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

[listener]

coming Satirday not quite what one would expect on a rather folksy titled 'Music from the Old Country' on a series that's a bit pops oriented
Walton Façade: Suite No. 2
Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor*
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Vancouver S.O.     Tovey conducting  *with our new principal cello

[Sergeant Rock]

In two weeks I'll be seeing the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Raminta Serksnyta Eisbergas
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E minor
Bruckner Symphony No.4

Augustin Hadelich, violin
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conducting





Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

coming Satirday not quite what one would expect on a rather folksy titled 'Music from the Old Country' on a series that's a bit pops oriented
Walton Façade: Suite No. 2
Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor*
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Vancouver S.O.     Tovey conducting  *with our new principal cello

What a great (perfect) program!

Sarge

[Florestan]

In two weeks I'll be seeing the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Liar! You'll be watching the conductor and the conductor only. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Liar! You'll be watching the conductor and the conductor only. 

I ordered front row seats of course 

Sarge

[Florestan]

I ordered front row seats of course 

And yet you'll mostly see the back... 

[Sergeant Rock]

And yet you'll mostly see the back... 

No, our usual seats are on the end of the row next to one of the exists (which means we are first in line at the bar at intermission  ) Those seats provide a nice view of the conductor in profile actually.

Sarge

[Florestan]

we are first in line at the bar at intermission 

C'mon, man! That's a lame pretext! 

[Sergeant Rock]

C'mon, man! That's a lame pretext! 

You don't know Mrs. Rock 

Sarge

[Florestan]

You don't know Mrs. Rock 

That's ambiguous. Do you mean that accepting those seats which allow you to profile (pun intended) the conductresses was her pretext for being closer to the bar than anyone else? 

(Sorry, couldn't resist.  )

[TheGSMoeller]

In two weeks I'll be seeing the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Raminta Serksnyta Eisbergas
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E minor
Bruckner Symphony No.4

Augustin Hadelich, violin
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conducting





Sarge

Just did a google search for Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and this video surfaced. A must see!!!

https://www.youtube.com/v/wUXv6uTsIfI

[jlaurson]

That's where this belongs, you silly Konzerthaus you.

Bravo! If you haven't read about it in the other thread where the solution has been posted, can you give it to me in no more than six letters/numerals? 


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Not the worst lineup, though:
Yuja Wang,
Australian Chamber Orchestra / Bezuidenhout / Tognetti,
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Tetzlaff / Harding,
Ian Bostridge / Thomas Adès,
Hans Rott Quartett / Meister,
Wiener KammerOrchester / Garanca / Chichon,
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien / Midori / Quasthoff / Meister,
Hugo Wolf Quartet,
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Frang / Stenz,
Quatuor Ardeo,
Mariinsky Orchestra / Kozhukhin / Volodin / Abduraimov / Babayan / GergievGergiev (All Prokofiev Piano Concertos in two concerts),
Matthias Goerne / Martin Helmchen,
...and lots of. G.F.Haas as part of "Wien Modern"

[listener]

What a great (perfect) program!

Sarge

It met my hopes.  The Walton was the orchestra version with no horns or timpani but with a drum kit and sax, the concerto came off very well, cellist gave it an extra level of feeling we discovered as he had cut a finger slicing veggies for a light supper and had two stitches in his right hand.   And the VW 4th made sense even in its unorthodox harmonies.   An attentive audience too (the blue rinse/Q-tip crowd will be at tomorrow's afternoon show,)

[Brahmsian]

I just scored a free ticket to see DSCH 8! I have never heard it before - thought this was the kind of piece where a live First Listen would be a hell of an experience. And a live First Listen I shall have. 

Mozart | Piano Concerto No 14
Shostakovich | Symphony No 8

Emanuel Ax
Dallas SO/Jaap van Zweden

How was the concert, Brian? 

[Brian]

How was the concert, Brian? 

Awesome!

Jaap van Zweden aggravated a shoulder injury and was replaced by Karina Canellakis (hope I'm spelling that right), DSO's assistant conducting babe. Not being familiar with Shosty's Eighth, I can't tell you how she did, but the nerdy dude in front of me said it was "pretty good for stepping in at the last minute," though he clearly had reservations.

The piece is pretty awesome live, and the 100+ college students I saw it with LOVED it. (I work for a community college which secured free tickets for several music classes and 15 faculty members, including yours truly.) I asked a lot of them afterwards how they liked the symphony, and every sex, ethnicity, nationality, and level of music knowledge agreed: "awesome," "so amazing," "beautiful," "intense," "loved it." Seeing that enthusiasm was just as cool as seeing the music.

[Brahmsian]

Awesome!

Jaap van Zweden aggravated a shoulder injury and was replaced by Karina Canellakis (hope I'm spelling that right), DSO's assistant conducting babe. Not being familiar with Shosty's Eighth, I can't tell you how she did, but the nerdy dude in front of me said it was "pretty good for stepping in at the last minute," though he clearly had reservations.

The piece is pretty awesome live, and the 100+ college students I saw it with LOVED it. (I work for a community college which secured free tickets for several music classes and 15 faculty members, including yours truly.) I asked a lot of them afterwards how they liked the symphony, and every sex, ethnicity, nationality, and level of music knowledge agreed: "awesome," "so amazing," "beautiful," "intense," "loved it." Seeing that enthusiasm was just as cool as seeing the music.

Excellent, Brian.  I am glad it was a great experience for so many young people.  It is an amazing work, and incredibly intense. 

[king ubu]

Haven't bought a ticket yet ... not sure if I should shelve out a lot of money for a good one, the hall in wonderful and it might well be worth it ...

Natalie Dessay & Le Concert d'Astrée performing parts of "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" (with countertenor Christophe Dumaux - unknown to me so far) in Lucerne, Nov. 18:
http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-ch/events/event-282733848.html

[Mookalafalas]

Not too many folks hit southern Taiwan on their tours.  Ingolf Wunder is coming in about 10 days. I actually have a 3 hour graduate class at that time (I'm the teacher), but went ahead and cancelled so I could go to the concert.  Saw Boris Berezovsky two years ago, and Michael Lewis last year.  Those are the only two non-university classical performances I've ever seen...

[Brian]

Ingolf Wunder is very good with Scarlatti, Mozart, and similar composers. I got to review his most recent CD.

[Mookalafalas]

Ingolf Wunder is very good with Scarlatti, Mozart, and similar composers. I got to review his most recent CD.

  I think the whole evening is Chopin and Liszt.