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

[bhodges]

Just booked the ticket!!!

Richard Wagner
Der Ring des Nibelungen - Siegfried

Conductor: Daniel Barenboim

Siegfried Lance Ryan   
Mime  Peter Bronder
Der Wanderer  Juha Uusitalo
Alberich  Johannes Martin Kränzle
Fafner Dean Peterson
Erda  Anna Larsson
Brünnhilde  Nina Stemme
Stimme des Waldvogels  Rinnat Moriah

That looks great. I just heard Nina Stemme in the title role of Salome a few months ago. Had never heard her and she is formidable.

That's great, Ilaria!

For me, the first of my 4 proms over the next 2 weeks is tonight! Very excited!

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Symphony No.9

Delius
Violin Concerto

INTERVAL
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor

Tasmin Little
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Petrenko

Wow! Now THAT is a great-sounding concert. Don't know either of the first two, but have heard Tasmin Little doing Ligeti's Violin Concerto - she's marvelous. And the Shostakovich will probably be spectacular.

--Bruce

[Lisztianwagner]

That's great, Ilaria!

For me, the first of my 4 proms over the next 2 weeks is tonight! Very excited!

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Symphony No.9

Delius
Violin Concerto

INTERVAL
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor

Tasmin Little
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Petrenko

Thank you, Daniel! I've been waiting for this opera for months!!!

Wow, the concert you're going to see sounds wonderful, enjoy it! I'm sure Shostakovich No.10 will be an excellent performance, Petrenko is a great interpreter of that music.

[Lisztianwagner]

That looks great. I just heard Nina Stemme in the title role of Salome a few months ago. Had never heard her and she is formidable.

Thank you, Bruce. I saw Nina Stemme as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre two years ago, she was really amazing.

[jlaurson]

Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival ( 8 )
Georges Bizet • Carmen

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2012/08/notes-from-2012-salzburg-festival-8.html





Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival ( 9 - 11 )
Wiener Philharmoniker 3 • Riccardo Muti
Salzburg contemporary 10 • Family Concert
Liederabend • Matthias Goerne

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2012/08/notes-from-2012-salzburg-festival-9-10.html

[listener]

If you were planning a trip to Vancouver in October to coincide with the Mahler 9th, forget about it.  The programme is now Swan Lake act 2 and a Sleeping Beauty symphonic portrait.   The Mahler 4th is still on later, as is the Bruckner 7th.
Better news, a trio of chamber music concerts featuring orchestra members, the 'modern' one will have Prokofiev  Sonata for two violins in C Major,
Op. 56    Bartók Contrasts +  Shostakovich (Arr. Viktor Derevianko) Symphony No.15 arr. for piano trio, celesta and percussion.

[madaboutmahler]

Wow! Now THAT is a great-sounding concert. Don't know either of the first two, but have heard Tasmin Little doing Ligeti's Violin Concerto - she's marvelous. And the Shostakovich will probably be spectacular.

--Bruce

Thank you, Daniel! I've been waiting for this opera for months!!!

Wow, the concert you're going to see sounds wonderful, enjoy it! I'm sure Shostakovich No.10 will be an excellent performance, Petrenko is a great interpreter of that music.

Yes, it was absolutely amazing. I was particularly excited about Petrenko's Shosty 10, as his recording of it is one of my favourite recordings. And I was not dissapointed at all! Absolutely outstanding performance throughout, utterly captivating from the very opening. Extremely thrilling! It was truly amazing. Little gave a really stunning performance of the Delius, what a beautiful work. Her tone is so warm and glowing. The new Maxwell-Davies symphony was very interesting and enjoyable too. It had quite a parodic nature, with some very amusing moments. Many very exciting parts too.

Really was a great concert.

[Concord]

Yeah, but ... but it's the Shostokovich Tenth. I mean, really. Oh well, back to the unpopular opinions thread ... 

[jlaurson]

Bayreuth 2012: Dutchman, Faltering Captain of Industry
Flying Dutchman • Thielemann • Gloger

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2012/08/bayreuth-2012-dutchman-faltering.html

[Lisztianwagner]

On BR-Klassik, via internet:

Arnold Schönberg  A Survivor from Warsaw, op.46
Igor Stravinsky  Symphony of Psalm
Samuel Barber  Adagio for Strings
Edgar Varèse  Amériques

Mariss Jansons
Concertgebouw Orchestra

http://www.br.de/radio/br-klassik/programmkalender/sendung380052.html

[bhodges]

On BR-Klassik, via internet:

Arnold Schönberg  A Survivor from Warsaw, op.46
Igor Stravinsky  Symphony of Psalm
Samuel Barber  Adagio for Strings
Edgar Varèse  Amériques

Mariss Jansons
Concertgebouw Orchestra

http://www.br.de/radio/br-klassik/programmkalender/sendung380052.html

Wow! Now that is one interesting program, and seems unusual for Jansons. I admire his work a great deal, but he seems a bit conservative in his programming.

--Bruce

[Lisztianwagner]

Wow! Now that is one interesting program, and seems unusual for Jansons. I admire his work a great deal, but he seems a bit conservative in his programming.

--Bruce

Yeah, it sounds an excellent concert, I'm really looking forward to listening to it! I'm a huge fan of Jansons, he has been one of my favourite conductors since I saw him conducting the VPO at the Neujahrskonzert 2006. I don't think he's too much conservative, his repertoire sweeps over the Classical Era, the Romantic Era and the 20th century music.

[jlaurson]

Bayreuth 2012: Lohengrin, a Rat's Tale About Humanity
Tristan & Isolde • Nelsons • Marthaler/Mahler

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2012/08/bayreuth-2012-lohengrin-rats-tale-about.html

[madaboutmahler]

Yesterday evening, spent the day in London and went to this Prom with my academy friends:

Wagner
Parsifal – Prelude (Act 3) and Good Friday Music

Berg
Violin Concerto

INTERVAL
R. Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier – suite

Ravel
La valse

Frank Peter Zimmermann violin
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester/Daniele Gatti

Certainly a highly of my holidays! Had such a great day, and this was really one of the best concerts I think I have ever been to. Obviously, a great programme, and the performances was so enthusiastic, beautiful and thrilling. They played the prelude to Die Meistersinger Act 3 as their encore, absolutely heavenly. Outstanding music-making, amazing to see. A day to remember!

[jlaurson]

Bayreuth 2012: Tannhäuser is a Gasser
Tannhäuser • Thielemann • Baumgarten

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2012/08/bayreuth-2012-tannhauser-is-gasser.html




Bayreuth 2012: Parsifal, a Gift of Greatness
Parsifal • P.Jordan • Herheim

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2012/08/bayreuth-2012-parsifal-gift-of-greatness.html

[madaboutmahler]

Yesterday evening, I saw the Berliner Philharmoniker live for the very first time! Was absolutely incredible!

Here was the programme:
Ligeti: Atmospheres (following almost immediately into -)
Wagner: Lohengrin Act 1 Prelude

Sibelius: Symphony no.4
interval
Debussy: Jeux
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe,Suite no.2

The orchestra is absolutely amazing, really out of this world! All the performances were outstanding, really beautiful and emotional. I was very lucky to get such good tickets for this Prom, considering that it sold out within a few hours of the box office opening!!
Absolutely amazing!

[Lisztianwagner]

Yesterday evening, I saw the Berliner Philharmoniker live for the very first time! Was absolutely incredible!

Here was the programme:
Ligeti: Atmospheres (following almost immediately into -)
Wagner: Lohengrin Act 1 Prelude

Sibelius: Symphony no.4
interval
Debussy: Jeux
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe,Suite no.2

The orchestra is absolutely amazing, really out of this world! All the performances were outstanding, really beautiful and emotional. I was very lucky to get such good tickets for this Prom, considering that it sold out within a few hours of the box office opening!!
Absolutely amazing!

Berliner Philharmoniker, what luck!!! I'm really jealous!!!

[madaboutmahler]

Berliner Philharmoniker, what luck!!! I'm really jealous!!!

Wish you could have been there too, Ilaria!

[Lisztianwagner]

Wish you could have been there too, Ilaria!

Very kind of you; it would have certainly been wonderful.....

[bhodges]

Yesterday evening, I saw the Berliner Philharmoniker live for the very first time! Was absolutely incredible!

Here was the programme:
Ligeti: Atmospheres (following almost immediately into -)
Wagner: Lohengrin Act 1 Prelude

Sibelius: Symphony no.4
interval
Debussy: Jeux
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe,Suite no.2

The orchestra is absolutely amazing, really out of this world! All the performances were outstanding, really beautiful and emotional. I was very lucky to get such good tickets for this Prom, considering that it sold out within a few hours of the box office opening!!
Absolutely amazing!

That's a very generous evening, and a great line-up. The Ligeti is fabulous live; you can see (for example) the wind and brass players blowing air (no pitch) through their instruments - such a beautiful piece.

Who was conducting - Rattle? I do think he's transformed the group in a good way. As much as I liked Karajan, the sound of the ensemble now seems more versatile, changing from piece to piece. And the group is filled with terrific younger players, too, who seem more excited by some of the newer works Rattle champions.

--Bruce

[jlaurson]

Who was conducting - Rattle? I do think he's transformed the group in a good way. As much as I liked Karajan, the sound of the ensemble now seems more versatile, changing from piece to piece. And the group is filled with terrific younger players, too, who seem more excited by some of the newer works Rattle champions.

--Bruce

The got very young under Abbado... who, esp. in retrospect, was really as good a 'place holder' as one could possibly have gotten, after the ueber-conductor (from a Berliner-p.o.v, not that they didn't dislike a good deal him toward the end) HvK.

The S'burg performance of the Brahms PC (B-flat) with Bronfman was a bit lukewarm (and not as together as one can expect from them), but the Lutoslawski Third Symphony was very well done.