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| Saturday 3-Aug-13 06:00pm |
New Church, UusikaupunkiFavourites with a New Look |
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (Played on flute) |
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| New Church, Uusikaupunki, Rauhankatu, Uusikaupunki, Finland Saturday 3-Aug-13 06:00pm Favourites with a New Look Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847), Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (Played on flute) | ||
| Wednesday 4-Sep-13 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 71 BBC Proms |
Vaughan Williams, Four Last Songs (orch A Payne, BBC commission, world première) |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Wednesday 4-Sep-13 07:30pm Prom 71 A series of farewells as Osmo Vänskä concludes the season’s focus on Polish music and conducts the premiere of Anthony Payne’s orchestration of Vaughan Williams’s Four Last Songs. BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Ruby Hughes and Jennifer Johnston are the soloists, Hughes singing the three Polish texts of Henryk Górecki’s ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’, Johnston singing ‘Procris’, ‘Menelaus’, ‘Tired’ and ‘Hands, Eyes and Heart’ that make up the Vaughan Williams. Tchaikovsky’s heartfelt ‘Pathétique’ is the penultimate instalment of this summer’s cycle of his symphonies.Tickets £7.50 - £36. Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958), Four Last Songs (orch A Payne, BBC commission, world première) | ||
| Saturday 2-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NYMinnesota Orchestra |
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| Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Saturday 2-Nov-13 07:30pm Minnesota Orchestra Hear why The New York Times proclaimed that “it’s hard to imagine a more riveting performance of [Sibelius] than the thrilling interpretation given by the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä.” The renowned conductor brings his long-awaited Sibelius symphony cycle to New York in this exhilarating initial program that includes his Finnish compatriot’s exhilarating First Symphony and extremely rhythmic Violin Concerto with virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn. | ||
| Sunday 3-Nov-13 02:00pm |
Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NYMinnesota Orchestra |
Sibelius, Songs - to be announced |
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| Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Sunday 3-Nov-13 02:00pm Minnesota Orchestra Over the past few seasons, Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra have drawn rave reviews from critics and standing ovations from Carnegie Hall audiences for their compelling performances. They return to Carnegie Hall this season with a concert that includes Sibelius’s powerful and beloved Second Symphony, as well as Pohjola’s Daughter, a symphonic fantasy inspired by an episode from the Kalevala—Finland's national epic—in which a romantic hero is thwarted by a conniving temptress. Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957), Pohjolan tytär (Pohjola's Daughter), symphonic fantasy for orchestra, Op.49 Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957), Songs - to be announced | ||
| Thursday 13-Feb-14 07:30pm |
Theater der Stadt SchweinfurtThe Will to Live: Vänskä conducts Beethoven, Aho, Nielsen |
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| Theater der Stadt Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt, Germany Thursday 13-Feb-14 07:30pm The Will to Live: Vänskä conducts Beethoven, Aho, Nielsen ![]() | ||
| Friday 14-Feb-14 08:00pm |
Konzerthalle BambergThe Will to Live: Vänskä conducts Beethoven, Aho, Nielsen |
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| Konzerthalle Bamberg, Mußstraße 1,, 96047 Bamberg, Germany Friday 14-Feb-14 08:00pm The Will to Live: Vänskä conducts Beethoven, Aho, Nielsen ![]() | ||
| Saturday 15-Feb-14 08:00pm |
Konzerthalle BambergThe Will to Live: Vänskä conducts Beethoven, Aho, Nielsen |
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| Konzerthalle Bamberg, Mußstraße 1,, 96047 Bamberg, Germany Saturday 15-Feb-14 08:00pm The Will to Live: Vänskä conducts Beethoven, Aho, Nielsen ![]() | ||
| Wednesday 19-Feb-14 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, LondonLPO: Hamelin plays Khachaturian |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Wednesday 19-Feb-14 07:30pm LPO: Hamelin plays Khachaturian | ||
| Sunday 9-Mar-14 11:00am |
Musikverein: Großer Saal, ViennaLise de la Salle, Vienna Symphony Orchestra |
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| Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna, Vienna, Austria Sunday 9-Mar-14 11:00am Lise de la Salle, Vienna Symphony Orchestra ![]() | ||
| Sunday 9-Mar-14 11:30am |
Musikverein: Großer Saal, ViennaLise de la Salle, Vienna Symphony Orchestra |
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| Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna, Vienna, Austria Sunday 9-Mar-14 11:30am Lise de la Salle, Vienna Symphony Orchestra ![]() | ||
| Saturday 5-Apr-14 07:00pm |
Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NYMinnesota Orchestra |
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| Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Saturday 5-Apr-14 07:00pm Minnesota Orchestra One of the world's great interpreters of Sibelius’s music, Osmo Vänskä leads the Minnesota Orchestra through a must-hear cycle of the Finnish composer's seven symphonies, some of the greatest works of the 20th century. This concert includes his jovial Third Symphony, as well as two of his most contrasting works—the ominous brooding and bleak desolation found in his Fourth Symphony and the triumph of his expansively heroic Fifth. | ||
| Sunday 6-Apr-14 02:00pm |
Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NYMinnesota Orchestra |
Sibelius, Stormen (The Tempest) incidental music, Op.109 (Suite arr. Vänskä) |
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| Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Sunday 6-Apr-14 02:00pm Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra complete their tour of Sibelius’s symphonies with this final concert of the cycle. The tranquil and sunny poetry of Symphony No. 6 and the transcendent single-movement Symphony No. 7 are coupled with the composer’s great last works—incidental music for Shakespeare’s famed play The Tempest and Tapiola, a tone poem inspired by Finnish folklore. Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957), Stormen (The Tempest) incidental music, Op.109 (Suite arr. Vänskä) | ||
| Saturday 12-Apr-14 02:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, AmsterdamViolinist Sergei Khacatryan in Tchaikovsky Concerto |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Saturday 12-Apr-14 02:15pm Violinist Sergei Khacatryan in Tchaikovsky Concerto ![]() Image credit: Osmo Vanska © Greg Helgeson | ||