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Aldeburgh Box OfficeThe Borough Aldeburgh Festival |
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| Aldeburgh Box Office, 152 High Street, Aldeburgh IP15 5AQ, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 The Borough Punchdrunk Theatre Company and its artistic director Felix Barrett are pioneers in a highly individual form of theatre, focusing as much on audience members and the surroundings as the performers and the narrative. Lines between spaces, performer and spectator blur to create an unforgettable experience. This version sets the story somewhere between George Crabbe’s poem The Borough and Britten’s masterpiece, Peter Grimes. It will take audience members on individual theatrical journeys around Grimes’ town, following in his footsteps and hearing Britten’s score. Open air: Outdoors | ||
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Staatsoper, ViennaRoméo et Juliette |
Vienna State Opera Plácido Domingo, Conductor Jürgen Flimm, Director Nino Machaidze, Soprano: Juliette Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Roméo Eijiro Kai, Baritone: Mercutio Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Bass: Frère Laurent |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Friday 21-Jun-13 Check start time of performance. Plácido Domingo, Conductor Jürgen Flimm, Director Nino Machaidze, Soprano: Juliette Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Roméo Eijiro Kai, Baritone: Mercutio Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Bass: Frère Laurent | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 10:30am |
Birmingham Conservatoire, Adrian Boult HallDelius Society Residence Coffee Concert Delius and Ireland: A Celebration |
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| Birmingham Conservatoire, Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham B3 3HG, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 10:30am Delius Society Residence Coffee Concert ‘Delius and Ireland: A Celebration’ is a five-day Festival, one of the biggest the Conservatoire has ever hosted, involving over 60 individuals from the senior and junior Conservatoire, students and Faculty (including those famously associated with this repertoire), as well as orchestras, choirs and guest artists. Fifteen concert programmes will showcase songs, piano pieces, chamber and orchestral works - including performances of the complete solo piano works by John Ireland, the Delius Double and Ireland Piano Concerto – and culminate in a performance of Delius's masterpiece, Seadrift, with the Conservatoire Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lionel Friend in Birmingham Town Hall on 21st June. This programme also includes the world première of an early work by Benjamin Britten entitled Chaos and Cosmos, which the Conservatoire’s students have been preparing and recording as part of the Britten Thematic Catalogue. Price type: Free | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 11:00am |
Blythburgh ChurchTokyo Quartet Aldeburgh Festival |
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| Blythburgh Church, Blythburgh, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 11:00am Tokyo Quartet The chance to hear one of the world’s finest chamber
ensembles is special enough. That it comes only weeks
before it disbands after a remarkable four decade
career makes this an occasion to savour. The Tokyo
Quartet bring their sumptuous, burnished sound,
precision of ensemble and deep musical understanding
to a compelling programme; Beethoven’s fizzing,
compressed energy, Bartok’s poignant farewell to
the form and Debussy’s only quartet, agile, poetic,
distilling his visionary new musical world into this
most traditional of forms. Groundbreaking, ingenious
masterpieces all three, and a fitting triptych for a
revered quartet’s farewell. | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 11:00am |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saallecture Alfred Brendel Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Friday 21-Jun-13 11:00am lecture Alfred Brendel ![]() Programme not known | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 11:00am |
Rudding Park Chapel, HarrogateMorning Concert: Voces8 (a cappella vocal ensemble) Northern Aldborough Festival |
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| Rudding Park Chapel, Harrogate, Harrogate HG3 1JH, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 11:00am Morning Concert: Voces8 (a cappella vocal ensemble) | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 01:00pm |
Charlton House, LondonLunchtime Recital - Cello and Piano |
De Falla, La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance no. 1 (Danse Espagnole) (Transcribed - Gendron) |
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| Charlton House, London, Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Recital - Cello and Piano Yoonsoo Park is currently studying cello as Master of Arts at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Professor Felix Schmidt and Jo Cole. She started to play the cello at the age of 11, and graduated Sunwha Arts School in 2004. During this time, she won the third prize of The Music journal Concours and second prize of The Catholic University Concours and also she had many opportunities to perform in Korea. In 2003, she moved to Paris and started to study with Professor Marcel Bardon and Jean-Marie Gamard. She has studied with Professor Felix Schmidt since 2007 in London. Yoonsoo received the second prize of May Muckle Prize and completed her Bachelor degree (Bmus) at the Royal Academy of Music in 2012
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| Friday 21-Jun-13 01:00pm |
Regent Hall, LondonLunchtime Piano Recital |
Alkan, Grande Sonate, "Les Quatre Ages," Op.33 (Quasi Faust) |
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| Regent Hall, London, 275 Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Piano Recital Aleksander Szram
Winner of the 2004 Vlado Perlemuter Award, Aleksander enjoys a varied schedule of solo piano, concerto and chamber music performances across the world, having played in more than thirty countries over five continents.
Aleksander studied at Trinity College of Music under Anthony Green and Douglas Finch, where he won prizes for piano, chamber music, vocal accompaniment and composition. Further awards funded his study for a MMus Degree, which he passed with Distinction. Aleksander completed his DMA on a full scholarship at the University of British Columbia, where he studied piano with Jane Coop.
He now teaches piano and lectures at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, and has also guest-lectured at the Royal Academy of Music, the Juilliard School, and the Manhattan School of Music. He has performed on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, and Channel 4, and recorded for Nimbus and MMC. Aleksander is on the teaching faculty of the Kodaly Society of Wales, and also coaches chamber groups at home in Kent, and in Bournemouth under the auspices of the Bournemouth Chamber Music Society. He is one of few pianists who regularly accompanies from memory. | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 01:30pm |
City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, NSWACO - Richard Tognetti Presents ACO2 |
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| City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, Australia Friday 21-Jun-13 01:30pm ACO - Richard Tognetti Presents ACO2 | ||
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Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, ILMuti conducts Verdi |
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| Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL 60604, United States Friday 21-Jun-13 01:30pm Muti conducts Verdi | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Maison-Atelier de Daubigny, Auvers-Sur-OiseMasterclass: Julia Varady Festival d'Auvers-Sur-Oise |
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| Maison-Atelier de Daubigny, Auvers-Sur-Oise, 61, rue Daubigny, 95430 Auvers-Sur-Oise, France Friday 21-Jun-13 02:00pm Masterclass: Julia Varady Tickets per session 30€ / 10€ for students CNSMDP/CRR/University / "Pass Culture" 5€ | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 02:30pm |
Sherman Cymru, CardiffFlight |
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama |
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| Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF24 4YE, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 02:30pm | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Aldeburgh ChurchBritten–Pears Young Artists II Aldeburgh Festival |
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| Aldeburgh Church, Aldeburgh IP15 5DY, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 03:00pm Britten–Pears Young Artists II A concert that juxtaposes the sounds of a horn quartet with viola – Hindemith and Britten’s own instrument – is an alluring prospect, and the instruments’ very essence seems to be represented here. The viola’s burnished eloquence weeps in memorials by Hindemith and Bridge and spins fantastical tales in Schumann’s fairy stories; the horn’s heritage celebrated in smooth cantilenas and quicksilver caprice. Ghosts lurk here too – the horn virtuoso Dennis Brain and his quartet, and Britten, whose deft arrangements of other people’s music so often blends poetry and polish, working with the grain to reveal new beauty beneath the veneer. | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Holley Hall, Sarasota, FLStudent Recital 3 Sarasota Music Festival |
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| Holley Hall, Sarasota, FL, 709 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236, United States Friday 21-Jun-13 03:00pm Student Recital 3 ![]() Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 04:00pm |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saalpiano recital Till Fellner Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Friday 21-Jun-13 04:00pm piano recital Till Fellner ![]() Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Well-Tempered Clavier 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV870 Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Well-Tempered Clavier 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV871 Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Well-Tempered Clavier 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C# Major, BWV872 | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 05:10pm |
Glyndebourne Opera HouseLe nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 05:10pm Le nozze di Figaro Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 06:00pm |
St Michael at the North Gate Church, OxfordMusicians of the Dreaming Spires - Early Evening Concert |
Telemann, Oboe Concerto in C minor |
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| St Michael at the North Gate Church, Oxford, Oxford OX1 3EY, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 06:00pm Musicians of the Dreaming Spires - Early Evening Concert Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767), Oboe Concerto in C minor Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Maison-Atelier de Daubigny, Auvers-Sur-OiseMasterclass: Julia Varady Festival d'Auvers-Sur-Oise |
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| Maison-Atelier de Daubigny, Auvers-Sur-Oise, 61, rue Daubigny, 95430 Auvers-Sur-Oise, France Friday 21-Jun-13 06:00pm Masterclass: Julia Varady Tickets per session 30€ / 10€ for students CNSMDP/CRR/University / "Pass Culture" 5€ | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 06:30pm |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CAStravinsky's Russian Roots |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Friday 21-Jun-13 06:30pm Stravinsky's Russian Roots The joyous Les Noces “depicts” a wedding the way an Altman film uses scraps of conversation to tell a tale, and boasts four pianists on stage. One hundred years ago, Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Stravinsky and Monteux—legends all—triggered the most scandalous evening in ballet history with the premiere of The Rite of Spring. The combination of Stravinsky’s revolutionary music and Nijinsky’s startlingly un-balletic choreography caused a riot. Now universally admired, the music has lost none of its freshness and power. | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Residenz: Gartensaal, WürzburgMozart's Night: Musica et Sltatoira Salzburg - Ensemble for historic dance Mozartfest Würzburg |
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| Residenz: Gartensaal, Würzburg, Residenzplatz 2, 97070 Würzburg, Germany Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm Mozart's Night: Musica et Sltatoira Salzburg - Ensemble for historic dance Dances in period costumes with music from Wolfgang Amadé Mozart and Joseph Haydn. | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus: Studiobühne, ZürichYoung Choreographers |
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| Opernhaus: Studiobühne, Zürich, Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm Young Choreographers The “Young choreographers” series aims to identify and promote young talent at an early stage: Zurich Ballet’s talented young choreographers will be in the limelight once a season. Dancers from the ensemble interested in creating choreography are given the opportunity to present themselves as choreographers. They thus have the appealing task of discovering dance from another perspective and jointly presenting a mutually inspiring ballet evening. These young artists will rehearse their new creations with their dancing colleagues and will also be able to try their hands at stage and costume design. On five evenings, a fascinating variety of choreographic and theatrical ideas will be presented to audiences on the Studio stage, and it is possible that audiences may soon encounter any one of these names on the principal ballet stage. | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm |
St John's Smith Square, LondonA Russian Romance |
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| St John's Smith Square, London, Smith Square, London, London SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm A Russian Romance | ||
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St Andrew's Church, AldboroughThe Pirates of Penzance Northern Aldborough Festival |
Charles Court Opera |
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| St Andrew's Church, Aldborough, Aldborough YO51 9EP, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm The Pirates of Penzance | ||
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La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, BrusselsCosì fan tutte |
La Monnaie | De Munt Thomas Rösner, Conductor Michael Haneke, Director Christoph Kanter, Set Designer Anett Fritsch, Soprano: Fiordiligi Andreas Wolf, Baritone: Guglielmo Juan Francisco Gatell, Tenor: Ferrando Kerstin Avemo, Soprano: Despina William Shimell, Baritone: Don Alfonso Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie |
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| La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels, Muntplein-Place de la Monnaie, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm The fatal temptation to seek the truth in love: men and women scorch their hearts and wings in trying to unlock the secret of emotions. How quickly perversity and cruelty oust desire and tenderness. Here Mozart enters into a dialogue with Marivaux and Sade. As in his previous operas, he succeeds in producing an incredible tension, a breathtakingly beautiful structuring of the text (his third collaboration with Da Ponte) and the music. Director Michael Haneke, one of the most incisive and insightful film-makers of our time, presents us with his vision of a work that is as spell-binding, serious, complex and at times light as it is formidably modern, where the experience of infidelity transforms the four characters by laying bare their frailty. For the Austrian director, this is his first time at La Monnaie, while Ludovic Morlot conducts his second opera of the season.Image credit: © Flore-Aël Surun / Tendance Floue Thomas Rösner, Conductor Michael Haneke, Director Christoph Kanter, Set Designer Anett Fritsch, Soprano: Fiordiligi Andreas Wolf, Baritone: Guglielmo Juan Francisco Gatell, Tenor: Ferrando Kerstin Avemo, Soprano: Despina William Shimell, Baritone: Don Alfonso Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, ZürichLady Macbeth of Mzensk |
Zurich Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Hartmut Meyer, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Gun-Brit Barkmin, Soprano: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Kurt Rydl, Bass: Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Sergey Kismara Pessatti, Mezzo-soprano: Aksinia Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Sonyetka Valery Murga, Bass: Office Manager Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Pope Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Police inspector |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm Lady Macbeth of Mzensk Opera in nine scenes
Libretto by Alexander G. Preis and Dmitri Shostakovich
after a novella by Nikolai Leskov
The young wife of a merchant, Katerina Ismailova, murders three people. She stirs rat poison into her tyrannical father-in-law’s dish of mushrooms, beats her husband to death together with her lover, and at the prison camp in Siberia, as she finally jumps to her death, drags a rival down with her. Nevertheless, in a horrific men’s world of greed, lechery and violence, Katerina is the only figure with a human face in this opera. Only for her has Shostakovich reserved a compassionate tone. The society in which she becomes a murderess is barbaric. With twisted mouths, the grotesque faces of human wickedness grin out at us from Shostakovich’s magnificent score.
Lady Macbeth of Mzensk was premièred in Leningrad in 1934. It marks a decisive turning point in Shostakovich’s oeuvre. After Joseph Stalin attended a performance of the opera in 1936, the famous article entitled Chaos instead of music was published in Pravda. The work was scourged as the expression of “radical left-wing self-indulgence” and “petit bourgeois innovation”. It disappeared from theatres, Shostakovich had to fear for his life, never composed another opera, and from then on concealed his true musical feelings and ideas behind a thousand masks.
Teodor Currentzis, the spirited Greek conductor from Siberia who has caused a furore with his unconventional interpretations, is the musical director of the production. Tatjana Serjan, famous for her Verdi roles, will be giving her role début as Katerina. Zurich Opera Director Andreas Homoki will be staging his second production of this season.
In Russian with German and English supertitles.Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Hartmut Meyer, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Gun-Brit Barkmin, Soprano: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Kurt Rydl, Bass: Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Sergey Kismara Pessatti, Mezzo-soprano: Aksinia Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Sonyetka Valery Murga, Bass: Office Manager Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Pope Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Police inspector | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Wigmore Hall, LondonGuildhall Wigmore Rercital Prize: winner's recital |
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| Wigmore Hall, London, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm Guildhall Wigmore Rercital Prize: winner's recital | ||
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Residenz: Fürstensaal, WürzburgMozart's Night: Kurpfalz Quintet Mozartfest Würzburg |
Works by Mozart Works by Debussy Works by D'Rivera Works by Farkas Works by Shostakovich Works by Piazzolla |
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| Residenz: Fürstensaal, Würzburg, Residenz 2, 97070 Würzburg, Germany Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm Mozart's Night: Kurpfalz Quintet Works by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Works by Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) Works by D'Rivera, Paquito (b. 1948) Works by Farkas, Ferenc (1905-2000) Works by Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) Works by Piazzolla, Astor (1921-1992) | ||
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Residenz: Ingelheimsaal, Würzburg Mozart's Night: Christoph Dangel and Giorgio Paronuzzi Mozartfest Würzburg |
Works by Mozart Works by Platti Works by Romanelli Works by Beethoven |
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| Residenz: Ingelheimsaal, Würzburg, Residenz 2, Würzburg, Germany Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm Mozart's Night: Christoph Dangel and Giorgio Paronuzzi Works by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Works by Platti, Giovanni (1692-1763) Works by Romanelli, Gennaro (1920-2012) Works by Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Residenz: Kaisersaal, WürzburgMünchener Kammerorchester Mozartfest Würzburg |
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| Residenz: Kaisersaal, Würzburg, Residenzplatz 2, 97090 Würzburg, Germany Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm Münchener Kammerorchester ![]() Image credit: Oliver Lang | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Boughton Aluph Church, AshfordTriumphs: Renaissance Conquests in Love and War Stour Music |
Works by Striggio Works by Nicolson Works by Gabrieli Works by Croce Works by Gastoldi Works by Palestrina Works by Janequin Works by des Prez Works by de Lassus Works by Morley Works by Weelkes |
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| Boughton Aluph Church, Ashford, Ashford, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Triumphs: Renaissance Conquests in Love and War ![]() Tickets: £22.00 £16.00 £12.00 One of the world’s most celebrated ensembles, The King’s Singers have a packed schedule of concerts, recordings, media and education work that spans the globe. They champion the work of both young and established composers, whether singing Tomkins or Takemitsu, Bach or Bublé. Love and War: two favourite Renaissance themes feature in this programme of music from England, Italy and France. The inspiration for the first half is the 1592 collection of madrigals Il trionfi di Dori; the second half starts and finishes with two of the great chansons by Clément Janequin – his depiction of street life in Paris (Les Cris de Paris) and his musical rendition of the 1515 Battle of Marignano (La Guerre). Image credit: Stour Music copyright Works by Striggio, Alessandro (1536-1592) Works by Nicolson, Richard (c.1570-1639) Works by Gabrieli, Giovanni (1554-1612) Works by Croce, Giovanni (1557-1609) Works by Janequin, Clement (1485-1558) Works by Josquin Works by de Lassus, Orlande (1532-1594) Works by Morley, Thomas (1557-1603) Works by Weelkes, Thomas (1575-1623) | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, LondonA Portrait of Venice Spitalfields Music Summer Festival |
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| St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, London, Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JN, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm A Portrait of Venice The Royal Academy of Music Brass Ensemble and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, come together for this celebration of Venetian and English art and music. The programme stretches from the influential compositions of Heinrich Schütz, to the quintessentially English Purcell, right up to the present day with a new piece by Academy student Carter Callison. This evening’s programme will also feature a new work written and conducted by Elgar Howarth, inspired by the painters, poets and musicians of Venice and in particular Giovanni Gabrieli, the 400th anniversary of whose death fell last year. 6.30pm Insight talk: A discussion about this evening’s programme between Graham Ross and Elgar Howarth. This event is free for concert ticket holders. | ||
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St John the Baptist, PlushPlush 1 Plush Festival |
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| St John the Baptist, Plush, Dorset, UK, Plush DT2 7RJ, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Plush 1 Benjamin Britten’s intensely colourful Temporal Variations and Elgar’s Piano Quintet frame Korean-born Isang Yun’s soulful oboe work ‘Piri’ of 1971, written shortly after his release from prison.Image credit: Jack Liebeck | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, LondonZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop |
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| Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London, Portugal Street, Holborn, London WC2 2HT, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop has been a runaway success since it hit the Peacock Theatre in 2011, wowing audiences and prompting widespread critical praise with five-star reviews and standing ovations. After a second successful run and celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary at Sadler’s Wells last year, Some Like It Hip Hop returns to the Peacock Theatre to kick-start the summer. Fast becoming a modern classic, Some Like It Hip Hop unites truly sensational dancing and a typically clever and engrossing storyline with infectious “wit, heart and magnificent energy” (The Independent). With a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, cross-dressing and revolution, all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre. Directed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, Some Like It Hip Hop also features a ground-shaking original soundtrack, live singing and some of the UK’s top hip hop dance talent. | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Orangery Sanssouci: Raffael Hall, PotsdamLighthouse Buxtehude Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival |
Works by Buxtehude Works by Förster Works by Tunder Works by Bruhns Works by Geist |
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| Orangery Sanssouci: Raffael Hall, Potsdam, Orangery Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Lighthouse Buxtehude Young Bach walked from Arnstadt to Lübeck so that he could learn from this man: Dietrich Buxtehude, originally from Helsingborg in Denmark, organist of Lübeck’s Church of St. Mary for nearly forty years, was an institution in the musical life of Northern Germany and had a lasting influence on generations of composers. Paul Hillier and his ensemble THEATRE OF VOICES show him integrated into a wide reaching network of musical relations that stretched from Denmark and Sweden all the way to Italy. They perform two of his less played Swedish cantatas and move some less known predecessors, contemporaries and students of the master into the present day limelight.
Tickets € 35,- / 28,- / 25,- Works by Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707) Works by Förster, Kaspar (1616-1673) Works by Tunder, Franz (1614-1667) Works by Bruhns, Nicolaus (1665-1697) Works by Geist, Christian (1650-1711) | ||
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Lauderdale House, LondonGaetano Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore |
Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amore (Chamber version.) |
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| Lauderdale House, London, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London N6 5HG, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Gaetano Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848), L'Elisir d'Amore (Chamber version.) | ||
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Birmingham Town HallBritten World Première: Chaos and Cosmos Delius and Ireland: A Celebration |
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| Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham B3 3DQ, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Britten World Première: Chaos and Cosmos ‘Delius and Ireland: A Celebration’ is a five-day Festival, one of the biggest the Conservatoire has ever hosted, involving over 60 individuals from the senior and junior Conservatoire, students and Faculty (including those famously associated with this repertoire), as well as orchestras, choirs and guest artists. Fifteen concert programmes will showcase songs, piano pieces, chamber and orchestral works - including performances of the complete solo piano works by John Ireland, the Delius Double and Ireland Piano Concerto – and culminate in a performance of Delius's masterpiece, Seadrift, with the Conservatoire Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lionel Friend in Birmingham Town Hall on 21st June. This programme also includes the world première of an early work by Benjamin Britten entitled Chaos and Cosmos, which the Conservatoire’s students have been preparing and recording as part of the Britten Thematic Catalogue. Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra Birmingham Conservatoire Chorus Lionel Friend, Conductor Yu-Fen Lin, Piano Gwion Thomas, Baritone Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
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Civic Hall Stratford, Stratford-on-Avon Master and Pupil Spring Sounds |
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| Civic Hall Stratford, Stratford-on-Avon , Stratford-on-Avon CV37 6LU, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Master and Pupil | ||
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St Peter's Church, ShaldonAcademy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble |
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| St Peter's Church, Shaldon, Shaldon, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble Ticket Information: Centre Seats £16, Side Seats £10, Student seats £5 Detail: We are delighted and privileged to welcome back the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble for their fourth visit to the Festival. The selected programme features works written during a particularly happy time in the three composers’ lives. Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat K.407 Mozart’s works for solo horn were composed almost exclusively for one particular player, Ignaz Leutgeb, his life-long friend and Salzburg compatriot. Apart from owning a cheese shop, Leutgeb held the position of first horn in the Archbishop of Salzburg’s private orchestra and was, by all accounts, an extraordinarily gifted player. The Horn Quintet in Eb major is the most difficult to play and pushed the player and the valveless instrument of his time to the limit. Scored for violin, two violas, cello and horn, it was composed toward the end of 1782 in Vienna when Mozart was entering a period of great success and productivity and perhaps the happiest time in his life. It is obvious from his markings in the manuscript, using coloured inks and sometimes writing cryptic comments to the soloist in the margins, that Mozart enjoyed pulling Leutgeb's leg. This atmosphere is also reflected in the music which, in the allegro movements, is full of fun. The slow movements, simple but endearing Romances, reveal the deep regard that Mozart had for both the instrument and his friend. Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) is one of those composers whose musical style brings out the best lyricism strings can produce. The Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, is certainly one of those works. The St. Petersburg Chamber Music Society had submitted their commission in 1887, but Tchaikovsky did not begin work on the string sextet (scored for two violins, two violas and two cellos) until the winter of 1890 on his return from a visit to Florence. Unlike "Capriccio Italien", composed some ten years earlier and full of Italian quotations, this work is decidedly Russian. The title merely derives from the fact that it was whilst Tchaikovsky was working on his opera The Queen of Spades in Florence that he noted down the main theme of the slow movement. Italy was a place where Tchaikovsky spent some of the happiest moments of his life which, perhaps, could be a key to the naming of the piece. Though the work was performed privately after its completion, he revised it thoroughly before its first public performance on 6th December, 1892. The proud composer wrote to his brother: “What a sextet–and what a fugue at the end–it’s a pleasure. Awful, how pleased I am with myself!” Brahms String Sextet No.1 in B flat Op.18 Brahms’ String Sextet in B flat major is also scored for two violins, two violas and two cellos. At the time there were few precedents for this particular combination of instruments. No doubt this appealed to Brahms who was always conscious of the shadows of his predecessors; shying away from Beethoven’s territory, he did not complete a symphony or string quartet until his 40’s. The work was written in 1859 during a particularly happy time in his life. He had accepted a position teaching and conducting in Detmold, a small principality deep in the forest of Teutoburg 40 miles from Hanover. His despair over the death of Robert Schumann had abated and he could clear his mind there during long walks in the woods. The completed work was sent to his good friend, the violinist, Joseph Joachim, in September of 1860 with the added note: "Send it back if the piece does not appeal to you". It apparently did and was first performed by Joachim and his colleagues in Hanover just the following month. At the first public performance in 1861 it was so well received that it was repeated three times in the next few weeks and was performed in various parts of Germany. One of the finest chamber orchestras in the world, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields is renowned for its polished and refined sound, rooted in outstanding musicianship. Formed in 1958 from a group of leading London musicians, and working without a conductor, the Academy gave its first performance in its namesake church on 13th November 1959. Today, the Academy performs some 100 concerts around the world each year, with as many as 15 tours each season. The Academy’s partnership with its founder Sir Neville Marriner remains the most recorded pairing of orchestra and conductor and, with over 500 recordings under its belt, the Academy is one of the most recorded chamber orchestras in the world. Originally directed by Sir Neville from the leader’s chair, the collegiate spirit and flexibility of the original small, conductorless ensemble remains an Academy hallmark. This tradition continues today with the appointment of virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell as its new Music Director in September 2011. Drawn from the principal players of the orchestra, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble was created in 1967 to perform the larger chamber works, from quintets to octets. Its touring commitments are extensive, with annual visits to France, Germany, and Spain, and frequent tours to North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan. | ||
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St George's BristolThe Eight Seasons |
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| St George's Bristol, Great George Street, Off Park Street, Bristol BS1 5RR, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm The Eight Seasons The Soloists feature in a fascinating double bill of Vivaldi’s and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons at St George's Bristol. Vivaldi’s enchanting quartet of concertos are presented in tandem with the colourful evocations of Ástor Piazzolla, the Argentinian master of the ‘new tango’. The notion that at any given moment on our planet there exist opposite seasons in each hemisphere is the inspiration for this thrilling combination of works.Image credit: Mark Simmons | ||
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Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, ViennaWiener Symphoniker |
Vienna Symphony Orchestra Choir of the Slovakian National Theatre Orféo Català Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Wiener Singakademie Kent Nagano, Conductor Catherine Foster, Soprano Mihoko Fujimura, Mezzo-soprano Jay Hunter Morris, Tenor Kurt Azesberger, Tenor Albert Dohmen, Bass-baritone Sunnyi Melles, Presenter |
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| Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Wiener Symphoniker ![]() Vienna Symphony Orchestra Choir of the Slovakian National Theatre Orféo Català Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Wiener Singakademie Kent Nagano, Conductor Catherine Foster, Soprano Mihoko Fujimura, Mezzo-soprano Jay Hunter Morris, Tenor Kurt Azesberger, Tenor Albert Dohmen, Bass-baritone Sunnyi Melles, Presenter | ||
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Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, BerlinThe Fairy Queen |
Staatsoper Berlin Michael Boder, Conductor Benjamin Bayl, Conductor Claus Guth, Director Christian Schmidt, Set Designer Ramses Sigl, Choreography Eberhard Friedrich, Choirmaster Marlis Petersen, Soprano Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Mezzo-soprano Bejun Mehta, Countertenor Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Roman Trekel, Baritone Staatskapelle Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Staatsopernchor Berlin |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Caught between Baroque and contemporary music: Helmut Oehring takes Henry Purcell's semi-opera "The Fairy Queen" as a model for his ideas.Pre-performance lecture, 45 minutes prior to each performance (in German) Michael Boder, Conductor Benjamin Bayl, Conductor Claus Guth, Director Christian Schmidt, Set Designer Ramses Sigl, Choreography Eberhard Friedrich, Choirmaster Marlis Petersen, Soprano Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Mezzo-soprano Bejun Mehta, Countertenor Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Roman Trekel, Baritone Staatskapelle Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Staatsopernchor Berlin | ||
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Robert Schumann Haus, ZwickauSchumann-Festival 2013 - Piano recital |
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| Robert Schumann Haus, Zwickau, Hauptmarkt 5, 08056 Zwickau, Germany, Zwickau, Germany Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Schumann-Festival 2013 - Piano recital | ||
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The London ColiseumDeath in Venice |
English National Opera Edward Gardner, Conductor Deborah Warner, Director Tom Pye, Set Designer Kim Brandstrup, Choreography John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Gustav von Aschenbach Andrew Shore, Baritone: Voice of Dionysius Tim Mead, Countertenor: Voice of Apollo |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Two unspoken themes run throughout Britten’s much-admired opera: the impossible passion that a troubled writer forms for a fellow hotel guest, and the cholera epidemic which the authorities are all too keen to hush up. In Death in Venice, Britten revisits the subject of corruption of youth and innocence that so fascinated him and delivers a haunting theatrical experience of consummate power.
Deborah Warner’s production of Britten’s final opera celebrates the composer’s centenary year and reaffirms ENO’s position as the world’s leading producer of his operas. This production reunites award-winning director Warner with ENO Music Director Edward Gardner, who returns to Britten following ENO’s productions of Billy Budd (2012) and Peter Grimes (2009), for which his conducting was described as ‘deeply musical’ (Financial Times).
Tickets £16 - £99.Edward Gardner, Conductor Deborah Warner, Director Tom Pye, Set Designer Kim Brandstrup, Choreography John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Gustav von Aschenbach Andrew Shore, Baritone: Voice of Dionysius Tim Mead, Countertenor: Voice of Apollo | ||
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St Martin-in-the-Fields, LondonMozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik |
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| St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, London, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik ![]() Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741), The Four Seasons: Concerto in E major, "La Primavera (Spring)", RV269, Op.8 no.1 | ||
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The Music Room, Gregynog, NewtownHarmonie Universelle Gregynog Festival |
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| The Music Room, Gregynog, Newtown, Tregynon, Newtown SY16 3PW, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Harmonie Universelle Programme to include: Works by Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) | ||
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Birmingham Symphony HallFriday Night Classics: Ol' Blue Eyes |
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| Birmingham Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham B1, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Friday Night Classics: Ol' Blue Eyes Including: Let’s Face the Music and Dance • New York, New York • Old Man River • You Make Me Feel So Young • Come Fly With Me • Luck Be A Lady • My Kind Of Town • I Get A Kick Out Of You • I’ve Got You Under My Skin • Nice ‘n’ Easy • A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Well ring-a-ding-ding - Ol’ Blue Eyes is back! Vocalist Gary Williams has been hailed as the closest thing today to hearing Sinatra himself - and in this spectacular tribute using Sinatra’s original, unmistakable orchestral arrangements, he’ll sound like a million bucks. You Make Me Feel So Young, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, New York, New York, Luck Be A Lady, My Kind Of Town, Nice ‘n’ Easy…it’s just classic after swinging classic. Come fly with the CBSO! (£12.50-£40) | ||
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Royal Opera House: Linbury Studio Theatre, LondonThe Importance of Being Earnest |
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| Royal Opera House: Linbury Studio Theatre, London, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:45pm | ||
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Oakham School Chapel, RutlandFestival Orchestral Concert |
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| Oakham School Chapel, Rutland, Oakham LE15 6DT, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:45pm Festival Orchestral Concert Price type: Free | ||
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War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CACosì fan Tutte |
San Francisco Opera Company Nicola Luisotti, Conductor José María Condemi, Director Ellie Dehn, Soprano: Fiordiligi Christel Lötzsch, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Heidi Stober, Soprano: Despina Francesco Demuro, Tenor: Ferrando Phillipe Sly, Bass-baritone: Guglielmo Marco Vinco, Bass: Don Alfonso |
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| War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Friday 21-Jun-13 08:00pm Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Approximate running time: 3 hours, 25 minutes including one intermission. Co-production with Opera Monte Carlo. Nicola Luisotti, Conductor José María Condemi, Director Ellie Dehn, Soprano: Fiordiligi Christel Lötzsch, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Heidi Stober, Soprano: Despina Francesco Demuro, Tenor: Ferrando Phillipe Sly, Bass-baritone: Guglielmo Marco Vinco, Bass: Don Alfonso | ||
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Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NYNew York Philharmonic |
Wagner, Orchestral excerpts from The Ring of the Nibelung (arr Alan Gilbert after Erich Leinsdorf) |
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| Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY, New York City, NY 10023, United States Friday 21-Jun-13 08:00pm New York Philharmonic Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Orchestral excerpts from The Ring of the Nibelung (arr Alan Gilbert after Erich Leinsdorf) | ||