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

[TheGSMoeller]

Purchased a series for the 2013-2014 Season of the Atlanta Symphony, I will trade two in exchange for two from another series.

Received my tickets for the new season, and it looks like the ASO has made a program change in one of the concerts, this may force me to update my selections as I really like this new one, a lot...
Feb. 20 and 22, 2014

Robert Spano
David Coucheron, violin
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Brett Polegato, baritone
ASO Chorus

RVW: The Lark Ascending
RVW: Symphony No. 4
RVW: Dona Nobis Pacem

[North Star]

Received my tickets for the new season, and it looks like the ASO has made a program change in one of the concerts, this may force me to update my selections as I really like this new one, a lot...
Feb. 20 and 22, 2014

Robert Spano
David Coucheron, violin
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Brett Polegato, baritone
ASO Chorus

RVW: The Lark Ascending
RVW: Symphony No. 4
RVW: Dona Nobis Pacem

Ooh, nice! I don't suppose John (MI) will be going, though, since it's Spano...

[jlaurson]

Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 11 )
Soloist Recital • Till Fellner

Baroque Brawn and Classical Timidity



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-11.html




Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 12 )
El Sistema • White Hands Choir

The Calligraphy of Song



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-12.html




Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 13 )
Liederabend • Christian Gerhaher & Gerold Huber

The Art of Darkness



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-13.html

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

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

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

A review, which I largely agree with: http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2013/08/kalmar-grant-park-orchestra-wrap-the-season-with-adams-and-stravinsky/

It was good to see such a large audience for this non-standard program - there must have been several thousand people there.

[TheGSMoeller]

A review, which I largely agree with: http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2013/08/kalmar-grant-park-orchestra-wrap-the-season-with-adams-and-stravinsky/

It was good to see such a large audience for this non-standard program - there must have been several thousand people there.

Damn those dominating brass players. 

A good review from Chicago Tribune of same concert...

http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77066025/

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Damn those dominating brass players. 

A good review from Chicago Tribune of same concert...

http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77066025/

This is nicely put: "If "Rite of Spring" is music of the earth, "Harmonium" is music of the ether."

I do think the Adams was the highlight of the concert. The Stravinsky was OK, but the Adams was something special in this performance.

[Papy Oli]

On Sunday at Snape :

Christian Blackshaw (piano)

Mozart - Fantasie in D minor K397 - Sonata in D major K576
Schubert - Sonata in A minor D784
Schumann - Fantasie in C major Op.17

[Papy Oli]

Tonight :

Snape Proms

Isabelle Faust (violin)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord)

JS Bach
Sonatas for violin and keyboard No.1 in B minor; No.3 in E major; No.6 in G major
Sonata No.2 for solo violin in A minor
Toccata in D minor

***
The Blackshaw recital from last Sunday was really good. I really need to revisit Schumann Piano music after that one. The Schubert was striking too.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Coming up Sunday, Sept. 29:

Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra / Alan Heatherington, conductor

Bartók Hungarian Sketches
Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A

This is a suburban orchestra, but a serious one that includes a number of moonlighting CSO members. This year in Chicago has been a good one for the more obscure Bruckner symphonies, with 1, 2 and now 6.

[DavidW]

Next week I get to hear atonal honking (first time for me to hear atonal music live) in the form of David Diamond plus other American composers.  Should be neat.

[not edward]

Talking of atonal honking, this may be over six months in the future, but I think it'll be a highlight of the year for me:

Thursday March 20, 2014 @ Jane Mallet Theatre
An Evening with the Arditti String Quartet
Co-production with Music Toronto - Concert 8:00
Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. E. (St. Lawrence Centre) [MAP]

Elliott Carter - String Quartet No.5 (1995)

Hilda Paredes - String Quartet No. 2 "Cuerdas del Destino" (2007-2008) (Canadian Premiere)

Brian Ferneyhough - Dum Transisset I-IV (2006-2007)

Helmut Lachenmann - String Quartet No. 3 "Grido" (2000-2001)


Less far in the future, this very nicely thematic program:

Sunday October 6, 2013 @ Betty Oliphant Theatre
New Music Concerts Ensemble | Robert Aitken direction | Accordes
curated by Austin Clarkson
Introduction 7:15 | Concert 8:00
Afternoon Symposium on site at 2:30
Presented with the support of the Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation and the Stefan Wolpe Society
Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis Street [MAP]

Anton Webern - Konzert, Op.24 (1931-34) fl, ob, cl, hn, tpt, trb, va, pf

Morton Feldman - Structures (1951) string quartet

Stefan Wolpe - Concerto for nine Instruments, Op.22 (1933-34) fl, cl, bn, hn, tpt, trb, vn, vc, pf

John Cage - String Quartet in Four Parts (1949-50)

Anton Webern - Konzert, Op.24 (1931-34) (reprise performance)

Morton Feldman - Projection 5 (1951) 3 fl, tpt, pf, vn, vc [graphic score]

Stefan Wolpe - Chamber Piece No.1 (1964) fl, ob, eh, cl, bn, tpt, trb, 2vn, va, vc, cb, pf

[DavidW]

Impressive concerts!!

[Opus106]

Mehta's concert with Bavarian State Orcehstra, this weekend, at the Shalimar Gardens in Kashmir. Well, I'm not going to be there, just looking forward to its telecast. Naturally, this concert has achieved a lot of national attention due to the venue, with many groups in the state asking for a boycott and some others organising a parallel concert/event displaying and performing Kashmiri art.

[jlaurson]

Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 14 )
El Sistema • Ntl. Children's Symphony Orchestra & Simon Rattle

Pint-sized Mahler



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-14.html




Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 15 )
Shakespeare/Mendelssohn • Ein Sommernachtstraum

Inspiration for Wagner



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-15.html




Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 16 )
Salzburg contemporary • Klangforum Wien 2, Heinz Holliger

Japanese Rain, Confused Owls, Nocturnal Guitar Lessons



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-16.html




Notes from the 2013 Salzburg Festival ( 17 )
Die Meistersinger • Richard Wagner

Innocence Regained



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/notes-from-2013-salzburg-festival-17.html

[TheGSMoeller]

Tonight!

Lyric Opera of Chicago
Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park
Streaming live HERE on WFMT.

7:15pm Central/ 8:15pm EA - Or if you're in Chicago, Pritzker Pavilion.

Live from Pritzker Pavilion, Lyric Opera of Chicago welcomes Ana María Martínez, Albina Shagimuratova and singers from the Ryan Opera Center for highlights from Madama Butterfly, Lohengrin, Otello, Il Trovatore, and Lucia di Lammermoor. The operatic extravaganza heralds the coming 2013-14 season at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Albina Shagimuratova made a stunning Lyric debut last season as Gilda in Rigoletto. Ana María Martínez (Mimì last season) will sing her role debut as Desdemona next month, and will return later in the season for Rusalka.

Broadcasts are co-hosted by Peter Van De Graaff and Lyric's Roger Pines. Live broadcasts from the Civic Opera House resume on Saturday, October 5 at 4:45 PM with the season opener, Otello.

[jlaurson]

Notes from the 2013 Schubertiade ( 1 )

Schubert and Rarely Beyond



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/09/notes-from-2013-schubertiade-1.html

[jlaurson]

Notes from the 2013 Schubertiade ( 2 ) • Prégardien Père et Fils

A Father & Son Duo of Tenors



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/09/notes-from-2013-schubertiade-2.html

[kyjo]

Now HERE's a Pittsburgh Symphony concert I might very well attend:

February 21-23:

Casella: Suite from La donna serpente
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 5 (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano)
Schumann: Symphony no. 2

Gianandrea Noseda

Noseda, as the guest conductor of the PSO and a champion of Casella's music, has managed to squeeze in a couple Casella works into his concerts from time to time. Besides world premieres, Casella's music is the only relatively little-known music that has entered the PSO's repertoire. I really hope Noseda programs his Symphony no. 3 at some point! Also, the Prokofiev (which is one of his least-encountered works) will be handled with Bavouzet's magic touch. Being right around my birthday, this concert would serve as a nice present!

[jlaurson]

>NOTES FROM THE 2013 SCHUBERTIADE ( 3 ) • BELCEA QUARTET & THOMAS QUASTHOFF

A Father & Son Duo of Tenors



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/09/notes-from-2013-schubertiade-3-belcea.html

Reciting poems like a High School valedictorian at his commencement speech...



>NOTES FROM THE 2013 SCHUBERTIADE ( 4 ) • BELCEA QUARTET & TILL FELLNER

A Father & Son Duo of Tenors



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/09/notes-from-2013-schubertiade-4-belcea.html

The Belcea Quartet makes a wonderful Trio...




>NOTES FROM THE 2013 SCHUBERTIADE ( 5 ) • DIANA DAMRAU & XAVIER DE MAISTRE

And tears are heard within the harp I touch.



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/09/notes-from-2013-schubertiade-5-diana.html

The harp remains the singularly most tedious instrument, all the same...






>NOTES FROM THE 2013 SCHUBERTIADE ( 6 ) • LEMONY BOSTRIDGE & LASCIVIOUS RÖSCHMANN

St. Anthony and his Funny Fishes



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/09/notes-from-2013-schubertiade-6-lemony.html

With a face that looks like a lemon, squeezed against its will... [link corrected]



>NOTES FROM THE 2013 SCHUBERTIADE ( 7 ) • HAGEN QUARTETT I

Of Serious and Harp-playing Beethoven Cows



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/09/notes-from-2013-schubertiade-7-hagen.html

As hard as it is to trade the countryside, the sun, and the smell of grass and herbs  (essential experiences for anyone attending the Schubertiade) in for a concert hall, it has to be done: Duty calls...

[bhodges]

Next month at Carnegie Hall:

October 11
Mariinsky Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, Music Director and Conductor
Denis Matsuev, Piano
Timur Martynov, Trumpet
ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM
Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings
Symphony No. 8

October 13
The MET Orchestra
James Levine, Music Director and Conductor
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
VERDI Overture to I vespri Siciliani
CARTER Variations for Orchestra
ROSSINI Giovanna d'Arco (orch. Salvatore Sciarrino)
MOZART "Deh, per questo istante solo" from La clemenza di Tito
MOZART "Non più di fiori" from La clemenza di Tito
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

October 15
Mariinsky Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, Music Director and Conductor
Denis Matsuev, Piano
ALL-RACHMANINOFF PROGRAM
Piano Concerto No. 3
Symphonic Dances

--Bruce