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

[brewski]

Yes an interesting program, superbly executed (but no recording alas. )  The Ustvolskaya - new to me - was also the stand-out piece: surprisingly normal ... except when it wasn't.   Jurowski put so much energy into the performance, he looked wrung out by the end.  And Shaham was a delight (as always. )

Thanks, appreciate all the comments!

Now looking up the Ustvolskaya, and there are a few versions on YouTube. Will report back later. Might just try to replicate this exact concert (with pre-recorded selections), to get a better feel of what Jurowski had in mind.

-Bruce

[Brian]

Here's what will be at Wigmore Hall when I'm in London this fall. Which concerts to attend...?

21 September
Carolyn Sampson with the Wigmore Soloists (Michael Collins, Michael McHale, Isabelle van Keulen, Torleif Thedeen, Rachel Roberts, Tim Gibbs)

Spohr - 6 Deutsche Lieder for soprano, clarinet, piano
Beethoven - "Archduke" Trio
Schubert - Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965
Schubert - "Trout" Quintet

23 September
Stewart Goodyear

Goodyear - Mending Wall (world premiere)
Beethoven - Hammerklavier

N.B. I plan to see Daniil Trifonov do Hammerklavier in March '24. That's a lot of Hammerklavier.

24 September
Marc-Andre Hamelin

Ives - Concord Sonata
Schumann - Waldszenen
Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit

30 September
Weinberg festival day!
Concert 1: Violin Sonata 2, Bassoon Sonata, String Trio (feat., among others, Linus Roth, Danjulo Ishizaka, Florian Uhlig)
Concert 2: Violin Sonatas 5 and 6 and sonatina (Linus Roth, Florian Uhlig)
Concert 3: Solo Violin Sonata 3, Violin Sonata 3, Jewish Songs, Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (Linus Roth, Danjulo Ishizaka, Florian Uhlig, Ilona Domnich)
(why aren't they doing the incredible piano trio?!?)

1 Oct
Armida Quartet

Mozart - Quartet No. 21 K. 575 "Prussian"
Schumann - Quartet No. 3

[brewski]

I would vote for Hamelin, for sure. But doesn't look like you could go wrong with most any.

-Bruce

[Brian]

My own picks for that period are Hamelin and the Weinberg day.  Hamelin because he's great value in concert, plus I've yet to hear a Concord that I felt couldn't be improved upon - last one was Aimard, who was technically superb but hummed loudly throughout .  And Weinberg because ... it's Weinberg!    Though I'll probably just pick one of those - I've done these whole-day things before, and by the evening my concentration is generally shot.

It looks like maybe you'll just miss Jurowski conducting the Bayerische Staatsorchester at the Barbican in two programs of Berg/Strauss and Schumann/Mahler on 18/19 September.  I am genuinely torn between those two - on the one hand, I've yet to hear a flawless Alpensinfonie in concert - but on the other, I have heard Jurowski's Mahler 4, and it's quite special.

I understand the LPO will be announcing their autumn program next week, so it may be worth waiting to have a squint at that - they're on tremendous form at the moment.  One thing about Wigmore is that - nowadays - there's no rush for tickets:  Lugansky's Rachmaninov sold out quite quickly, but most events have availability right up to the last minute.  In a couple of weeks I'll be hearing the Silesian Quartet playing Górecki and Weinberg, which right now has sold maybe less than 10% of seats.  

Oh, thank you much for pointing out the Jurowski visit for me to look up (though I do hope it's not the Schumann piano concerto, one of the last remaining "warhorses" that I fail to appreciate). Got to see a very satisfying Alpine Symphony with Luisi here in Dallas about 5 years ago; it's tremendous fun in a well-done concert. And when I lived in London from 2010-11 the LPO was my favorite orchestra and Southbank Centre my favorite orchestral concert venue to visit, for the acoustic, the location, and the cheap student seats    Have been getting impatient for them to release a schedule so glad to know that it is next week.

I do have a partner coming along and she's an ex-oboist and classical fan but with some particular dislikes. e.g. I'm worried that Concord might drive her insane. We might see you for one of the Weinberg programs, though.

[Brian]

It's here (pdf).

[Spoiler alert] Another back-to-back unmissable pair: Edward Gardner conducting the LPO in Mahler's Resurrection Symphony on Saturday 23rd September, and the next night Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducting the Philharmonia in Sibelius 6th, Shostakovich 6th and 1st PC, Seong-Jin Cho at the keyboard.  With Jurowski and the Bavarians on the 18th/19th, it looks like being one hell of a week.  

Plus Olafsson's Goldbergs for piano mavens. Rouvali's Sibelius has been eccentric so far but the GF does love Sibelius and would love DSCH6 so that might be the concert we do. Plus it's a matinee so plenty of time to head off to the pubs after. I wish the concertos on 27 and 30 September were reversed.

[Florestan]

For those interested, here's the George Enescu 2023 Festival program. I must say it's the most unconventional and imaginative in my living memory.

https://www.festivalenescu.ro/wp/files/2022/12/program2023.pdf

[Florestan]

For those interested, here's the George Enescu 2023 Festival program. I must say it's the most unconventional and imaginative in my living memory.

https://www.festivalenescu.ro/wp/files/2022/12/program2023.pdf

Some very interesting vocal music concerts I'd like to attend. I mean, how many more chances will I have to hear live in Bucharest Billy Budd, St. Francois d'Assise or Fioravanti's La Foresta d'Hermannstadt, let alone songs by Kurt Weill, Zemlinsky and Korngold? And closing the whole thing with Purcell's The Fairy Queen looks like a peach.

[ritter]

Some very interesting vocal music concerts I'd like to attend. I mean, how many more chances will I have to hear live in Bucharest Billy Budd, St. Francois d'Assise or Fioravanti's La Foresta d'Hermannstadt, let alone songs by Kurt Weill, Zemlinsky and Korngold? And closing the whole thing with Purcell's The Fairy Queen looks like a peach.

Indeed, a very interesting and varied programme. You can even listen some Boulez live (run, don't walk!    ).

And the vocal recital on Sept. 1st is a riot of odd programming ... "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" and "Già nella notte densa" closely one before the other... 

[Florestan]

Indeed, a very interesting and varied programme.

In Romanian context it could have very well been titled "Modern Music Festival". It's really that adventurous.

You can even listen some Boulez live (run, don't walk! 

Well, I am not as adventurous as the organizers... 

And the vocal recital on Sept. 1st is a riot of odd programming ... "Dein ist mein Ganges Herz" and "Già nella notte densa" closely one before the other... 

That's one of those that piqued my interest. 

Btw, love the typo: "Dein ist mein Ganges Herz" --- a Bollywood take on Lehar. 

[vers la flamme]

Torn between two options for Sunday; there is Fauré's Requiem at Spivey Hall in Morrow, GA, or a piano recital at the local Anglican cathedral. I don't know the pianist, one Mark Valenti, but the program looks great: Debussy's Images, a Haydn G major sonata, several late Brahms piano pieces, and Scriabin's 5th Sonata. Thinking I will opt for the latter, which is free; however, I have been wanting to see the Fauré Requiem for a long time—my last opportunity was spoiled when a local church had to cancel a scheduled performance during the earliest weeks of the covid lockdowns.

[Mapman]

Torn between two options for Sunday; there is Fauré's Requiem at Spivey Hall in Morrow, GA, or a piano recital at the local Anglican cathedral. I don't know the pianist, one Mark Valenti, but the program looks great: Debussy's Images, a Haydn G major sonata, several late Brahms piano pieces, and Scriabin's 5th Sonata. Thinking I will opt for the latter, which is free; however, I have been wanting to see the Fauré Requiem for a long time—my last opportunity was spoiled when a local church had to cancel a scheduled performance during the earliest weeks of the covid lockdowns.

That second concert does sound interesting, and is a great price! And I suspect that it may be easier to find a future performance of the Fauré.

(By the way, did you make it to a concert while you were in New York?)

[vers la flamme]

That second concert does sound interesting, and is a great price! And I suspect that it may be easier to find a future performance of the Fauré.

(By the way, did you make it to a concert while you were in New York?)

Unfortunately not, and it's for a reason you'll appreciate, I forgot that I had to take a physics exam (over Lockdown Browser), so I was busy doing that from my hotel in New Jersey that night

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Torn between two options for Sunday; there is Fauré's Requiem at Spivey Hall in Morrow, GA, or a piano recital at the local Anglican cathedral. I don't know the pianist, one Mark Valenti, but the program looks great: Debussy's Images, a Haydn G major sonata, several late Brahms piano pieces, and Scriabin's 5th Sonata. Thinking I will opt for the latter, which is free; however, I have been wanting to see the Fauré Requiem for a long time—my last opportunity was spoiled when a local church had to cancel a scheduled performance during the earliest weeks of the covid lockdowns.

Agree, the latter sounds great.

[Brian]

Looking at the Wigmore Hall fall programs...goodness, I am VERY sad to be missing this by 6 days:

Mompou - Cants magics
Debussy - Estampes
Scriabin - Sonata No. 5
S. Hough - Sonatina nostalgica
Liszt - Petrarch sonnets and Dante Sonata

Stephen Hough

vers la flamme - I looked up Mark Valenti and he had some studies with Zoltan Kocsis, which is an impressive sign. Faure's Requiem comes around every 10ish years in most major American cities I think.

[brewski]

Tonight at Covent Garden, Susanna Mälkki conducts Kaija Saariaho's new opera Innocence about a school shooting:

VERY envious! Feel free to report back, if inclined. I have seen one Saariaho opera, L'Amour de loin, when the Met Opera did it in 2016 (also with Mälkki).

-Bruce

[vers la flamme]

Looking at the Wigmore Hall fall programs...goodness, I am VERY sad to be missing this by 6 days:

Mompou - Cants magics
Debussy - Estampes
Scriabin - Sonata No. 5
S. Hough - Sonatina nostalgica
Liszt - Petrarch sonnets and Dante Sonata

Stephen Hough

vers la flamme - I looked up Mark Valenti and he had some studies with Zoltan Kocsis, which is an impressive sign. Faure's Requiem comes around every 10ish years in most major American cities I think.

From what I see, this is the second or third time in the past 6 months here in metro Atlanta

[Karl Henning]

At 8:30PM Boston time, the Minnesota State University at Moorehead Choirs will sing a program including a piece of which I have the honor to be the dedicatee, composed by my Triad colleague, Julian Bryson:

[brewski]

My bluff has been called:  BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting Innocence on 20 May (audio-only).

The libretto is mostly in English, but often quite heavily accented, and I was grateful for the surtitles.  However my partner, who had forgotten her glasses so couldn't read them, said she could follow it OK without.

Thanks, making a note, and may tune in anyway. Though like you, I'd rather see it!

Tonight online (audio only), the Minnesota Orchestra, pianist Garrick Ohlsson, and conductor Juanjo Mena:

Philip Herbert: Elegy: In Memoriam—Stephen Lawrence
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 

Broadcast here, starts at 8:00 pm (CT), 9:00 pm (ET).

-Bruce

[brewski]

Tonight:

Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1
Thomas Larcher  Symphony No.2 "Kenotaph"
Mahler  Adagio from Symphony No.10

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
Julian Rachlin violin

Wow.

-Bruce

[brewski]

At 8:30PM Boston time, the Minnesota State University at Moorehead Choirs will sing a program including a piece of which I have the honor to be the dedicatee, composed by my Triad colleague, Julian Bryson:

Karl, though I couldn't catch this live, I am dipping into a little bit of it, and coincidentally for another reason: my nephew recently graduated from MSUM! (He's not a choral guy, so no telling if he saw this, or was even familiar with the ensemble.) Anyway, the group sounds good.

Where in the program is the piece you cite? (I wish they had included a program listing with the video!) Or maybe I just haven't gotten to it yet.

-Bruce