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

[stingo]

Beethoven - Romance No. 1, for violin and orchestra
Beethoven - Romance No. 2, for violin and orchestra
Dvorak - Serenade for Strings
Beethoven - Symphony No. 2
Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
Itzhak Perlman - violin and conductor
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Verizon Hall

My next concert is in November. I am excite!

[Sergeant Rock]

Next Monday at the BASF Feierabendhaus in Ludwigshafen, the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Karl-Heinz Steffens, Conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Violin

Dvořák Carnival Overture
Dvořák, Violin Concerto A minor, op. 53
Elgar, Symphony #1 A flat op. 55


Sarge

[springrite]

It's official. Just got ticket to LA Phil this Sunday:

Salonen: Violin Concerto (Josefowicz)
Sibelius:  Symphony #5

Now, almost thirty years ago, I heard Esa-Pekka's debut in Los Angeles as a 23 year old (I think that was his age then). It was a mesmerising performance of the 5th that I will never forget. Now I am back in Los Angeles for a visit, it's so special to have an opportunity to hear him again in that work, and with his magnificent violin concerto as a bonus, in a far better venue than Dorothy Chandler.

After the concert, a mad run to the Staples Center for KINGS vs. EDMONTON !!!

[bhodges]

Tomorrow night, Gotham Chamber Opera presents a program of four one-act operas titled Baden-Baden 1927, recreating a concert from July 17 of that year. As some have noted, now that New York City Opera is gone ( ), Gotham is one of the few alternatives to the Met.

Kurt Weill: Mahagonny Songspiel
Paul Hindemith: Hin und zurück (There and Back)
Darius Milhaud: L'enlèvement d'Europe (The Abduction of Europa)
Ernst Toch: Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (The Princess and the Pea)

--Bruce

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, pianist
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Walton: Symphony No. 1

Whoa, this was a scorcher. First we get the Prokofiev with its impossibly difficult piano part ripped thru by Gerstein in superhuman fashion. Then the Walton, which is still ringing in my ears a couple hours after. They really dug into this: I've rarely heard the CSO roaring so loudly and vehemently (and believe me, that is saying something).

Audience loved both pieces; extensive ovations. More of this sort of thing, please.

[listener]

I'll get to this next Monday, DV
Debussy :Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire (Scottish March on a Popular Theme)
Bruch :Scottish Fantasy*
Mendelssohn :Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Scottish
Nicola Benedetti, violin     Vancouver Symphony     Jun Märkl, cond.

[springrite]

It's official. Just got ticket to LA Phil this Sunday:

Salonen: Violin Concerto (Josefowicz)
Sibelius:  Symphony #5

Now, almost thirty years ago, I heard Esa-Pekka's debut in Los Angeles as a 23 year old (I think that was his age then). It was a mesmerising performance of the 5th that I will never forget. Now I am back in Los Angeles for a visit, it's so special to have an opportunity to hear him again in that work, and with his magnificent violin concerto as a bonus, in a far better venue than Dorothy Chandler.

After the concert, a mad run to the Staples Center for KINGS vs. EDMONTON !!!

What a day! First of all, an amazing concert with Salonen. In the Unanswered Question, the stage was empty except for Salonen. I think the orchestral part (which was insignificant in a way) is pre-recorded. The flutes were high up behind the stage. The brass soloists were high up behind and above me in the upper balcony opposite the stage. Salonen conducted them from distance on the podium. The effect was amazing.
The concerto and the Sibelius are wonderfully done as expected.

Then, the KINGS beat the OILERS in OT shootout at STAPLES.

A good day for me in my return to LA!

[TheGSMoeller]

I unfortunately didn't attend this concert, partly because there's an ocean in between, but would have loved to...

[Brian]

TONIGHT!
At my local multiplex -
Shostakovich: The Nose (Metropolitan Opera encore broadcast)

John (MI), no excuse for not going to the movies for this one.

FRIDAY!
My first-ever trip to the Dallas Symphony, after a year of living here -

Dvorak: Te Deum
Suk: Fairy Tale (Raduz & Mahulena)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

Tomas Netopil, conductor

Dvorak's Te Deum was the first piece I saw live at a London orchestra concert, too.

[bhodges]

TONIGHT!
At my local multiplex -
Shostakovich: The Nose (Metropolitan Opera encore broadcast)

John (MI), no excuse for not going to the movies for this one.

FRIDAY!
My first-ever trip to the Dallas Symphony, after a year of living here -

Dvorak: Te Deum
Suk: Fairy Tale (Raduz & Mahulena)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

Tomas Netopil, conductor

Dvorak's Te Deum was the first piece I saw live at a London orchestra concert, too.

Hope you enjoy The Nose - I saw it a couple of weeks ago. (Saw it twice in its original run, since I figured it would never return - happily I was wrong.) It is one of the best meldings of composer and designer that the Met has ever done - not to mention the playing of the Met Orchestra. (I wonder what else William Kentridge might tackle?) And the additional plus is that a DVD should be forthcoming.

And what a nice DSO program! Don't know Netopil, so would be interested in your comments on him, too.

--Bruce

[TheGSMoeller]

FRIDAY!
My first-ever trip to the Dallas Symphony, after a year of living here -

Dvorak: Te Deum
Suk: Fairy Tale (Raduz & Mahulena)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

Tomas Netopil, conductor

Dvorak's Te Deum was the first piece I saw live at a London orchestra concert, too.

Cool, Brian. I think you'll be impressed with the Meyerson. The lobby area is beautiful, and the hall itself looks like a spaceship, but a spaceship with great acoustics! I saw the DSO a few times during the Litton era, a very good sounding group.
Hope you enjoy it!

[Szykneij]

From Melrose to Paris and Back
Melrose (Massachusetts) Symphony


Dukas - La Peri Fanfare

Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

Debussy - La Mer

Gershwin - An American in Paris

Ravel - Boléro

[Mirror Image]

TONIGHT!
At my local multiplex -
Shostakovich: The Nose (Metropolitan Opera encore broadcast)

John (MI), no excuse for not going to the movies for this one.

That's true! Would be nice to see this actually.

FRIDAY!
My first-ever trip to the Dallas Symphony, after a year of living here -

Dvorak: Te Deum
Suk: Fairy Tale (Raduz & Mahulena)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

Tomas Netopil, conductor

Dvorak's Te Deum was the first piece I saw live at a London orchestra concert, too.

Nice concert, Brian. The Dallas SO are a fine orchestra, or at least they are on record, and Greg's recollection of them is most encouraging. I'll probably be seeing the ASO next year when they have guest Ilan Volkov conduct Shostakovich's 10th. I definitely want to see this!

[TheGSMoeller]

November 2, 2013
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan- conductor, Stephen Hough - piano
COPLAND Short Symphony 
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY Petrushka

Tonight! Excited to finally see Petrushka live.

[Brahmsian]

November 2, 2013
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan- conductor, Stephen Hough - piano
COPLAND Short Symphony 
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY Petrushka

Tonight! Excited to finally see Petrushka live.

Terrific Greg!  I'm excited for you to hear Petrushka live.  Is it a ballet performance too, or just the music?

[TheGSMoeller]

Terrific Greg!  I'm excited for you to hear Petrushka live.  Is it a ballet performance too, or just the music?

Music only, unless I decide to wear my tutu and participate. 

[Brahmsian]

Music only, unless I decide to wear my tutu and participate. 

  Well, that is my favourite Stravinsky ballet, so hope you enjoy it, Greg! 

[Todd]

Looking forward to hearing Jean Efflam Bavouzet in person the weekend before Thanksgiving.  The holiday meal isn't the only meaty thing I have to look forward to this month.


Beethoven - Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53

Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit

Debussy - Preludes (Book I) - Nos. 1-7

Bartok  - Sonata for Piano (1926)

[TheGSMoeller]

  Well, that is my favourite Stravinsky ballet, so hope you enjoy it, Greg! 

Mine too. With the wonderful trumpet, piano and percussion parts this should be a fun one to watch.

[TheGSMoeller]

November 2, 2013
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan- conductor, Stephen Hough - piano
COPLAND Short Symphony 
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY Petrushka

Tonight! Excited to finally see Petrushka live.

Very nice concert. Petrushka was fun, but disappointed with the version they performed. Program said 1947 version, but it cut out the final three sections thus omitting the soft ending and the Ghost of Petrushka trumpet call which I love, so I'm guessing it was the concert suite. But fantastic sound all around from the ASO, especially from the brass and winds.
Highlight of the evening was Stephen Hough and his virtuosic playing of Liszt's 1st concerto. I was never fully aware of the soloist's part in this piece only listening to recordings, but seeing Hough's hands in action left me breathless. Beautiful and commanding, definitely a moment I won't forget anytime soon.