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

[North Star]

That ought to be one heck of a recital, Bruce! His Liszt sonata recording on Hyperion s superb, and there's an older live recording that's certainly not any less exciting. And Gaspard - well, again that technique and tone ought to suit it to perfection. I don't know the Busoni work but I can have a guess. All in all, with the Mozart and Hamelin, that looks like a perfect program.

[Brian]

Tonight at Carnegie:

Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

MOZART Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545
BUSONI Giga, bolero e variazione (after Mozart) from An die Jugend
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN Pavane Variée (NY Premiere)
LISZT Piano Sonata in B Minor

--Bruce

Well THIS sounds awesome!

[bhodges]

That ought to be one heck of a recital, Bruce! His Liszt sonata recording on Hyperion s superb, and there's an older live recording that's certainly not any less exciting. And Gaspard - well, again that technique and tone ought to suit it to perfection. I don't know the Busoni work but I can have a guess. All in all, with the Mozart and Hamelin, that looks like a perfect program.

Well THIS sounds awesome!

To me, a Hamelin night is like a national holiday!  I have a pianist friend who now refers to him as "The Pianist Whose Name Must Not Be Uttered"; for one sold-out concert, he was going to disguise himself as a potted tree to try and sneak into the room.

I mean, no one is perfect, and even the best people can have off nights, but Hamelin seems to have fewer than most.

Does look like a very appealing program, especially with so many all-Chopin evenings running around. 

--Bruce

[Brian]

When you get an email from a friend in California saying she has the chance for discount tickets to a Murray Perahia recital, and asking if she should go...

SO JEALOUS.

[North Star]

SO JEALOUS.

Solution: tell her not to bother.  0:) 

[Karl Henning]

Going to Symphony Hall tomorrow evening, weather permitting:

Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello

SMETANA  The Moldau
MARTINŮ  Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony № 6)
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto

[Pat B]

Got tickets for -

Dvorák Terzetto in C major
Dvorák String Quartet No12 in F major American
Franck Piano Quintet in F minor
Boris Giltburg - Piano
Members of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra

I posted in this thread of how we were going to a performance of 'The Seven Stars Symphony' by Koechlin. Well, we went and it was great to hear and experience in a live setting. Not everyone felt the same way, though... http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/14207559.Music_review__BBC_SSO_Ilan_Volkov_at_City_Halls__Glasgow/

Interesting 3-4-5 program. The violinists will work 3x as much as Giltburg!

The Terzetto is one of my favorite Dvořák pieces. Enjoy!

[ritter]

Off to see William Christie and Les Arts Florissants tonight in the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord production of the Molière / Lully comédie-ballet Monsieur de Pourceaugnac. It's being shown at the Teatros del Canal here in Madrid (some 10 minutes walkong distance from home  )....

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Going to Symphony Hall tomorrow evening, weather permitting:

Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello

SMETANA  The Moldau
MARTINŮ  Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony № 6)
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto

Awesome to see the Martinu on there! (played by the orchestra that premiered it)

Coming up over here: the alpha and omega of DSCH as a symphonist on one program:

Feb. 5 & 6

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky conductor

Shostakovich Symphony No. 1
Shostakovich Symphony No. 15

[bhodges]

Tonight at Carnegie:

Orchestre National de France
Daniele Gatti, Music Director and Conductor
Julian Rachlin, Violin

DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

PS, the program will be broadcast live - audio and video - on Medici.tv:

http://www.medici.tv/#!/daniele-gatti-conducts-debussy-shostakovich-tchaikovsky-with-julian-rachlin-and-the-orchestre-national-de-france

--Bruce

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I'm looking forward to the following free concert of local new music

http://www.mso.com.au/whats-on/2016-season/cybecconcert/

Particularly to hear what Harry Sdraulig is up to these days. I had the pleasure of meeting him only once before and hearing his second piano trio when he was still in high school. A truly remarkable composer!

[bhodges]

Tonight at Carnegie:

Orchestre National de France
Daniele Gatti, Music Director and Conductor
Julian Rachlin, Violin

DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

PS, the program will be broadcast live - audio and video - on Medici.tv:

http://www.medici.tv/#!/daniele-gatti-conducts-debussy-shostakovich-tchaikovsky-with-julian-rachlin-and-the-orchestre-national-de-france

--Bruce

This incredibly generous concert - almost 3 hours - began with an unannounced tribute to Kurt Masur, who led the orchestra from 2002 to 2008: the Prelude from Act III of Wagner's Die Meistersinger. The Debussy was lovely, and Rachlin did an impressive job with the Shostakovich - so involving that the audience gave him a huge ovation, prompting an unusual encore, Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 3. The Tchaikovsky, which I hadn't heard in years, was appropriately stirring, again with some excellent work from the orchestra, and here too, Gatti had an offbeat encore: the Prélude from Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande.

The concert is available free on Medici.tv for 90 days - highly recommended, if the program is appealing.

--Bruce

[bhodges]

And tonight, this fascinating line-up, the final night of Juilliard's Focus! Festival - this year a tribute to Milton Babbitt. The Piano Concerto has not been performed since its premiere.

Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
Conor Hanick, piano
Juilliard Orchestra

Brahms: (arr. Leinsdorf) Chorale-Prelude, Op. 122, No. 8, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Behold a Rose is Blooming, ca. 1896)
Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra (1909/49)
Stravinsky: Variations (Aldous Huxley in Memoriam) (1963-64)
Babbitt: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1998)

--Bruce

[Obradovic]

Τonight 31 JAN
M. Ravel: La Valse
                Daphnis et Chloë-Suite No.2
C. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C maj. op.78 'Organ'

Tomorrow 1 FEB
C.M. von Weber: Oberon: Overture
W.A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte: 'Der Hölle Rache'
G.Verdi: Rigoletto: 'Caro nome'
G. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia: 'Una voce poco fa'
P.I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B min. op.72 'Pathétique'

Christina Poulitsi, soprano

ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
ZUBIN MEHTA

A friend told me that the orchestra's reward for these two concerts will be $500,000 and Mehta's $100,000! Can this be true? Just note that the orchestra isn't on tour (if that says something at all)

[knight66]

I would have thought that the orchestra would be on contract with a salary. It sounds very unlikely that they would have such dosh thrown at them. No idea about Mehta, but although that sounds a great deal, it may be possible.

Mike

[bhodges]

Tomorrow night, hearing students from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia:

Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor

Berio: Sinfonia
Mahler: Symphony No. 1

--Bruce

[ritter]

Tomorrow night, hearing students from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia:

Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor

Berio: Sinfonia
Mahler: Symphony No. 1

--Bruce

Looks very enticing!  Hope you enjoy it....

[Todd]

Got my tickets for a March recital by Joseph Moog.  Should be a fun evening.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto BWV 921
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58
Liszt: Deux Légendes, Hexameron

[EigenUser]

Just saw this in Philly. It was great!

Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor

BERIO: Sinfonia
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1

[Mirror Image]

Just saw this in Philly. It was great!

Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor

BERIO: Sinfonia
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1

I bet that Berio was cool. I'd love to see that work performed.