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| Saturday 11-Sep-10 11:00am |
 Kings Place: Hall One, LondonLight: Johannes Moser & Sophie Cashell - Beethoven, Janacek, Messiaen Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 11:00am Light: Johannes Moser & Sophie Cashell - Beethoven, Janacek, Messiaen Tickets £4.50
The young German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser came to the world's attention when he won the famous Tchaikovsky Cello Competition in 2002. He's since performed as a soloist with the world's great orchestras, and also made a name as a chamber musician, inspirational educator and exponent of the electric cello. He's joined by pianist Sophie Cashell, winner of BBC TV's Classical Star competition (2007) for two contrasting programmes exploring core works of the cello repertoire mixed with live improvisation on electric cello and Nintendo Wiimote. Both e-cello works will be created using strands from the other works on the programme through improvisation. Moser will take feelings and themes from each piece to create a link from one work to the next, as he explains: ‘I would like to share my experiments of the past few months with the electric cello, and show that work-in-progress against pieces that have been in my repertoire for years. I feel more and more that these pieces are subject to subtle improvisations constantly, keeping the music fresh and alive. I am very pleased to be working with Sophie since she really knows the repertoire inside out and is a very keen spirit herself.' Beethoven's two late Sonatas (from 1815) are characterised by brevity, compression and the incredible ingenuity of the mature composer. The first, in C major, Beethoven named a ‘free' sonata, his way of accounting for its unconventional design. It opens with deceptively gentle simplicity before plunging into its stormy A minor Allegro Vivace. From out of a dreamily rhapsodic, recitative-like Adagio bursts a spirited, Haydn-like Finale in which the instruments play an exuberant game of cat-and-mouse. Janáček's twinkling Podháka (A Fairy tale) evokes the magical Russian tale of Prince Ivan and his love for Maria, daughter of the King of the Underworld. Drawing on folk song and delightful dance rhythms, it follows the lovers' trials and enchantments leading to their eventual happy union. Louange à l'éternité de Jésus is a movement from Messaien's Quartet for the End of Time, written while he was a prisoner in Stalag 8a during the Second World War. Inspired by the Book of Revelation, this magnum opus, composed for musicians available in the camp, was given its premiere before 5,000 shivering inmates on 15 January 1941. In this movement of mesmerising serenity, the cellist plays a long, sustained cantilena over slowly shifting, pulsating harmonies on the piano. A glowing meditation praising the eternal love of Jesus, it is essential Messaien, while prefiguring a whole wave of Minimalist music that would blossom in the late 20th century. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 11:00am |
Schloss Esterházy, Empiresaal, Eisenstadt Haydn und Schumann International Haydn Days 2010 |
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| Schloss Esterházy, Empiresaal, Eisenstadt, 7000 Eisenstadt, Austria Saturday 11-Sep-10 11:00am Haydn und Schumann € 31,- | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 11:15am |
Kings Place: Hall One, London Endymion - For Anton Stadler Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 11:15am Endymion - For Anton Stadler Tickets: £4.50.
The world-class chamber ensemble Endymion always strives to bring the greatest chamber music past and present to a wide audience. Known for the vitality, virtuosity and innovation of its players, Endymion has already made an impact at Kings Place by giving the first public performance in Hall One at the opening Festival in 2008, with a new piece by Simon Holt. Last summer Endymion celebrated 30 years with a major new music project, Sound Census, showcasing 27 premieres during a week of concerts here. This year their festival programmes epitomise the character of Endymion's music-making, contrasting two of the most emotional and engaging classics of the repertoire by Mozart and Brahms with an intriguing recent work by composer and artistic director Philip Venables. Philip Venables's K is a tribute and prelude to Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, which follows in this programme. It takes the first two bars of the Quintet and, in the composer's words, ‘pulls them apart, exposing, reworking, fragmenting, reflecting and elaborating their harmony and gesture'. The fragment on which the piece is based is heard towards the end. Mozart fell in love with the voice-like sound of the clarinet relatively late in life. Clarinet virtuoso Anton Stadler was the catalyst for this passion and inspired both the Clarinet Concerto and this Clarinet Quintet. The first of the Quintet's four movements sets the mood with its charming, conversational exchange between the clarinet and string quartet. The second movement is strikingly similar to the slow movement of the concerto, with the clarinet's lyrical qualities to the fore. A delightful minuet with two trios follows before the theme and variations of the final movement in which Mozart experiments further with all the possible combinations of instruments in a finale of striking inventiveness. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 12:00pm |
St Mary's Parish Church, Uttoxeter Come and Sing Rutter Feel The Spirit |
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| St Mary's Parish Church, Uttoxeter, Church Street Street, Uttoxeter, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 12:00pm Come and Sing Rutter Feel The Spirit Rutter, John (b. 1945), Feel the Spirit (Come and Sing) Price type: Low cost: 50% at £10 or less | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 12:15pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, London Dark: Johannes Moser & Sophie Cashell - Bach, Takemitsu, Beethoven Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 12:15pm Dark: Johannes Moser & Sophie Cashell - Bach, Takemitsu, Beethoven Tickets: £4.50
The young German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser came to the world's attention when he won the famous Tchaikovsky Cello Competition in 2002. He's since performed as a soloist with the world's great orchestras, and also made a name as a chamber musician, inspirational educator and exponent of the electric cello. He's joined by pianist Sophie Cashell, winner of BBC TV's Classical Star competition (2007) for two contrasting programmes exploring core works of the cello repertoire mixed with live improvisation on electric cello and Nintendo Wiimote. Both e-cello works will be created using strands from the other works on the programme through improvisation. Moser will take feelings and themes from each piece to create a link from one work to the next, as he explains: ‘I would like to share my experiments of the past few months with the electric cello, and show that work-in-progress against pieces that have been in my repertoire for years. I feel more and more that these pieces are subject to subtle improvisations constantly, keeping the music fresh and alive. I am very pleased to be working with Sophie since she really knows the repertoire inside out and is a very keen spirit herself.' For the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, J S Bach's fifth suite was simply ‘darkness'. Written for a cello with its top A string tuned down to G, it is the most shadowy and mysterious of the Suites, with this Sarabande forming a still point, its measured, falling phrases, unwinding with their extraordinary chromatic logic into the void. For some, this eloquent aria of pain represents nothing less than the Crucifixion. Toru Takemitsu combined a Japanese sensibility with Western techniques inspired by Debussy, Webern, Messaien and Cage. Orion, named after the constellation, is a chamber version of the first movement of his cello concerto, Orion and Pleiades. Moser recalls meeting Takemitsu's long-time recording producer, who explained that his tempi markings were related to the Japanese Qi, which means breathing. ‘So however a performer decides to breathe this music will determine the tempo.' Beethoven's Sonata in D for piano and cello was to be his last in the form. The first movement, with its jubilant rising arpeggio, is driven by optimism and vigour, in sharp contrast to the sombre Adagio, and its memorably dark-hued chorale. The work ends with a muscular fugue, which takes us back to Bach. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 12:30pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, London Endymion - For Richard Muhlfeld Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 12:30pm Endymion - For Richard Muhlfeld Tickets: £4.50.
The world-class chamber ensemble Endymion always strives to bring the greatest chamber music past and present to a wide audience. Known for the vitality, virtuosity and innovation of its players, Endymion has already made an impact at Kings Place by giving the first public performance in Hall One at the opening Festival in 2008, with a new piece by Simon Holt. Last summer Endymion celebrated 30 years with a major new music project, Sound Census, showcasing 27 premieres during a week of concerts here. This year their festival programmes epitomise the character of Endymion's music-making, contrasting two of the most emotional and engaging classics of the repertoire by Mozart and Brahms with an intriguing recent work by composer and artistic director Philip Venables. Brahms's Clarinet Quintet has much in common with the Clarinet Quintet by Mozart (heard earlier this morning). Like Mozart, Brahms's late conversion to the clarinet was inspired by a virtuoso, Richard Muhlfeld, for whom he also wrote his two masterful clarinet sonatas. Muhlfield premiered the work with a quartet led by violinist Joseph Joachim, Brahms's long-time friend and collaborator. As a tribute to Mozart's Quintet, Brahms's follows a similar four-movement structure. The first movement, like many of Brahms's late works, has a brooding, autumnal quality. The second movement shows Brahms at his most expansive and lyrical, with the strings subtly playing on the colours and harmonic flavour of the clarinet melody. The short third movement, with its gently meandering melodies, is one of the few lighter moments in the work. Following Mozart's example, Brahms finishes with a theme and variations but where Mozart's is playful and charming, Brahms's is searching and darkly romantic. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 02:00pm |
Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokyo Verdi Requiem |
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| Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokyo, 1-2-3 Kinshi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0013, Japan Saturday 11-Sep-10 02:00pm Verdi Requiem | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 03:00pm |
NHK Hall, Tokyo NHK Symphony Orchestra |
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| NHK Hall, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Saturday 11-Sep-10 03:00pm NHK Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 03:45pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, London Latin American Classics - 2, Bachianas Brasileras - Chilingirian Quartet/Millennium Quartet Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 03:45pm Latin American Classics - 2, Bachianas Brasileras - Chilingirian Quartet/Millennium Quartet Tickets: £4.50.
Starting in 1930 Villa-Lobos composed what is probably his most famous series of works, the nine Bachianas Brasileiras. A lifelong admirer of the music of J S Bach, by this title he meant to suggest a synthesis of Bach's style - especially his endless melody and elaborate polyphony - with the spirit of Brazilian music in all its melodic and rhythmic diversity, along with Villa-Lobos's personal blend of polytonality. Bachiana No. 1 was to be performed by a ‘cello orchestra' of at least eight players, with the central movement, Modinha, being a kind of sweetly melodious, sentimental song which Villa-Lobos thought of as a counterpart to Bach's arias. The well-loved Bachiana No. 5 is for soprano and five cellos. In the first movement the soprano spins her soaring melody above pizzicato cellos, and in the passionate central section intones a nocturnal poem by Ruth Valadares Correa. The lively, humorous finale is a martelo, a dancesong from Northern Brazil, to a poem invoking the birds of Brazil and their songs. The Venezuelan teacher, conductor and horn-player Innocente Carreno has written two string quartets displaying a wide range of styles and a melodic gift, founded on Venezuelan folk music, that has also brought him renown as a composer of songs. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 04:00pm |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal Lieder recital Ian Bostridge Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Saturday 11-Sep-10 04:00pm Lieder recital Ian Bostridge | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 04:00pm |
Suntory Hall, Tokyo Japan Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Saturday 11-Sep-10 04:00pm Japan Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 05:00pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, London Latin American Classics - 2, Last Round - Chilingirian Quartet/Millennium Quartet Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 05:00pm Latin American Classics - 2, Last Round - Chilingirian Quartet/Millennium Quartet Tickets: £4.50.
Villa-Lobos composed his Sixteenth Quartet in Paris in 1955; unflagging in its invention, like many of his works it's infused with Brazilian song and dance character, but sublimated into a sophisticated, mature idiom. The slow movement, with its soulful cello melody, is reminiscent of the Bachianas Brasileiras; the sparkling scherzo is one of his best. Juan Bautista Plaza, noted for his sacred music, was Kapellmeister at Caracas Cathedral but also wrote notable instrumental works. He was a pioneer in Venezuelan music education and musicology who helped his compatriots establish a national style. He composed Fuga criolla for strings in 1931, adding the Fuga romántica in 1950 to make a two-part work, though the two fugues are often performed separately. In a sense they ‘Venezuelanise' J S Bach just as Villa-Lobos sought to make him into a Brazilian. Osvaldo Golijov is now the most celebrated contemporary Argentine composer of classical music, though his roots are in the Jewish communities of Romania and the Ukraine and he grew up speaking Yiddish. Last Round, originally commissioned by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, is a sublimated tango fantasy in which two string quartets are scored for an idealised bandoneon (the small accordion-like instrument of which Astor Piazzolla was a virtuoso) and its two movements are a homage to Piazzolla's fighting spirit and also to Carlos Gardel, whose song ‘My beloved Buenos Aires' provides the basis of the last movement. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 06:30pm |
Culture and Convention Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Lucerne Festival |
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| Culture and Convention Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne, Lucerne 6005, Switzerland Saturday 11-Sep-10 06:30pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Kelingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Royal Scottish National Orchestra |
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| Kelingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:00pm Royal Scottish National Orchestra Another magical evening of music in the wonderful surroundings of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum where you can enjoy a rare opportunity to explore the exhibits at night before enjoying the sound of Scotland’s national orchestra resonate throughout the great hall. Paul Goodwin, renowned for his historically informed interpretations of baroque music, conducts the RSNO in two great British musical masterpieces from very different eras. Handel’s famous Water Music was written for the grandest of occasions – King George I’s royal barge on the Thames – and includes the famous ‘Hornpipe’ and ‘Air’; Vaughan Williams’ romantic Fifth Symphony is a beautifully serene work from this most beloved of British composers. Tickets: Seats in the Centre Hall are £20 or £18 concessions. Standing tickets on the first floor balcony are £5. Programme to include: | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:00pm |
St Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, NY NEW YORK CHORAL SOCIETY IN A SEPTEMBER 11TH REMEMBRANCE |
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| St Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, NY, 460 Madison Avenue, New York City, 10022, United States Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:00pm NEW YORK CHORAL SOCIETY IN A SEPTEMBER 11TH REMEMBRANCE The New York Choral Society (NYCS) will perform in a special remembrance concert in honor of the September 11th tragedy. Sponsored by the September Concert Foundation, NYCS will be featured along with the Cathedral Choir at the magnificent St. Patrick’s Cathedral on September 11th at 7pm. The chorus will perform Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms as well as Turn the World Around by Harry Belafonte. The memorable concert will close with a joint performance between NYCS and the Cathedral Choir of Jim Papoulis’ Give Us Hope. Price type: Free | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Great Hall, Moscow Russian National Orchestra |
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| Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Great Hall, Moscow, Triumfalnaya ploshchad 4/31, Moscow 125009, Russia Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:00pm Russian National Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:30pm |
St Georges Hall, Liverpool Simón Bolívar Quartet |
Ponce, Estrellita (arr. Alvaro Bitran) |
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| St Georges Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool L1 1JJ, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:30pm Simón Bolívar Quartet Part of the RLPO Rodewald Concert Series Ponce, Manuel Maria (1882-1948), Estrellita (arr. Alvaro Bitran) Halffter, Rodolfo (1900-1987), 8 Tientos (Cuarteto Revueltas, Tiento No. 5) | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:30pm |
St Michael's Parish Church, Lyme Regis Andrew Millington Organ recital on the new Skrabl Organ |
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| St Michael's Parish Church, Lyme Regis, Church Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3DB, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:30pm Andrew Millington Organ recital on the new Skrabl Organ Concert in aid of the Lyme Regis Organ Appeal Charity Registration No. 1115094 | ||
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St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Mozart Requien |
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| St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, London, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:30pm Mozart Requien | ||
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Baptist Church, Saffron Walden Saffron Walden Music |
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| Baptist Church, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden CB10, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:30pm Saffron Walden Music Price type: Low cost: 50% at £10 or less | ||
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Kulturpalast Dresden BRAHMS, DER MEISTER |
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| Kulturpalast Dresden, Dresden, Germany Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:30pm BRAHMS, DER MEISTER | ||
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Englefield House, Theale Reading Sinfonietta Concert |
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| Englefield House, Theale, Englefield, Theale RG7 5DU, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:30pm Reading Sinfonietta Concert Price type: Low cost: 50% at £10 or less | ||
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Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna Gewandhausorchester Leipzig |
Schumann, Papillons, Op.2 (arr. for orchestra Karl-Age Rasmussen) |
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| Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna, Vienna, Austria Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:30pm Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), Papillons, Op.2 (arr. for orchestra Karl-Age Rasmussen) | ||
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Schloss Esterházy, Haydn Saal, Eisenstadt Haydn & Cherubini International Haydn Days 2010 |
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| Schloss Esterházy, Haydn Saal, Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt, Austria Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:30pm Haydn & Cherubini Prices from € 68,- to 19,- | ||
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Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 76 - Last Night of the Proms 2010 BBC Proms |
Dove, A song of Joys (BBC Commission, World Première) Vaughan Williams, Suite for viola and small orchestra (prelude, galop) Zimmer, Theme from Pirates of the Caribbean (dead man's chest and hornpipe) |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, London, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:30pm Prom 76 - Last Night of the Proms 2010 Tradition meets high jinks as Jiří Bělohlávek conducts his second Last Night, while the spirit of Henry Wood presides, as always, over the grand finale of the Proms. Renée Fleming lends her lustrous soprano to music by Strauss, DvoΣák and Smetana, former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Maxim Rysanov gives Tchaikovsky’s popular cello variations a new voice, and loyal Prommers can spot the last traces of the season’s Wood, Parry, Wagner, Rodgers and Hammerstein and opera themes. A festive new piece by Jonathan Dove opens the evening; a contemporary hornpipe forms an upbeat to anniversary composer Arne’s Rule, Britannia!; and audiences around the UK can join the Royal Albert Hall crowd in singing along to excerpts from Lohengrin and Carousel in a climax to the BBC’s opera season. Dove, Jonathan, A song of Joys (BBC Commission, World Première) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major, for cello and orchestra, Op.33 (arr. Rysanov) Smetana, Bedřich (1824-1884), Dalibor (‘Dobrá! Já mu je dám! … Jak je mi?’) Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958), Suite for viola and small orchestra (prelude, galop) Zimmer, Hans (b. 1957), Theme from Pirates of the Caribbean (dead man's chest and hornpipe) Parry, Hubert (1848-1918), Jerusalem (orch. Elgar) | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris Beethoven Cycle |
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| Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 75008 Paris, France Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm Beethoven Cycle | ||
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Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal Lieder recital Mojca Erdmann |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm Lieder recital Mojca Erdmann | ||
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Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, VA Opening Night with Tchaikovsky |
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| Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, VA, 215 Saint Paul's Street, Norfolk, 23510, United States Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm Opening Night with Tchaikovsky The new season begins as JoAnn Falletta leads the Virginia Symphony in Tchaikovsky's passionate Fifth Symphony-a work Tchaikovsky himself claimed would "never please the public." Yet its beautiful melodies have captivated for more than a century! And young violinist Chee Yun plays another Russian masterwork-Glazunov's Violin Concerto. | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm |
St Peter's Church, Wallingford Sacconi Quartet Beethoven Cycle (concert 5/6), Wallingford |
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| St Peter's Church, Wallingford, Wallingford OX10 0BH, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm Sacconi Quartet Beethoven Cycle (concert 5/6), Wallingford | ||
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Junglingshaus, Eupen Made in Belgium , National Orchestra of Belgium in Eupen |
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| Junglingshaus, Eupen, Neustrasse 86, 4700 Eupen, Belgium Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm Made in Belgium , National Orchestra of Belgium in Eupen | ||
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Beethovenhalle, Bonn Sol Gabetta, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Paavo Järvi Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm Sol Gabetta, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Paavo Järvi | ||
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Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin, D10785 Berlin, Germany Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
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De Munt | La Monnaie: Grand Hall, Brussels Chambres d'à côte Klarafestival |
Works by Boesmans (Sonances I Sur Mi | Ornamented Zone | Sextuor à clavier) Boesmans, Chambres d’à côté (World Première) |
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| De Munt | La Monnaie: Grand Hall, Brussels, Muntplein-Place de la Monnaie, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm Chambres d'à côte Chambres d’à côté (world creation commissioned by Klarafestival, BOZAR & De Munt/La Monnaie) This evening will be devoted exclusively to Philippe Boesmans, who will be presenting his most recent compo-sition, Chambres d’à côté, during the KlaraFestival. His work refers to alienation and discovery. Sur Mi, in which Boesmans flouts musical conventions and where any form of repetition is prohibited, found its inspiration in an etude by Debussy and explores the idea of recognition and reference points. Ornamented Zone was composed for an instrumental ensemble with a slightly nostalgic twist; the piece explores the limits of ornamentation in a refi ned and harmonious way. The Sextuor à clavier was composed consciously for a conventional instrumental ensemble, in which Philippe Boesmans, for an instant, sets aside the palette of colours that is so typical in contemporary music. Works by Boesmans, Philippe (b. 1936) (Sonances I Sur Mi | Ornamented Zone | Sextuor à clavier) Boesmans, Philippe (b. 1936), Chambres d’à côté (World Première) | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Théâtre Martolet, Saint-Maurice Orchestre Symphonique et Choeur Festival International de Musique Sion Valais |
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| Théâtre Martolet, Saint-Maurice, Saint-Maurice, Switzerland Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm Orchestre Symphonique et Choeur The International Music Festival Sion Valais has existed for more than 45 years and is one of the most important classical music festivals in Switzerland. It takes places every year during the months of August and September. Every two years, the Sion Festival organizes an International Violon Competition presided by Maestro Shlomo Mintz. | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Philharmonie: Alfried Krupp Saal, Essen Kent Nagano & Bayerisches Staatsorchester |
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| Philharmonie: Alfried Krupp Saal, Essen, Huyssenallee 53, 45128 Essen, Germany Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm Kent Nagano & Bayerisches Staatsorchester | ||
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Long Center for the Performing Arts: Dell Hall, Austin, TX Austin Symphony Presents André Watts |
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| Long Center for the Performing Arts: Dell Hall, Austin, TX, 701 W. Riverside Drive, Austin, TX 78704, United States Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:00pm Austin Symphony Presents André Watts André Watts burst upon the music world at the age of 16 when Leonard Bernstein chose him to make his debut with the New York Philharmonic in their Young People's Concerts, broadcast nationwide on CBS-TV. Only two weeks later, Bernstein asked him to substitute at the last minute for the ailing Glenn Gould in performances of Liszt's E-flat Concerto with the New York Philharmonic, thus launching his career in storybook fashion. More than 45 years later, André Watts remains one of today's most celebrated and beloved superstars. | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:30pm |
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD Gala Celebration Concert |
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| Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, MD, United States Saturday 11-Sep-10 08:30pm Gala Celebration Concert | ||
| Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:00am |
Schloss Esterházy, Haydn Saal, Eisenstadt Hommage à Haydn International Haydn Days 2010 |
Haydn, Piano Concerto in G major, Hob XVIII:4 (arr. for harp) |
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| Schloss Esterházy, Haydn Saal, Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt, Austria Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:00am Hommage à Haydn Prices from € 79,- to 21,- Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809), Piano Concerto in G major, Hob XVIII:4 (arr. for harp) | ||
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Concertgebouw, Large Hall, Amsterdam Radio Kamer Filharmonie |
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| Concertgebouw, Large Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:00am Radio Kamer Filharmonie | ||
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Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal Piano recital Paul Lewis Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:00am Piano recital Paul Lewis | ||
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Kings Place: Hall One, London Gould Piano Trio - Bohemian Rhapsody Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:00am Gould Piano Trio - Bohemian Rhapsody Tickets: £4.50.
The Gould Piano Trio is one of the UK's finest chamber ensembles, boasting an impressive discography, and festival appearances at Edinburgh, Cheltenham, City of London, Bath, Aldeburgh and the BBC Proms. The group have a special affinity with the 19th-century Romantic repertoire, and last year released a set of Brahms's complete music for piano trio to great acclaim, but they have also been active in commissioning and promoting new music. The Gould Piano Trio is one of the UK's finest chamber ensembles, boasting an impressive discography, and festival appearances at Edinburgh, Cheltenham, City of London, Bath, Aldeburgh and the BBC Proms. The group have a special affinity with the 19th-century Romantic repertoire, and last year released a set of Brahms's complete music for piano trio to great acclaim, but they have also been active in commissioning and promoting new music. The Gould Piano Trio is one of the UK's finest chamber ensembles, boasting an impressive discography, and festival appearances at Edinburgh, Cheltenham, City of London, Bath, Aldeburgh and the BBC Proms. The group have a special affinity with the 19th-century Romantic repertoire, and last year released a set of Brahms's complete music for piano trio to great acclaim, but they have also been active in commissioning and promoting new music. The composers in this concert are linked not only through a shared love of Czech folk music - Josef Suk was Dvořák's pupil, and eventually his son-in-law. Suk's 1902 Elegie was inspired by a cycle of poems about a Czech legend. Although he originally scored for violin, cello, string quartet, harmonium and harp, Suk quickly rearranged the work for the more saleable combination of piano trio. A yearning, heart-on-sleeve theme dominates, with contrast provided by a short but intense section that's tempestuous in tone, and highly evocative of gypsy music. A snatch of this makes a surprise reappearance towards the end, before a lull and a final reprisal of the main theme. Dvořak's 1883 piano trio echoes the style of his friend Brahms in its dramatic intensity and rhythmic interplay. However, its strong Czech flavour ensures it's still unmistakably Dvořak. Dark in tone, it was composed soon after the death of his mother. The long, frequently tempestuous first movement is dominated by its brooding opening theme, despite the cello offering a calmer second subject. A folky, polka-inflected Allegretto grazioso is followed by the most Brahmsian of the movements, a lushly romantic Poco Adagio that sets triple and duple meters against each other. Dance-like motives return for the Finale, but in a brooding, dramatic tone that recalls the opening Allegro. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||
| Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:00am |
Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden Dresden Staatskapelle |
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| Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden, Dresden, Germany Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:00am Dresden Staatskapelle | ||
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Beethoven-Haus, Bonn Schumann: Song Evening Beethovenfest Bonn |
Schumann, Myrthen: Im Westen, Op. 25 no.23 (Selection) |
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| Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, Bonn, Germany Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:00am Schumann: Song Evening | ||
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Kulturpalast Dresden BRAHMS, DER MEISTER |
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| Kulturpalast Dresden, Dresden, Germany Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:00am BRAHMS, DER MEISTER | ||
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Kings Place: St Pancras Room, London How Sigismond Thalberg invented cocktail music: A Fantasy on Rossini's Moses Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: St Pancras Room, London, 90 York Way, Opp. Goods Way, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:30am How Sigismond Thalberg invented cocktail music: A Fantasy on Rossini's Moses Tickets: £4.50.
Scottish concert pianist and lecturer Kenneth Hamilton returns to Kings Place for two fascinating performing lectures on the Romantic piano. Author of the best-selling After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance, Hamilton has recently appeared as soloist in Philadelphia for the world premiere of his new edition of Liszt's Hexameron for piano and orchestra, given a memorable re-creation of Liszt's 1847 concerts in Constantinople for the Istanbul Festival, and participated in the successful Beethoven Unwrapped series at Kings Place. Expect a lively, informal insight into the Romantic piano world with expert demonstrations. The most popular concert piece in the mid 19th-century wasn't anything by Chopin, but Sigismond Thalberg's stunning Fantasy on Rossini's Moses. When Thalberg first appeared on the scene, even professional musicians had no idea how he achieved his amazing effects; it seemed, they all said, as if he had three hands! But later it was discovered that Thalberg hadn't actually acquired an extra appendage, he had simply invented what we now know as cocktail-bar piano music. Kenneth Hamilton shows how he did it, and plays Thalberg's famous Fantasy - disappointingly using only two hands. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||
| Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:30am |
Wigmore Hall, London Elias String Quartet |
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| Wigmore Hall, London, London, United Kingdom Sunday 12-Sep-10 11:30am Elias String Quartet | ||
| Sunday 12-Sep-10 12:15pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, London Gould Piano Trio - Variations in a Major Key Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Sunday 12-Sep-10 12:15pm Gould Piano Trio - Variations in a Major Key Tickets: £4.50.
The Gould Piano Trio is one of the UK's finest chamber ensembles, boasting an impressive discography, and festival appearances at Edinburgh, Cheltenham, City of London, Bath, Aldeburgh and the BBC Proms. The group have a special affinity with the 19th-century Romantic repertoire, and last year released a set of Brahms's complete music for piano trio to great acclaim, but they have also been active in commissioning and promoting new music. Beethovens ‘Kakadu' Variations, based on a popular contemporary aria, were probably written around 1803. They were one of Beethoven's few British-published works, printed by Chappell in 1824. A slow G minor introduction gives way to the chirpy, major-keyed song theme. The piano alone plays Variation 1, and the three instruments don't come together again until Variation 4. Contrapuntal imitation is the hallmark of the fifth, before the piano grabs the tune for the sixth, playfully punctuated by the strings. Variation 9 is a pathosridden minor-keyed Adagio. A battle between major and minor ensues during the Presto Variation 10. After the major key conquers, the pace slows to a final Allegretto, also based on the theme. Brahms's intense Piano Trio, completed in 1882, feels thoroughly symphonic in scale, its rich textures and soaring melodies frequently appearing to strive beyond the confines of their chamber walls. A dramatic Allegro moderato, full of dynamic and rhythmic contrasts, is followed by a tragic, minor-keyed theme and variations. The mood remains dark, and the key minor, for the tensely hurried Scherzo, although its C major trio provides a carefree respite. The exciting Finale, with its surprise modulations of key, and melodies unexpectedly changing tack, builds to a triumphant climactic flourish. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||
| Sunday 12-Sep-10 12:45pm |
Kings Place: St Pancras Room, London How Liszt smashed up pianos: A Fantasy on Bellini's Norma Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: St Pancras Room, London, 90 York Way, Opp. Goods Way, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Sunday 12-Sep-10 12:45pm How Liszt smashed up pianos: A Fantasy on Bellini's Norma Tickets: £4.50. Scottish concert pianist and lecturer Kenneth Hamilton returns to Kings Place for two fascinating performing lectures on the Romantic piano. Author of the best-selling After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance, Hamilton has recently appeared as soloist in Philadelphia for the world premiere of his new edition of Liszt's Hexameron for piano and orchestra, given a memorable re-creation of Liszt's 1847 concerts in Constantinople for the Istanbul Festival, and participated in the successful Beethoven Unwrapped series at Kings Place. Expect a lively, informal insight into the Romantic piano world with expert demonstrations.Thalberg may have had three hands, but not to be outdone, Liszt reputedly had six fingers on each of his. He borrowed quite a few of Thalberg's piano techniques, and added several more of his own invention to create Romantic keyboard effects that can still astonish today. There was only one problem - the early piano couldn't cope. Broken instruments littered the stage of Liszt's recitals. On one occasion he even carried on playing while the piano tuner was simultaneously trying to repair the damage. Performing Liszt's Fantasy on Bellini's Norma as an illustration, Kenneth Hamilton demonstrates why the early piano suffered under Liszt's sometimes excessive, but always imaginative style of playing. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||
| Sunday 12-Sep-10 02:30pm |
Place des Arts: Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Montreal, QC Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal |
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| Place des Arts: Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Montreal, QC, 175, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montreal QC H2X 1Z8, Canada Sunday 12-Sep-10 02:30pm Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal | ||
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Sandler Center, Virginia Beach, VA Opening Night with Tchaikovsky |
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| Sandler Center, Virginia Beach, VA, 201 Market Street, Virginia Beach, 23462, United States Sunday 12-Sep-10 02:30pm Opening Night with Tchaikovsky The new season begins as JoAnn Falletta leads the Virginia Symphony in Tchaikovsky's passionate Fifth Symphony-a work Tchaikovsky himself claimed would "never please the public." Yet its beautiful melodies have captivated for more than a century! And young violinist Chee Yun plays another Russian masterwork-Glazunov's Violin Concerto. | ||
