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

[karlhenning]

Sept 17, though I still need to draw up a final program.

[Opus106]

Off-topic but still...

Here's a concert that was completely out of my radar until I read its review today. Very interesting programming. Snippets of earlier performances (of Carnatic music on a string quartet) are available at the Madras String Quartet's website.

[MDL]

I'm off to the last day of the Kings Place Festival in Kings Cross; a series of dozens of short concerts, £4,50 a pop, and free events. I've booked this:

Time: 14:15
Venue: Hall One

Michael Collins clarinet
Michael McHale piano

Britten Mazurka Elegiaca (arr. Colin Matthews)
Colin Matthews Three Studies
And Schumann Fantasiestücke

Then I'll have a mooch to see what else gets my attention.


http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/kings-place-festival-2009

[Gabriel]

Salle Pleyel, Paris:

October 3rd and 4th. Varèse 360º (complete works). Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Ensemble Asko I Schönberg, Capella Amsterdam/Peter Eötvös, Anu Komsi.

November 22nd. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Jacobs, Behle, Petersen, Marcos Fink, Kaapola.

[MishaK]

Just got tix to these:

October 17, 3pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor

Bruckner -   Symphony No. 2


November 14, 8pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Eugene Izotov, oboe
David McGill, bassoon
Robert Chen, violin
John Sharp, cello

Haydn -   Sinfonia concertante in B-flat Major
Bruckner -   Symphony No. 9


Thinking of going to this, even though I can't stand Bell:

October 10, 8pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Abbado, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Henry McDowell, organ

Honegger -   Horace Victorieux, Mimed Symphony
Bruch -   Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor
Saint-Saëns -   Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Saint-Saëns -   Symphony No. 3 (Organ)

[bhodges]

This Wednesday, opening night of the New York Philharmonic with new conductor Alan Gilbert.  It's a really great program, and I don't recall ever hearing Fleming sing any Messiaen.

New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano

Magnus Lindberg: EXPO (2009, world premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission) 
Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi (1936)   
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique   

--Bruce

[Renfield]

This Wednesday, opening night of the New York Philharmonic with new conductor Alan Gilbert.  It's a really great program, and I don't recall ever hearing Fleming sing any Messiaen.

New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano

Magnus Lindberg: EXPO (2009, world premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission) 
Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi (1936)   
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique   

--Bruce

That looks fairly epic for a season opener, Bruce. Impressions eagerly awaited!

[secondwind]

I'm off to the last day of the Kings Place Festival in Kings Cross; a series of dozens of short concerts, £4,50 a pop, and free events. I've booked this:

Time: 14:15
Venue: Hall One

Michael Collins clarinet
Michael McHale piano

Britten Mazurka Elegiaca (arr. Colin Matthews)
Colin Matthews Three Studies
And Schumann Fantasiestücke

Then I'll have a mooch to see what else gets my attention.


http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/kings-place-festival-2009

So how was it?  The Schumann is the only one of the three that I have heard.

[owlice]

Saint-Saëns -   Symphony No. 3 (Organ)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!

:: sobs in a corner ::

~~~~~~~~~~~

I've got this coming up next week:

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Time for Three:
Zachary De Pue, violin
Nicolas Kendall, violin
Ranaan Meyer, double bass

Brahms Hungarian Dances
Higdon Concerto 4-3
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

[MDL]

My other half has got us free tickets for a concert by the British Philharmonic Orchestra (er, who?) in the grounds of the Tower of London, which is conveniently halfway between where I work and live. OK, so it's hardly a night of Stockhausen and Berio, and I'm already gritting my teeth in dread at the thought of the inevitable audience clap-along, but I love going to concerts in slighly unusual venues and there are a few items in the programme that I actually quite like, even though I never post on GMG about any music pre-Mahler.

And it's the opening night of Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre tonight at the ENO. I'm going next week (but I had to pay for that ticket, obviously).


This Friday 18 September, we have the CLASSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA - BRITISH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA!

A GALA EVENING OF POPULAR CLASSICS, CONDUCTED BY ANTHONY GABRIELE, WITH NIGEL HUTCHISON (PIANO) AND NATASHA MARSH (SOPRANO)

The British Philharmonic Orchestra is widely regarded as one of the UK's most exciting, diverse and exhilarating orchestras and we are pleased to announced the final programme for their 'Classical Extravaganza' on Friday 18 September. Conducted by Anthony Gabrielle, and starring Nigel Hutchison and Natasha Marsh, the night will feature:
Copland Fanfare for the common man


Rossini William Tell Overture
Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor (with Nigel Hutchison)
Walton Crown Imperial
Handel Water Music Suite
Johann Strauss On the beautiful Blue Danube - Waltzes
Verdi Sempre Libera from La Traviata (with Natasha Marsh)
Gershwin Summertime from Porgy & Bess (with Natasha Marsh & Nigel Hutchison)
Puccini Oh! Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi (with Natasha Marsh)
Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
Offenbach Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld

[bhodges]

My other half has got us free tickets for a concert by the British Philharmonic Orchestra (er, who?) in the grounds of the Tower of London, which is conveniently halfway between where I work and live. OK, so it's hardly a night of Stockhausen and Berio, and I'm already gritting my teeth in dread at the thought of the inevitable audience clap-along, but I love going to concerts in slighly unusual venues and there are a few items in the programme that I actually quite like, even though I never post on GMG about any music pre-Mahler.

And it's the opening night of Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre tonight at the ENO. I'm going next week (but I had to pay for that ticket, obviously).


This Friday 18 September, we have the CLASSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA - BRITISH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA!

A GALA EVENING OF POPULAR CLASSICS, CONDUCTED BY ANTHONY GABRIELE, WITH NIGEL HUTCHISON (PIANO) AND NATASHA MARSH (SOPRANO)

The British Philharmonic Orchestra is widely regarded as one of the UK's most exciting, diverse and exhilarating orchestras and we are pleased to announced the final programme for their 'Classical Extravaganza' on Friday 18 September. Conducted by Anthony Gabrielle, and starring Nigel Hutchison and Natasha Marsh, the night will feature:
Copland Fanfare for the common man


Rossini William Tell Overture
Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor (with Nigel Hutchison)
Walton Crown Imperial
Handel Water Music Suite
Johann Strauss On the beautiful Blue Danube - Waltzes
Verdi Sempre Libera from La Traviata (with Natasha Marsh)
Gershwin Summertime from Porgy & Bess (with Natasha Marsh & Nigel Hutchison)
Puccini Oh! Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi (with Natasha Marsh)
Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
Offenbach Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld

That could actually be a lot of fun, if you're in the mood for it.  (But do report on the Ligeti!)

Tonight, I'm hearing this concert in conjunction with the artists' recently released Alfano CD on Naxos:

Elmira Darvarova, violin
Sam Magill, cello
Scott Dunn, piano

Franco Alfano: Sonata for Cello and Piano (1925)
Vernon Duke: Sonata for Violin and Piano (1949, New York premiere)
Franco Alfano: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano (1929)

--Bruce

[karlhenning]

Tonight, I'm hearing this concert in conjunction with the artists' recently released Alfano CD on Naxos:

Elmira Darvarova, violin
Sam Magill, cello
Scott Dunn, piano

Franco Alfano: Sonata for Cello and Piano (1925)
Vernon Duke: Sonata for Violin and Piano (1949, New York premiere)
Franco Alfano: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano (1929)

I knew, Bruce, that you had an exemplary excuse for not coming to Boston for my recital tonight! 

[bhodges]

I knew, Bruce, that you had an exemplary excuse for not coming to Boston for my recital tonight! 

 

Good luck!  (Not that you'll need it of course.)  I will look forward to your comments on how it went.

--Bruce

[Brian]

SCHUMAN | Showcase: A Short Display for Orchestra
CHOPIN | Piano Concerto No 2
TCHAIKOVSKY | Symphony No 5

Houston Symphony Orchestra
Hans Graf

w/ Ingrid Fliter, piano

[MDL]

So how was it?  The Schumann is the only one of the three that I have heard.

It was a really good day. I only bought tickets for two concerts because there were so many free events going on including a few bouts of madrigal singing and some Eastern European folk music. The highlight of the concerts was probably the premiere of Matthews's Tanglewood Fanfare, a brief but thrilling romp for piano and horn, which was performed twice.

I've never been to a concert in Kings Place before; I was pretty impressed, not only with the comfy seats and good acoustics of Hall 1 (I've not tried Hall 2 yet), but also with the pleasant bars and canalside terrace. The staff were very friendly and a lot less stressed than the staff at the Southbank Centre or Barbican!

[karlhenning]

From the Listening thread, addressed to our esteemed owlice:

Molto bene!

And a Naxos perq riding on the symphony subscription: very nice!

What are you going to hear at symphony this season?

[karlhenning]

Some of what I am looking forward to over this coming BSO season:

Carter's Mosaic & the Debussy Danses sacrée et profane, featuring recently retired harpist Ann Hobson Pilot, on 3 October

Hindemith's Opus 50 Konzertmusik for brass & strings (first time hearing this live!) in a program conducted by Daniele Gatti on 10 October

Martinů, Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca (first time hearing any Martinů live!) on 17 October

Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements in a program conducted by Sir Andrew Davis on 28 November

Franz Peter Zimmermann playing the Martinů Second Violin Concerto on 5 December

Nikolai Znaider playing the Elgar Violin Concerto (first time hearing this live!) on 5 December

Jimmie leading an all-French program on 30 January: Berlioz' Harold en Italie (with Steven Ansell), Ravel's Daphnis Suite no. 2 & Left-Handed Concerto, and Carter's Dialogues for piano & orchestra (okay, so he studied in Paris) . . . the latter two with Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Elizabeth Rowe playing the Carter Flute Concerto premiere on 4 February!

. . . and more.

[MishaK]

Martinů, Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca (first time hearing any Martinů live!) on 17 October

Who is conducting that? Morlot? He is going to be doing the same with the CSO a little later in the season.

[karlhenning]

Who is conducting that? Morlot?

Aye, former BSO assistant conductor Ludovic Morlot.

He is going to be doing the same with the CSO a little later in the season.

What's the rest of your program?

The full BSO program is:

Martinů, Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca
Stravinsky: Capriccio for piano and orchestra (w/ Peter Serkin)
Thomas, Helios Choros II (Sun God Dancers)
Tchaikovsky, Francesca da Rimini

[ChamberNut]

Tomorrow night's chamber music concert:

HAYDN
Trio in E flat major, Hob XV:29
for piano, violin and cello

KODALY
Duo, op. 7
for violin and cello

BRAHMS
Trio in C major, op. 87
for piano, violin and cello

Gwen Hoebig, violin
Desmond Hoebig, cello
David Moroz, piano