtwistle: Gawain, Felsenreitschule
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler III, Grosses Festspielhaus
Salzburg contemporary • Klangforum Wien 1,   Kollegienkirche (Birtwistle and stuff)
W. Braunfels, Jeanne d'Arc, Felsenreitschule
Mozart, Lucio Silla, Haus für Mozart, Fischer Adam
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler VII, Grosses Festspielhaus
Vienna  Phil • Mahler V • Zubin Mehta, Grosses Festspielhaus

Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 1 )
El Sistema • Youth Orchestra of Caracas


http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/07/el-sistema-youth-orchestra-of-caracas.html




Ionarts-at-Large: A Damrau Liederabend to Harp On


http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/07/ionarts-at-large-damrau-liederabend-to.html

[jlaurson]

Few things on the itinerary:

Diana Damrau Recital (w/Xavier de Maistre)
El Sistema • Youth Orchestra of Caracas, Felsenreitschule, Shostakovich I think...
Birtwistle: Gawain, Felsenreitschule
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler III, Grosses Festspielhaus
Salzburg contemporary • Klangforum Wien 1,   Kollegienkirche (Birtwistle and stuff)
W. Braunfels, Jeanne d'Arc, Felsenreitschule
Mozart, Lucio Silla, Haus für Mozart, Fischer Adam
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler VII, Grosses Festspielhaus
Vienna  Phil • Mahler V • Zubin Mehta, Grosses Festspielhaus

Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 2 )
Harrison Birtwistle • Gawain


http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/07/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-2.html

[jlaurson]

Few things on the itinerary:

Diana Damrau Recital (w/Xavier de Maistre)
El Sistema • Youth Orchestra of Caracas, Felsenreitschule, Shostakovich I think...
Birtwistle: Gawain, Felsenreitschule
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler III, Grosses Festspielhaus
Salzburg contemporary • Klangforum Wien 1,   Kollegienkirche (Birtwistle and stuff)
W. Braunfels, Jeanne d'Arc, Felsenreitschule
Mozart, Lucio Silla, Haus für Mozart, Fischer Adam
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler VII, Grosses Festspielhaus
Vienna  Phil • Mahler V • Zubin Mehta, Grosses Festspielhaus

Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 3 )
El Sistema • Simón Bolívar Orchestra
Glorious Venezuelan Mahler


http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/07/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-3-el.html

[jlaurson]

Few things on the itinerary:

Diana Damrau Recital (w/Xavier de Maistre)
El Sistema • Youth Orchestra of Caracas, Felsenreitschule, Shostakovich I think...
Birtwistle: Gawain, Felsenreitschule
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler III, Grosses Festspielhaus
Salzburg contemporary • Klangforum Wien 1,   Kollegienkirche (Birtwistle and stuff)
W. Braunfels, Jeanne d'Arc, Felsenreitschule
Mozart, Lucio Silla, Haus für Mozart, Fischer Adam
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler VII, Grosses Festspielhaus
Vienna  Phil • Mahler V • Zubin Mehta, Grosses Festspielhaus

Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 5 )
Walter Braunfels • Jeanne D'Arc
The Would-Be Future of Opera at Stake


http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-5.html

[jlaurson]

Few things on the itinerary:

Diana Damrau Recital (w/Xavier de Maistre)
El Sistema • Youth Orchestra of Caracas, Felsenreitschule, Shostakovich I think...
Birtwistle: Gawain, Felsenreitschule
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler III, Grosses Festspielhaus
Salzburg contemporary • Klangforum Wien 1,   Kollegienkirche (Birtwistle and stuff)
W. Braunfels, Jeanne d'Arc, Felsenreitschule
Mozart, Lucio Silla, Haus für Mozart, Fischer Adam
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler VII, Grosses Festspielhaus
Vienna  Phil • Mahler V • Zubin Mehta, Grosses Festspielhaus

Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 6 )
Lucio Silla • W.A.Mozart
Pretty to Die for and Deadly Boring


http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-6.html

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

The finale of the Grant Park Festival on August 17 should be a good one:


Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Donald Nally, Guest Chorus Director

Adams: Black Gondola
Adams: Harmonium
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

[jlaurson]

Few things on the itinerary:

Diana Damrau Recital (w/Xavier de Maistre)
El Sistema • Youth Orchestra of Caracas, Felsenreitschule, Shostakovich I think...
Birtwistle: Gawain, Felsenreitschule
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler III, Grosses Festspielhaus
Salzburg contemporary • Klangforum Wien 1,   Kollegienkirche (Birtwistle and stuff)
W. Braunfels, Jeanne d'Arc, Felsenreitschule
Mozart, Lucio Silla, Haus für Mozart, Fischer Adam
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mahler VII, Grosses Festspielhaus
Vienna  Phil • Mahler V • Zubin Mehta, Grosses Festspielhaus

Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 9 )
Vienna Philharmonic • Zubin Mehta
Mahler in the Morning

[Sergeant Rock]

Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 9 )
Vienna Philharmonic • Zubin Mehta
Mahler in the Morning

Great review, Jens. And, as always, highly entertaining:

"There are only so many Adorno quotes one can shove into a text (one; preferably fewer) before it gets tedious."



I've had Zukerman's Mozart 3 & 5 since the early 90s, when a friend gave me his newly purchased CD...forced it on me actually because he couldn't stand it. I love it. It's just so fascinatingly different. Think I'll give it a spin now.

Sarge

[jlaurson]

Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 10 )

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 1 • Mariss Jansons
A Russian Pair of Sixes

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-10.html

[cjvinthechair]

A few(among many I won't see) exciting 'new' works at the Proms in the next few days; Birtwistle - Moth Requiem...Nishat Khan - Sitar Concerto...Gubaidulina - Rider on a White Horse.
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