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| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm |
 New Chambers Sanssouci: Ovid Gallery, PotsdamSeven Tears Dance Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival |
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| New Chambers Sanssouci: Ovid Gallery, Potsdam, Im Park Sanssouci, 14469, Potsdam, Germany Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Seven Tears Dance Music by John Dowland (1563-1626) From his collection "Lachrimae or Seven Tears" and dance music from the court of Christian IV of Denmark by William Brade, Thomas Simpson and Melchius Borchgrevinck Christian IV of Denmark was the most powerful man in the North before his Swedish opponent Gustav Adolf took over. Since the Danish monarch’s sister Anne was married to the future king of England, exquisite English music artists soon found their way to the music-loving king’s court. So Christian’s court orchestra is not only shining in Venetian splendour, the Golden Age of English music also lets its brightest star glitter in Denmark: John Dowland. His "Tear Pavane" alias "Flow my Tears" captured an epoch’s "Weltschmerz", turned it into sounds and was heard all across Europe. In 1604 Dowland put together seven self-made cover versions of his greatest hit with other dances for an instrumental consort and dedicated it to England’s new Queen Ann. Some of this music was created in her hometown of Copenhagen.
Tickets € 35,- / 30,- Works by Brade, William (1560-1630) Works by Simpson, Thomas (1582-1628) Works by Borchgrevinck, Melchior (1570-1632) | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Hagia Eirene Museum, Istanbul Venice Baroque Orchestra and Magdalena Kožená Istanbul Music Festival |
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| Hagia Eirene Museum, Istanbul, Cankurtaran Mh, Istanbul 34122, Turkey Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Venice Baroque Orchestra and Magdalena Kožená Well-known to the festival audience, the Venice Baroque Orchestra under the baton of Andrea Marcon returns to the glamorous Hagia Eirene; this time with Magdalena Kožená, “an absolute diva” highly sought after by distinguished opera houses and concert stages all around the world.Tickets 250, 200, 150 tl - student 30 tl - balcony 350 tl. | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm |
NedPho-Koepel (Majellakerk), Amsterdam Public Masterclass with mezzo soprano Karin Strobos and Concert - De Jonge Stukken |
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| NedPho-Koepel (Majellakerk), Amsterdam, Obiplein 4, Amsterdam 1094 RB, Netherlands Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Public Masterclass with mezzo soprano Karin Strobos and Concert - De Jonge Stukken Programme not known | ||
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Residenz: Kaisersaal, Würzburg Bläser des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks Mozartfest Würzburg |
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| Residenz: Kaisersaal, Würzburg, Residenzplatz 2, 97090 Würzburg, Germany Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Bläser des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks Image credit: Oliver Lang | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Snape Maltings Concert Hall Britten Dances Aldeburgh Festival |
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| Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape IP17 1SP, United Kingdom Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Britten Dances The Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet Flanders A Britten centenary celebration through dance, featuring new choreography inspired by Britten from Kim Brandstrup (music: Britten Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge), who creates a new work for The Royal Ballet, and Ashley Page (music: Britten Young Apollo & Purcell arr. Britten Chacony) and Cameron McMillan (music: Larry Goves new work after Britten’s Nocturnal), who make dances for Royal Ballet Flanders. | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Konzerthaus, Dortmund Hélène Grimaud (Klavier) James Gaffigan (Dirigent) Luzerner Sinfonieorchester Ruhr Piano Festival |
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| Konzerthaus, Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Hélène Grimaud (Klavier) James Gaffigan (Dirigent) Luzerner Sinfonieorchester Prices € 80 | 70 | 60 | 28 | 1815% discount on a single ticket with the purchase of at least four concerts of the "Great Piano Concertos" series | ||
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Karlskaserne: Reithalle, Ludwigsburg Open for everything | Constanza Macras Ludwigsburg Festival |
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| Karlskaserne: Reithalle, Ludwigsburg, Hindenburg Strasse 29, 71638 Ludwigsburg, Germany Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Open for everything | Constanza Macras | ||
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Dillington House, Ilminster The Dillington Summer Music Festival with Ashley Wass & Friends |
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| Dillington House, Ilminster, Ilminster TA19 9DT, United Kingdom Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm The Dillington Summer Music Festival with Ashley Wass & Friends Works by Alwyn, William (1905-1985) | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Staatstheater Darmstadt Extrakonzert |
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| Staatstheater Darmstadt, Georg-Büchner-Platz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Extrakonzert | ||
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Brandeis University: Slosberg Auditorium, Waltham, MA Johann Sebastian Bach: The Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord Aston Magna Music Festival |
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| Brandeis University: Slosberg Auditorium, Waltham, MA, 415 South Street, Waltham, Waltham, MA, United States Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Johann Sebastian Bach: The Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord J.S. Bach: Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
The second concert will be devoted to music of Johann Sebastian Bach for harpsichord and violin,
and will feature all six sonatas for violin and harpsichord. It will be performed on June 20, 21, and 22.
Violinist Daniel Stepner and keyboardist Peter Sykes will perform. | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Salle Pleyel, Paris Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Shostakovitch's Violin Concerto no. 1 |
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| Salle Pleyel, Paris, 252, rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Shostakovitch's Violin Concerto no. 1 | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:15pm |
Wolkenturm, Grafenegg Midsummer Night's Gala |
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| Wolkenturm, Grafenegg, Grafenegg, Austria Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:15pm Midsummer Night's Gala Each year, the majestic Wolkenturm in Grafenegg serves as a stage for many great concerts, to the gain of the Austrian music scene and far beyond. The evenings on the Wolkenturm are traditionally opened with the Midsummer Night’s Gala, which brings some of the greatest stars on the international music scene to Grafenegg. The first group of well-known artists this year consists of soprano Karita Mattila, bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni and Austrian percussion virtuoso Martin Grubinger, who will perform together with the Tonkünstler under Andrés Orozco-Estrada. | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Bimhuis, Amsterdam The Gloaming Holland Festival |
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| Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 3, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:30pm The Gloaming Early in 2011, by way of experiment, they met for a jamming session in the studio. At the end of that same year, the Irish Times hailed them as the new supergroup of Irish Music. Now, 18 months later, the Gloaming make their Dutch debut at the Holland Festival. Their instant success does not come as such a surprise though when you consider that all members of the band are seasoned recording artists in Irish music, some having worked with such names as Antony & the Johnsons, David Byrne and Yoko Ono. With The Gloaming they are breaking new ground, stretching the boundaries of Irish folk music. Their performances are virtuoso yet subtle, powerful yet controlled, with beautiful melodies and, most of all, revelling in the sheer joy of music!
Tickets €19, students/CJO €15 all categories. Running time 1 hour 30 minutes, no interval.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:45pm |
Parc de Bagatelle: Orangerie, Paris Candlelight Concerts: Pietro de Maria Festival Chopin à Paris |
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| Parc de Bagatelle: Orangerie, Paris, Bois de Boulogne, Grille d'Honneur, Allée de Longchamp, 75016 Paris Paris, France Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:45pm Candlelight Concerts: Pietro de Maria Tickets 27 € Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV846 Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B Flat Major, BWV866 Open air: Outdoors | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna Roméo 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 |
Aldeburgh Box Office The 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 | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 10:30am |
Birmingham Conservatoire, Adrian Boult Hall Delius 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 Church Tokyo 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-Saal lecture 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, Harrogate Morning 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 |
Regent Hall, London Lunchtime 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 01:00pm |
Charlton House, London Lunchtime 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 01:30pm |
City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, NSW ACO - 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, IL Muti 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-Oise Masterclass: 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€ | ||
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Sherman Cymru, Cardiff Flight |
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 | ||
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Holley Hall, Sarasota, FL Student 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 | ||
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Aldeburgh Church Britten–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 04:00pm |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal piano 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 House Le 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: 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: 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 |
Maison-Atelier de Daubigny, Auvers-Sur-Oise Masterclass: 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€ | ||
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St Michael at the North Gate Church, Oxford Musicians 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 06:30pm |
Jay Pritzker Pavillion, Chicago, IL Iris dévoilée |
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| Jay Pritzker Pavillion, Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL, United States Friday 21-Jun-13 06:30pm Iris dévoilée | ||
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Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Stravinsky'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 |
Opernhaus, Zürich Lady 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 |
La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels Così 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: Studiobühne, Zürich Young 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 |
Wigmore Hall, London Guildhall 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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St Andrew's Church, Aldborough The 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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St John's Smith Square, London A 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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Residenz: Kaisersaal, Würzburg Münchener 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 | ||
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Residenz: Fürstensaal, Würzburg Mozart'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) | ||
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Residenz: Gartensaal, Würzburg Mozart'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. | ||
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Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna 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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| 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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Birmingham Symphony Hall Friday 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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Robert Schumann Haus, Zwickau Schumann-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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Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin The 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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The London Coliseum Death 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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Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London ZooNation 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. | ||
