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| Thursday 17-May-12 02:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CASan Francisco Symphony |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Thursday 17-May-12 02:00pm San Francisco Symphony | ||
| Thursday 17-May-12 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, LondonPhilharmonia Orchestra |
Wagner, Parsifal: Prelude (to Act 3) |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Thursday 17-May-12 07:30pm Philharmonia Orchestra After the first performance of his Fifth Symphony, composed between 1901 and 1903, Mahler is said to have declared, “Nobody understood it. I wish I could conduct the first performance fifty years after my death.” More than a hundred years after his death it is certainly recognised as one of the most emotionally complex and ambitious symphonies of the 20th century. From its famous funereal opening trumpet solo to its blazing finale, it encompasses an extraordinary range of styles and moods. At its heart is the Adagietto, an extended love poem to his wife Alma, who he met in 1901 and proposed to just three weeks after their first meeting. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Parsifal: Prelude (to Act 3) | ||
| Thursday 17-May-12 08:00pm |
Alte Oper: Großer Saal, FrankfurtHR Sinfonieorchester |
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| Alte Oper: Großer Saal, Frankfurt, D 60313 Frankfurt, Germany Thursday 17-May-12 08:00pm HR Sinfonieorchester | ||
| Friday 18-May-12 06:30pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CASan Francisco Symphony |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Friday 18-May-12 06:30pm San Francisco Symphony | ||
| Friday 18-May-12 08:00pm |
Alte Oper: Großer Saal, FrankfurtHR Sinfonieorchester |
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| Alte Oper: Großer Saal, Frankfurt, D 60313 Frankfurt, Germany Friday 18-May-12 08:00pm HR Sinfonieorchester | ||
| Saturday 19-May-12 08:00pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CASan Francisco Symphony |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Saturday 19-May-12 08:00pm San Francisco Symphony | ||
| Sunday 20-May-12 07:45pm |
Bloxham School, BanburyLondon Bridge Ensemble |
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| Bloxham School, Banbury, Banbury OX15 4PE, United Kingdom Sunday 20-May-12 07:45pm London Bridge Ensemble | ||
| Friday 25-May-12 07:30pm |
Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, ViennaWiener Symphoniker |
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| Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria Friday 25-May-12 07:30pm Wiener Symphoniker ![]() | ||
| Saturday 26-May-12 07:30pm |
Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, ViennaWiener Symphoniker |
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| Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria Saturday 26-May-12 07:30pm Wiener Symphoniker ![]() | ||
| Sunday 27-May-12 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, LondonLondon Symphony Orchestra |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Sunday 27-May-12 07:30pm London Symphony Orchestra Tickets £10 £15 £19.50 £27 | ||
| Wednesday 30-May-12 08:00pm |
Palace (Großer Garten), DresdenSong Recital Angelika Kirchschlager Dresden Music Festival |
Works by Liszt |
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| Palace (Großer Garten), Dresden, 01219 Dresden, Germany Wednesday 30-May-12 08:00pm Song Recital Angelika Kirchschlager Works by Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) | ||
| Thursday 31-May-12 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, LondonLondon Symphony Orchestra |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Thursday 31-May-12 07:30pm London Symphony Orchestra Tickets £10 £15 £19.50 £27 | ||
| Friday 1-Jun-12 08:00pm |
Salle Pleyel, ParisOrchestre de Paris |
Manoury, Piano Concerto |
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| Salle Pleyel, Paris, 75008 Paris, France Friday 1-Jun-12 08:00pm Orchestre de Paris Manoury, Philippe (b. 1952), Piano Concerto | ||
| Sunday 3-Jun-12 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, LondonLondon Symphony Orchestra |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Sunday 3-Jun-12 07:30pm London Symphony Orchestra Tickets £10 £15 £19.50 £27 £35 | ||
| Wednesday 6-Jun-12 07:00pm |
Suntory Hall, Tokyo Paavo Järvi conducts Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra |
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| Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Wednesday 6-Jun-12 07:00pm Paavo Järvi conducts Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 7-Jun-12 08:00pm |
Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, BrusselsdeFilharmonie |
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| Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, Brussels, B1000 Brussels, Belgium Thursday 7-Jun-12 08:00pm deFilharmonie A career that is taking off: the German cellist Marie-Elisabeth Heckers has been winning praise all round for her intriguing interpretations. With deFilharmonie she will tackle Edward Elgar's melancholy concerto, a masterpiece of writing for the cello. This will be followed by Mahler's symphonic first-born, a phenomenal evocation of "the world as will and representation".Image credit: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker © Benjamin Ealovega | ||
| Sunday 10-Jun-12 07:30pm |
De Doelen: Grote Zaal, RotterdamdeFilharmonie |
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| De Doelen: Grote Zaal, Rotterdam, Rotterdam 3012 CT, Netherlands Sunday 10-Jun-12 07:30pm deFilharmonie | ||
| Friday 15-Jun-12 08:00pm |
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PABNY Mellon Grand Classics: A Grand Finale With Honeck |
Works by Goossens |
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| Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, United States Friday 15-Jun-12 08:00pm BNY Mellon Grand Classics: A Grand Finale With Honeck Manfred Honeck closes the season with two momentous works. The PSO’s Gorton family (James, Gretchen and daughter Heidi) come together to perform an imaginative Concert Piece by Goossens. Honeck continues the PSO’s Mahler Cycle with Mahler’s immensely moving and provocative masterpiece–the Sixth Symphony. Last performed with the PSO ten years ago, this "Tragic" Symphony is an epic work that will leave you in awe of the sheer musical power manifested by your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Works by Goossens, Eugene (1893-1962) | ||
| Friday 15-Jun-12 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, AmsterdamNederlands Philharmonisch Orkest |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Friday 15-Jun-12 08:15pm Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest ![]() Image credit: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest © Ronald Knapp | ||
| Saturday 16-Jun-12 08:00pm |
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PABNY Mellon Grand Classics: A Grand Finale With Honeck |
Works by Goossens |
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| Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, United States Saturday 16-Jun-12 08:00pm BNY Mellon Grand Classics: A Grand Finale With Honeck Manfred Honeck closes the season with two momentous works. The PSO’s Gorton family (James, Gretchen and daughter Heidi) come together to perform an imaginative Concert Piece by Goossens. Honeck continues the PSO’s Mahler Cycle with Mahler’s immensely moving and provocative masterpiece–the Sixth Symphony. Last performed with the PSO ten years ago, this "Tragic" Symphony is an epic work that will leave you in awe of the sheer musical power manifested by your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Works by Goossens, Eugene (1893-1962) | ||
| Sunday 17-Jun-12 02:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, AmsterdamNederlands Philharmonisch Orkest |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 17-Jun-12 02:15pm Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest ![]() Image credit: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest © Ronald Knapp | ||
| Sunday 17-Jun-12 02:30pm |
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PABNY Mellon Grand Classics: A Grand Finale With Honeck |
Works by Goossens |
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| Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, United States Sunday 17-Jun-12 02:30pm BNY Mellon Grand Classics: A Grand Finale With Honeck Manfred Honeck closes the season with two momentous works. The PSO’s Gorton family (James, Gretchen and daughter Heidi) come together to perform an imaginative Concert Piece by Goossens. Honeck continues the PSO’s Mahler Cycle with Mahler’s immensely moving and provocative masterpiece–the Sixth Symphony. Last performed with the PSO ten years ago, this "Tragic" Symphony is an epic work that will leave you in awe of the sheer musical power manifested by your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Works by Goossens, Eugene (1893-1962) | ||
| Tuesday 19-Jun-12 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, AmsterdamNederlands Philharmonisch Orkest |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 19-Jun-12 08:15pm Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest ![]() Image credit: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest © Ronald Knapp | ||
| Thursday 21-Jun-12 07:30pm |
Blackheath Halls: Great Hall, LondonTrinity Laban Symphony Orchestra |
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| Blackheath Halls: Great Hall, London, London SE3 9RQ, United Kingdom Thursday 21-Jun-12 07:30pm Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra Distinguished British conductor, Paul Daniel, directs one of Trinity Laban's senior ensembles and 2010–11 Soloists’ Competition winner, Tadasuke Iijima in performances of Sibelius’s powerful and evocative Violin Concerto and Mahler’s extraordinary First Symphony. | ||
| Thursday 21-Jun-12 08:00pm |
Prinzregententheater, Munichsubscription concert no 8 |
Srnka, commissioned piece for the Munich Chamber Orchestra, debut performance Schumann, Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart (Poems of Mary Queen of Scots), for voice and piano, Op.135 (arr. for voice and chamber ensemble by Aribert Reimann) |
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| Prinzregententheater, Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany Thursday 21-Jun-12 08:00pm subscription concert no 8 Srnka, Miroslav (b. 1975), commissioned piece for the Munich Chamber Orchestra, debut performance Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart (Poems of Mary Queen of Scots), for voice and piano, Op.135 (arr. for voice and chamber ensemble by Aribert Reimann) | ||
| Thursday 21-Jun-12 08:00pm |
Philharmonie: Großer Saal, BerlinBerliner Philharmoniker |
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| Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin, D10785 Berlin, Germany Thursday 21-Jun-12 08:00pm Berliner Philharmoniker Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911), Des Knaben Wunderhorn (selection) | ||
| Friday 22-Jun-12 07:45pm |
Anvil, BasingstokePhilharmonia Orchestra |
Phibbs, New work |
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| Anvil, Basingstoke, Basingstoke RG21 7QR, United Kingdom Friday 22-Jun-12 07:45pm Philharmonia Orchestra Phibbs, Joseph (b. 1974), New work | ||
| Friday 22-Jun-12 08:00pm |
Philharmonie: Großer Saal, BerlinBerliner Philharmoniker |
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| Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin, D10785 Berlin, Germany Friday 22-Jun-12 08:00pm Berliner Philharmoniker Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911), Des Knaben Wunderhorn (selection) | ||
| Saturday 23-Jun-12 08:00pm |
De Singel, Blue Hall, AntwerpMahler 3 |
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| De Singel, Blue Hall, Antwerp, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium Saturday 23-Jun-12 08:00pm Mahler 3 | ||
| Sunday 24-Jun-12 03:00pm |
De Singel, Blue Hall, AntwerpMahler 3 |
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| De Singel, Blue Hall, Antwerp, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium Sunday 24-Jun-12 03:00pm Mahler 3 | ||
| Thursday 28-Jun-12 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, LondonPhilharmonia Orchestra |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Thursday 28-Jun-12 07:30pm Philharmonia Orchestra Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony takes the listener on a truly transcendental journey. In Mahler’s own words, “The first movement depicts the titanic struggles of a mighty being still caught in the toils of this world; grappling with life and with the fate to which he must succumb – his death”. The last movement deals with “the resolution of the terrible problem of life – redemption”. In Mahler’s original programme, he details the sounding of the Last Trumpet, the resurrection of the dead with wailing and gnashing of teeth, and then the fading away of all noise as everything ‘ceases to be’ before the enormous E flat major climax, with a chorus joined by soprano and alto soloists and pealing bells, representing souls reborn in Heaven. Although Mahler later withdrew his detailed ‘programme’, this enormous work clearly represents a huge personal journey: Mahler wrote of the last movement, “The increasing tension, working up to the final climax, is so tremendous that I don’t know myself, now that it is over, how I ever came to write it.” | ||
| Friday 29-Jun-12 07:30pm |
St Bartholomew-the-Great, Cloth Fair, LondonYoung Classical Artist Trust City of London Festival |
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| St Bartholomew-the-Great, Cloth Fair, London, London EC1A 7HT, United Kingdom Friday 29-Jun-12 07:30pm Young Classical Artist Trust | ||
| Tuesday 10-Jul-12 07:30pm |
Cheltenham Town HallM44 Philip Langridge Mentoring Scheme Showcase Cheltenham Music Festival |
Chopin, 24 Preludes, Op.28 (Nos 16-24) Works by Callinicos |
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| Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham GL50 1QA, United Kingdom Tuesday 10-Jul-12 07:30pm M44 Philip Langridge Mentoring Scheme Showcase The Philip Langridge Mentoring Scheme was established by the Royal Philharmonic Society and Young Classical Artists Trust in memory of the great British tenor Philip Langridge and pairs the UK’s finest young performers with leading musicians, such as Steven Isserlis and Imogen Cooper. In an exciting opportunity to see its debut public platform, we showcase some of the musicians who are benefiting from the scheme.
Tickets £25, £20 - Members 10% off (50% concessions apply) Works by Callinicos, Constantine | ||
| Tuesday 10-Jul-12 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, AmsterdamMahler's Wunderhorn and Stravinsky's The Firebird Robeco Zomerconcerten |
Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (songs from) |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 10-Jul-12 08:15pm Mahler's Wunderhorn and Stravinsky's The Firebird Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911), Des Knaben Wunderhorn (songs from) | ||
| Saturday 14-Jul-12 07:00pm |
Teatro degli Astrusi, MontalcinoMusica Reale - Chamber Music by Members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Musica Reale Chamber Music Festival Tuscany |
Works by Mahler Works by Mozart |
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| Teatro degli Astrusi, Montalcino, Montalcino, Italy Saturday 14-Jul-12 07:00pm Musica Reale - Chamber Music by Members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Musica Reale is composed exclusively of prominent members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra playing chamber music in ensembles of varying size and composition, according to repertoire. Musica Reale holds a festival every year in the dreamy Tuscan hillside wine town of Montalcino and in the gardens of Villa di Geggiano, Siena. Each concert is preceded by an aperitif and followed by an “al fresco” buffet with the musicians featuring local specialties and wines, a wonderful way to meet and exchange ideas with the performers and music lovers.Image credit: Ellinor Busemann Works by Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) Works by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) | ||
| Tuesday 24-Jul-12 08:30pm |
Felsenreitschule, SalzburgOverture Spirituelle: Sheriff's Mechaye Hametim Salzburg Festival |
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| Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria Tuesday 24-Jul-12 08:30pm Overture Spirituelle: Sheriff's Mechaye Hametim Salzburg was once referred to as a “sacred city”. To a certain extent this is justified: for centuries the dominance of ecclesiastical power had a decisive impact on the character and appearance of the city. With inspired perception Max Reinhardt recognised the significance of this unique atmosphere when he decided to stage Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Jedermann against the backdrop of the cathedral façade. The Salzburg Festival 2012 aims to follow on in this tradition by presenting for the first time a concert series of masterpieces of sacred music as a kind of “overture” to the main programme. Two performances of Jedermann are also integrated into this context. The primarily Christian content of the prologue is contrasted by a focus on Jewish music.
The series of concerts will be opened with a performance of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio The Creation dating from 1798. The work reflects how deeply impressed Haydn was by performances in London of the great oratorios by Handel. Haydn brought back from London an English text book about the story of the creation which Baron Gottfried van Swieten arranged for him for the musical composition. What is remarkable about the score are the immensely vivid portrayals of nature; however, of even greater significance is the florid melodic invention of the arias and ensembles, the hymnal splendour of the choruses. The so-called Via Francigena is one of Europe’s oldest pilgrimage routes. It is the route taken by Sigeric the Serious, Archbishop of Canterbury, when, towards the end of the 10th century he walked the 1,700 kilometres to Rome. Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir follow in his footsteps on a musical pilgrimage along which he intends to highlight the relationship between the architecture of major churches, monasteries and cathedrals with sacred vocal music from around 1450 to 1600. An arc will be spanned from Josquin Desprez to Jean Mouton, Clemens non Papa, Lassus and Palestrina to Claudio Monteverdi, and also includes English composers such as Tallis and Byrd. Johann Sebastian Bach’s elaborate vocal polyphony led to the culmination of the golden age of the compositional genre of the a cappella motet; in particular in the Motet for double choir “Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied” and “Komm, Jesu, komm!” Johann Christoph Bach, a distantly related uncle of the Thomaskantor, also devoted himself to the composition of motets. It is possible that he also wrote the Motet BWV Anh. 159 generally ascribed to Johann Sebastian Bach. Masses by the genius loci Wolfgang Amadé Mozart feature prominently on the programme of the concert series. For the consecration of the Waisenhauskirche on the Rennweg in Vienna the twelve-year-old Mozart wrote a large-scale mass (K. 139) in the Viennese church style of that time, which he himself conducted in the presence of “her Imperial and Royal Majesty” on 7 December 1768 and which was received “with general applause and amazement”. In contrast the so-called Missa longa (K. 262), dating from 1776, follows the Salzburg tradition. Mozart obviously wanted to demonstrate his virtuosity in counterpoint with this work. This is true to an even greater degree for the Sacramental Litany, K. 243, dating from the same year with its rich use of concertante solo instruments and the daring polyphony of the final fugue. According to Salzburg tradition it was intended for the 40-hour long prayer that always began on Palm Sunday. The culmination of Mozart’s creativity in this sphere is the magnificent torso of his Mass in C minor, K. 427, of which only the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus are written out completely. When Mozart visited Salzburg for the last time on 26 October 1783, he performed the Mass in St. Peter’s Abbey with his wife Constanze singing the first soprano solo role. Monumental movements for double choir in the style of Bach, a rousing Hallelujah paraphrase based on Handel, effective arias and ensemble movements in Italian style as well as masterful fugues characterise the work which in general has a retrospective structure. The programme of this concert also contains a work commissioned by the Salzburg Festival which Johannes Maria Staud (born in 1974) is in the process of writing; it is based on a text passage from Dante’s Divina Commedia. With his imaginative sense of sound Staud is one of the most interesting Austrian composers of the younger generation. Intensive exploration of the text and striving for higher monumentality characterise the masses from the Romantic period, for instance Franz Schubert’s Mass in E-flat major, D. 950, dating from the year of his death, 1828. In the colourful treatment of the orchestra and the large-scale structure it creates a bridge from the masses of the Viennese Classical period to those by Anton Bruckner. The reduced instrumentation of Antonín Dvořák’s Mass in D major, written in 1887 – it uses only singing voices and the organ – does not stand in the way of impressive effects in sound and its large-scale exterior dimensions. It combines classical models with folk music-like melodies and true romantic harmonies. In a wider sense Anton Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony also belongs here, especially as his symphonies have been characterised as “masses without words”. Completed in 1883, this work marked Bruckner’s final breakthrough as a composer. The Adagio, outlined as funeral music for Richard Wagner, contains sounds pointing forward to the Te Deum which was created the following year. In its powerful grandeur this composition is regarded as the most important musical setting of the early Christian hymn. The Jewish focus in the concert series contains three works. Ernest Bloch (1880–1959), born in Switzerland, devoted about a third of his œuvre, which is dominated by romantic sound language, to Jewish themes. This also includes the work created between 1930 and 1933 entitled Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service) for baritone, choir and orchestra. In 1938 Arnold Schoenberg wrote Kol Nidre (literally “All vows”). From the traditional melodic formulae of a ceremony for the day of reconciliation Jom Kippur he created a melody which he embedded in a tonal context and dispensed with the twelve-tone system. It is preceded by a story about the dissemination of light in the world by God. The most recent work in this group is the Symphony written in 1985, Mechaye Hametim (Awakening of the Dead), by Noam Sheriff who was born in 1935. It is written for soloists, two choruses and orchestra and is based on traditional Jewish music of Eastern Europe as well as on ancient oriental and Jewish themes. Finally, the sphere of music-theatre features the sacred singspiel Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, the first part of which “little Mozart” set to music in 1767. As the two other parts, composed by the Salzburg musicians Cajetan Adlgasser and Michael Haydn, are lost, the story has an open ending: Christianity and Worldliness fight for the soul of the “lukewarm Christian”. It’s hardly surprising that the prevailing tone of the music by the eleven-year-old Mozart is cheerful and playful. Gerhard Kramer | ||
| Friday 27-Jul-12 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, AmsterdamOlympic Orchestra: Shostakovitch Robeco Zomerconcerten |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Friday 27-Jul-12 08:15pm Olympic Orchestra: Shostakovitch | ||
| Sunday 29-Jul-12 08:00pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 21 BBC Proms |
Bray, At the speed of stillness (BBC commission, world première) |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 29-Jul-12 08:00pm Prom 21 In the second of four appearances
this season (see Proms 1, 36 & 37)
Sir Mark Elder directs an orchestra
of young musicians brought together
from every continent. The
programme begins with Britten’s
Sinfonia da Requiem, both a private
memorial to his parents and a reaction to the
developing menace of war. Next we sample Mahler’s
big-boned lyricism, an idiom Britten particularly
esteemed. The world premiere of a BBC commission
from a young composer to watch is followed
by the iconic work whose unveiling
provoked a scandal for Diaghilev and
his Ballets Russes. Bray, Charlotte, At the speed of stillness (BBC commission, world première) | ||
| Monday 30-Jul-12 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 22 BBC Proms |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Monday 30-Jul-12 07:30pm Prom 22 After almost a decade at the
helm of the BBC Philharmonic,
Gianandrea Noseda (now
returning as the orchestra’s
Conductor Laureate) opens
with Mozart’s famous overture,
by turns solemn, impetuous
and edgy. Next we celebrate
the 60th birthday of Oliver
Knussen, one of British music’s great originals,
who found an individual voice while still in his
teens. From dreaming sleep to a dawn
awakening, the Second Symphony (1971) takes
us through a landscape of iridescent colour with
a vocal line that soars to stratospheric heights.
Knussen’s nocturnal sequence finds a
counterpart in the two ‘Night Music’ movements
of Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, his own
all-encompassing journey from darkness to light. | ||
| Wednesday 8-Aug-12 09:00pm |
Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, PradesClaude de France Festival Pablo Casals de Prades |
Debussy, Intermezzo for cello and orchestra, L 27 (arr for cello and piano) Xavier de Maistre, Harp Jean-Louis Capezzali, Oboe Olivier Charlier, Violin Carlo Colombo, Bassoon Jurek Dybal, Double Bass Patrick Gallois, Flute Itamar Golan, Piano Philippe Graffin, Violin Natsuko Inoue, Piano Michel Lethiec, Clarinet Philippe Muller, Cello Bruno Pasquier, Viola Artis-Quartet Wien Erika Raum, Violin Isaac Rodriguez, Clarinet Shanghai Quartet |
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| Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Prades, 66500 Prades, France Wednesday 8-Aug-12 09:00pm Claude de France Debussy, Claude (1862-1918), Intermezzo for cello and orchestra, L 27 (arr for cello and piano) Xavier de Maistre, Harp Jean-Louis Capezzali, Oboe Olivier Charlier, Violin Carlo Colombo, Bassoon Jurek Dybal, Double Bass Patrick Gallois, Flute Itamar Golan, Piano Philippe Graffin, Violin Natsuko Inoue, Piano Michel Lethiec, Clarinet Philippe Muller, Cello Bruno Pasquier, Viola Artis-Quartet Wien Erika Raum, Violin Isaac Rodriguez, Clarinet Shanghai Quartet | ||
| Saturday 18-Aug-12 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 48 BBC Proms |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Saturday 18-Aug-12 07:30pm Prom 48 After the overture to the first important German
Romantic opera, Weber’s take on the folk legend of a
marksman’s contract with the devil, featured artist
Alice Coote returns to tackle Mahler’s folk-influenced
song-cycle, inspired by the conclusion of an unhappy
love affair. Tchaikovsky’s Manfred, a full-length fusion
of tone-poem and symphonic
form, makes passionate use of
Byron’s dramatic poem with
supernatural elements which
held so many 19th-century
artists in thrall. This
powerfully driven masterpiece
is a favourite of tonight’s
conductor. | ||
| Thursday 23-Aug-12 08:00pm |
Kurhaus Wiesbaden: Friedrich-von-Thiersch HallGuests in Rheingau: Moritzburg Festival Rheingau Music Festival |
Ruzicka, Commissioned by the hr-Sinfonieorchester |
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| Kurhaus Wiesbaden: Friedrich-von-Thiersch Hall, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany Thursday 23-Aug-12 08:00pm Guests in Rheingau: Moritzburg Festival Tickets: €50, €42, €35, €25, €18 Ruzicka, Peter (b. 1948), Commissioned by the hr-Sinfonieorchester | ||
| Monday 27-Aug-12 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, AmsterdamFrank Peter Zimmermann plays Berg Robeco Zomerconcerten |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 27-Aug-12 08:15pm Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Berg | ||
| Wednesday 29-Aug-12 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, AmsterdamRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra Robeco Zomerconcerten |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Wednesday 29-Aug-12 08:15pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 30-Aug-12 09:00pm |
Großes Festspielhaus, SalzburgGewandhausorchester Leipzig Salzburg Festival |
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| Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria Thursday 30-Aug-12 09:00pm Gewandhausorchester Leipzig After 25 years, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra returns to Salzburg. Under the baton of Riccardo Chailly, it devotes itself to Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 – his so-called “Tragic Symphony”. The work has long been one that is held in high esteem especially by musicians. Thus, even Alban Berg stated succinctly: “There is only one Sixth – despite the Pastoral.” | ||
| Friday 31-Aug-12 08:00pm |
Großes Festspielhaus, SalzburgConcertgebouworkest Amsterdam Salzburg Festival |
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| Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria Friday 31-Aug-12 08:00pm Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam The First Symphony by Mahler – a composer who is particularly close to Mariss Janson’s heart – is a special work, not least because it was originally conceived as a symphonic poem. In his Violin Concerto No. 2, Bartók combines neoclassical tendencies with the incorporation of folkloristic elements so typical for him. | ||
| Friday 31-Aug-12 08:00pm |
Kloster Eberbach: Basilika, Eltville am RheinCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Rheingau Music Festival |
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| Kloster Eberbach: Basilika, Eltville am Rhein, 65346 Eltville am Rhein, Germany Friday 31-Aug-12 08:00pm City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Tickets: €90, €74, €55, €38, €15 | ||
| Saturday 1-Sep-12 06:30pm |
Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, LucerneRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
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| Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne, Lucerne 6005, Switzerland Saturday 1-Sep-12 06:30pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | ||
| Sunday 2-Sep-12 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 69 BBC Proms |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 2-Sep-12 07:30pm Prom 69 Under its current chief,
the Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra has been
recovering its lost
Mahler tradition. Their
second collaboration this
year includes one of
Mahler’s most perfectly
realised works, ‘the only
Sixth, despite the
“Pastoral”’ in the words
of Alban Berg. This is
music of exceptional
range and power, whose
fateful hammer-blows
seem to portend the crises in Mahler’s own
life and the wider world. Our curtainraiser
is an imposing and vibrant
memorial to the dead of two world
wars, a compositional trailblazer in
its own right. | ||
| Thursday 13-Sep-12 07:00pm |
Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora SalenSeason Opening |
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| Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora Salen, Stockholm 10387, Sweden Thursday 13-Sep-12 07:00pm Season Opening | ||