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Maria João Pires

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Music Is The Key

September 19

Maria João Pires J.S.BACH Partita No. 1 - English Suite No. 3 - French Suite No. 2

Music Is The KeyAcclaimed as one of the greatest interpreters of Mozart, Portuguese pianist Maria-João Pires is an artist who combines exquisite stylistic refinement with a serious effort to plumb the intellectual complexities and spiritual depths of music. Refusing to conform to the traditional image of a concert virtuoso, Pires emphasizes the spiritual dimensions of music, always searching for hidden meanings which may elude the analytical performer. This remarkable reverence towards works of music, clearly manifested in her performances of Mozart, was made explicit by her remark that, as a performer, she acts as a channel for the composer's ideas. Interestingly, Pires views both the composer and the performer as conduits for a transcendent force. However, while approaching the work of music with immense awe, Pires is acutely aware of its formal structure, finding a certain transparency in the most intricate formal constructions. In her performances of Romantic masters, particularly Chopin and Schumann, Pires masterfully reconciles her passionate experience of the music with an admirable appreciation for the inner logic of the work she is interpreting. Reflecting her vast emotional range, her tone, as critics have observed, encompasses a dizzying variety of intensities, from an almost imperceptible lightness to an imposing monumentality, with a rich scale of intervening nuances. Another hallmark of her style is her uncanny ability to capture, and convey, the precise variety of inner movement which constitutes the being of a particular musical creation. Pires started playing at the age of three, giving her first public performance two years later. Pires performed Mozart concertos when she was seven and received Portugal's major prize for musicians at nine. She studied with Campos Coelho and Francine Benoit at the Lisbon Conservatory, graduating at 16. Post-graduate studies took her to Germany, where she studied with Rösl Schmidt, in Munich, and with Karl Engel, in Hanover. In 1970, she won the Beethoven Bicentennial Competition in Brussels. Pires made her London debut in 1986, and she first played in New York three years later. She has performed with the major European and American orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Often praised for her extraordinary renditions of Mozart's works, Pires has shown a remarkable affinity with several of the greatest composers, including Bach, Chopin, and Schubert. An enormously successful recording artist, Pires, who since 1989 records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon, released several critically acclaimed discs, including a Bach disc, recordings of Chopin's Nocturnes and Schubert's Impromptus, and a recording of two Mozart concertos with Claudio Abbado. Her recording of Mozart's complete sonatas received the 1990 Grand Prix du Disque. Since 1989, Pires has been an enthusiastic performer of chamber music, touring Europe and the Far East with violinist Augustin Dumay. Forming a trio with Dumay and cellist Jian Wang, Pires toured the Far East in 1998, playing Beethoven's Concerto for piano, violin, cello, and orchestra in several European centers in 1999. In 2000, Pires decided to take several months off in order to concentrate on a variety of educational projects in Portugal. Several collections of her performances, including Artist Portrait: Maria-João Pires, appeared in the early 2000s. (Zoran Minderovic) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Partita No.1 in B flat major, BWV 825 1. 1. Praeludium [1:57] 2. 2. Allemande [2:37] 3. 3. Corrente [2:55] 4. 4. Sarabande [5:07] 5. 5. Menuet I [1:23] 6. 6. Menuet II [0:44] 7. Menuet I da capo [0:46] 8. 7. Giga [2:05] English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV 808 9. 1. Prélude [3:20] 10. 2. Allemande [3:45] 11. 3. Courante [2:22] 12. 4. Sarabande [4:31] 13. 4b. Les agréments de la même Sarabande [5:01] 14. 5. Gavotte I [1:21] 15. 6. Gavotte II ou la Musette [0:43] 16. 6b Gavotte I da capo [0:46] 17. 7. Gigue [2:39] French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813 18. 1. Allemande [3:39] 19. 2. Courante [1:57] 20. 3. Sarabande [4:01] 21. 4. Air [1:26] 22. 5. Menuet I-II [1:44] 23. 6. Gigue [2:55] Maria João Pires 1995 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg 1 CD DDD 447 8942 3 GH You can buy it on Amazon.com You can download here PASSWORD: elhenry.MusicIsTheKey

getClassical (Ilona Oltuski)

July 17

Pianist Matan Porat finds new perspectives in Berlin

Matan Porat Three times is a charm, but to be invited for a fourth time this summer to what Alex Ross calls “the classical world’s most coveted retreat,” the Marlboro Music Festival, requires some extraordinary talent. And talent, the young native Israeli composer/pianist, Matan Porat, has in abundance. What had started for Porat as a 4 hands piano stunt with pianist Alain Planes three years ago at Marlboro continued, even while being busy alternating with Franck Krawczyk in the piano accompaniments for famed British director Peter Brook’s innovative, scaled down “Magic Flute” Lincoln Center debut production. This production was first presented at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris last year, which the avant-garde inclined Brook had taken over in 1974 partially because of it its rubble appeal. Planes himself bailed out on last minute of the scaled down Paris production which suited Porat, who has a weakness for unusual projects, just fine. I met Porat the first time this summer, as he improvised a piano accompaniment to Buster Keaton’s “The General” silent film, arranged at the downtown Parkside lounge. This idea was actually inspired by Richard Goode, when, at one of the Marlboro summers, Porat entertained with brilliant improvs on the piano during a screening of the movie “Metropolis.” Porat at Marlboro 2009 Porat‘s career as pianist started out unusually, for he only began formal piano lessons when he was enrolled at the Tel- Aviv University. Here he began studying composition. Beforehand he had only focused on piano, with his first teacher Emanuel Krasovsky at age 18, whom he describes as a huge artistic influence. He also started to participate in workshops for Daniel Barenboim’s famed West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in 2002 in Spain, playing in chamber groups. After his Bachelor’s, he met Portuguese star pianist Maria João Pires at a master class in Paris, who invited Porat to follow her to her farm in Belgais, Portugal as her personal pupil. This was an intense period of artistic exchange, he said, playing for several hour lessons, listening to the world class performer play for him, and interacting with four hand playing sessions. The experience was of a very special nature. “There was also a children’s choir, for which I composed. It was a unique collection of characters and quite an experience,” remembers Porat, and he goes onto explain how he, after that year, was ready for a completely different experience, namely his two years of studies for his Master’s degree at Juilliard, under Joseph Kalichstein. His New York summers were spent at Marlboro, which he remembers fondly, as well as other renowned festivals, such as Verbier and Ravinia. Equipped with references, he had an opportunity to perform for Murray Periaha, in New York – it was Schuman’s Davidsbündler Tänze, which convinced Perahia, who at the time was suffering severely from the consequences of a hand injury, to invite the talented Porat in 2006 to continue his studies with him in London. At the same time, Porat continued his composition studies with George Benjamin. Matan Porat His biggest struggle seems to be how to divide his time between both of his passions: composing and performing. He plays a lot of solo piano as well as chamber music and gets at least a good handful of commissions, as he says, without having to look too hard for any of it. But one thing is clear: both performing as well as composing have become equally essential for Porat. “I do not usually like to perform my own works,” says Porat, who likes to think about the recital experience in a creative manner, away from the traditionalist concert setting. “The recital should be an experience, in which the performer can take his audience on a real journey. There is no need of stifling the performance through the expectations of the program. I value the excitement and spontaneity that becomes possible, when the audience is to trust and follow the performer, similar to the situation during a rock concert. “The program should be building up through the momentum of its performance, not by the programmed schedule. “For example: During my concert next season in Montreal, I will start with a Scarlatti Sonata, creating variations on it by playing similar pieces by other composers from Couperin to Boulez, which creates a spectrum of possibilities. This happens by relating Scarlatti and each of the proceeding pieces by motifs or characteristics, rather than by trying to create stylistic coherence. “ The always original Porat Every couple of months Porat likes to return to visit his family and friends in Israel, often connecting his stay with performance- or composition opportunities. In 2007 he created an operatic project for Tel-Aviv University based on “Animal Farm” and he is thinking about another opera production he has in mind, but does not want to elaborate on at the moment. For the 8th year, he will partake in the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, directed by Elena Bashkirova, second wife of Barenboim. Porat has had many occasions to work with Barenboim and describes him as perhaps the most inspiring musical figure in his rather broad spectrum of influences. Bashkirova, a renowned pianist who performs internationally, just commissioned two pieces by Porat, “Night Horses” and “New Requiem”, for her recently founded Berlin Metropolis Ensemble. Matan (sketched by Roman Rabinowich, friend and pianist) Berlin has become the ideal environment for Porat, who enjoys the creative vitality of the Metropolis. He compares Berlin with the exciting, vibrant and artistic atmosphere of Paris during the 1920s or London in the 60s and yet Berlin has kept its quaint, not overbearing characteristics such as with New York or London. A bonus is that the city attracts a lot of artists with, as well as without, talent — it’s still affordable.

Music Is The Key

March 21

Maria João Pires Le Voyage Magnifique SCHUBERT Impromptus

This is something very special indeed. Maria João Pires’s two-disc set of Schubert’s Impromptus, significantly dedicated to Sviatoslav Richter, contains a booklet in which standard notes are replaced by carefully chosen extracts from Pires’s own reading: reflections on time, space and wilderness from Yves Simon’s Le voyageur magnifique; meditations on Schubert as Wanderer; and thoughts from a neuroscientist on the “physiology” of great music. Like so many prefaces, these words are best read afterwards, when certain fragments, different for each listener, may well close-focus in the mind elements still resonating in the ear. And in the spirit, too: for the neuroscientist’s words on great music apply equally to great performance – certainly as one recognizes it here. Pires’s characteristic impassioned absorption in all she plays – that concentration which makes the listener appear to be eavesdropping on secrets shared between friends – could hardly find a truer soul mate than in the sensibility of Schubert. Each Impromptu has a rare sense of integrity and entirety, born of acute observation, long-pondered responses and, I sense, long wanderings throughout Schubert’s musical world at large. To analyse such entirety is to reduce it: a reviewer can only point to certain manifestations. To Pires’s instinct for tempo and pacing, for instance, which brings a sense of constant restraint, a true molto moderato to the Allegro of the C minor work from D899, created by a fusion of right-hand tenuto here with momentary left-hand rubato there. Then there is the clarity of contour within the most subtly graded undertones of the G flat major of D899 which re-creates it as a seemingly endless song. Or an Andante just slow, just nonchalant enough for the Rosamunde theme of the D935 B flat major to give each variation space and breath enough to sing out its own sharply defined character. The Allegretto, D915 acts as a Pause between the two discs, a resting place, as it were, for reflection and inner assessment on this long journey. Its end – which could as well be its beginning – is in the Drei Klavierstücke, D946 of 1828. The first draws back from the fiery impetuousness within the Allegro assai’s tautly controlled rhythms, to an inner world with its own time scale; the second, more transpired than played, has an almost unbearable poignancy of simplicity. The paradox of these totally unselfregarding performances is how unmistakably they speak and sing out Pires and her unique musicianship. To draw comparisons here would be not so much odious as simply to miss the point. (Gramophone) CD 1: Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) 4 Impromptus, Op.90, D.899 1. No.1 in C minor: Allegro molto moderato [11:05] 2. No.2 in E flat: Allegro [4:46] 3. No.3 in G flat: Andante [5:50] 4. No.4 in A flat: Allegretto [7:49] 5. Allegretto in C minor, D.915 [5:41] CD 2: Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) 4 Impromptus Op.142, D.935 1. No.1 in F minor: Allegro moderato [12:25] 2. No.2 in A flat: Allegretto [7:58] 3. No.3 in B flat: Theme (Andante) with Variations [13:04] 4. No.4 in F minor: Allegro scherzando [6:35] 3 Klavierstücke, D.946 5. No.1 in E flat minor (Allegro assai) [14:48] 6. No.2 in E flat (Allegretto) [12:29] 7. No.3 in C (Allegro) [5:29] Maria João Pires 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg 2 Compact Discs DDD 457 5502 GH2 You can buy it on Amazon.com You can download here: CD One / CD Two PASSWORD: elhenry.MusicIsTheKey

Opera Cake

March 19

2011-2012 at Théâtre des Champs Elysées

Next season will start a little bit later than usual because they want to enlarge the pit [to be able to host a full philharmonic orchestra for the staged performance of the Rites of Spring] before celebrating 100 years since this theater has been created (1913-2013). So the season will start in November 10, but the program they prepared for 2011-2012 is SUPERB! Below I will fast-type the content of the program (i.e. a broad selection of what I find interesting), but you should consult their website where the more complete program will be available "soon" (they said today when I asked). November 2011Thu 10: Hélène Guilmette sings in Gloria by Poulenc, add Daphnis et Chloé by Orchestre National de France (ONF) conducted by Ludovic MorlotFri 11: I Capuletti e I Montecchi in concert, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra de Lyon [cnd- Evelino Pido, cast: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Olga Peretyatko, Giovanni Battista Parodi, Juan Francisco Gatell, Carlo Cigni] Mon 14: Missa Solemnis by Beethoven, Collegium Vocale Gent and Orchestre des Champs Elysées conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, cast: Marlis Petersen...Tue 15: Bluebeard's Castle in concert with Measha Bruggergosman and John Tomlinson, with Philharmonia Orchestra (my fave English orch!), conducted by Esa-Pekka SalonenThu 17 and Sat 19: Oberto in concert (opera by Verdi) with Carlo Rizzi to conduct ONF and cast: Ekaterina Gubanova, Maria Guleghina, Michele Pertusi, Fabio SantoriFri 18: Les Grandes Voix, concert-recital with Mojca Erdmann, Nathalie Manfrino, Rolando Villazón, Joseph Calleja (?)Fri 25: Giulio Cesare in concert, cast: Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin, Julia Lezhneva, Romina Basso, Johannes Weisser, Milena Storti, Gianluca Buratto + Il Complesso Barocco conducted by Alan CurtisSat 26: piano-recital by Grigory Sokolov (music by JS.Bach)Mon 28: piano-recital by Bertrand Chamayou (all 3 suites of Annés de pèlerinage by Liszt)Tue 29 and Wed 30: Saint-Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and Yuri Temirkanov: 1st night - Dvorak's 8th + Shostakovich's concerto no.2 for cello with Natalia Gutman; 2nd night - Prokofiev's 1st +  Shostakovich's concerto no.2 for piano with Denis Matsuev December 2011 Fri 9: Philippe Jaroussky will sing the arias from operas by Handel, helped by Freiburger Barockorchester Fri 16, Sun 18, Tue 20, Thu 22, Sun 25, Mon 26: Die Zauberflöte (NEW PRODUCTION) [dir- Laurent Pelly, cnd- Jean-Christophe Spinosi, cast: Topi Lehtipuu, Sandrine Piau, Markus Werba, Emmanuelle De Negri, Jeanette Vecchione, Ain Anger...]Sat 17: piano-recital by Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Liszt, Wagner, Scriabin)Mon 19: Celebration of Baroque with Le Concert d'Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm, singers: Natalie Dessay, Topi Lehtipuu, Patrizia Ciofi, Sonia Prina, Camilla Tilling, Anne Sophie von Otter, Sandrine Piau, Karine Deshayes...Fri 23: Messiah in concert, cnd- Laurence Cummings (Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment), cast: Elizabeth Watts, Timothy Mead, Nicholas Mulroy, Lisandro Abadie January 2012 Tue 10: Farnace by Vivaldi in concert, with Diego Fasolis conducting I Barocchisti, and cast: Max Emanuel Cencic, Ruxandra Donose, Daniel Behle, Blandine Staskiewicz, Alissa Kolosova, Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro, Mary-Ellen NesiWed 11: piano-recital by Brigitte Engerer (5 Nocturnos by Chopin...) Wed 18: piano-recital by Zhu Xiao-Mei (music by Mozart and Schubert) Sat 21: Die Jahrzeiten by Haydn in concert, Paul McCreesh to conduct The Gabrieli Consort, and cast: Allan Clayton, Christopher Purves and Christiane KargSun 22: Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest and their boss Yannick Nézet-Séguin will perform Ravel's Daphis et Chloé, followed by Shéhérazade (Ravel) sung by Anna Caterina Antonacci and Wiener SingakademieMon 23: Evening of Sonatas with Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin, and Alexandre KniazevTue 24: Tosca in concert, with the Orchestra of Teatro Regio Torino conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, cast: Svetla Vassileva, Riccardo Massi, Lado Ataneli, Carlo Bossi, Matteo PeironeThu 26: ONF with Daniele Gatti will perform Schubert's Symph. no.8, an excerpt from Lulu by Berg, and a few Lieder for soprano by Schubert sung by Chen ReissFri 27: Philharmonia Orchestra will be back with Esa-Pekka Salonen to continue marveling us with Bartok and Debussy + Bartok's violin concerto no.2 with Christian TetzlaffSat 28: piano-recital by Evgeny Kissin (program tbs) February 2012 Mon 13, Wed 15, Fri 17, Sun 19, Tue 21, Thu 23: Don Pasquale (NEW PRODUCTION) [dir-Denis Podalydes/Christian Lacroix/, cnd- Enrique Mazzola & ONF, cast: Désirée Rancatore, Lorenzo Regazzo & Alessandro Corbelli, Gabriele Viviano, Francesco Demuro]Sat 18: piano-recital by Mitsuko Uchida (Schubert's sonatas)Mon 20: Les Grandes Voix: Jonas Kaufmann & Helmut Deutsch (p) - Lieder by Strauss and SchubertFri 24: Giustino, opera by Vivaldi in concert, Stefano Molardi to conduct I Virtuosi delle Muse, cast: Varduhi Abrahamyan, Sabina Puertolas, Marina De Liso, Raffaella Milanesi, Vincent Lesage, José Maria Lo MonacoSat 25: La clemenza di Tito in concert, with Louis Langrée conducting Die Deutsche Kammerphil. Bremen, cast: Elina Garanca, Michael Schade, Malin Hartelius, Malin Christensson, Christina Deletska, Brindley SheratSun 26: Roméo et Juliette by Berlioz in concert, with Sonia Ganassi, John Mark Ainsley and Orlin Anastassov; Mark Elder to conduct Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and BBC Symph. chorus March 2012 Tue 6 and Fri 9: Parsifal in concert, Daniele Gatti will conduct ONF, cast (Bayreuthian): Christopher Ventris, Mihoko Fujimura, Kwangchul Youn, Lucio Gallo, Detlef Roth, Andreas Hörl,...  Wed 7: Chorus and Orchestra from the Theater Mariinsky with Valery Gergiev: Oedipus Rex and Le Nozze by Stravinsky in concert, cast: Ekaterina Semenchuk, Mikhail Petrenko, Alexander Timchenko, Olga Savova, Mlada Khudolei (Gérard Depardieu reciting)Thu 8: Chorus and Orchestra from the Theater Mariinsky with Valery Gergiev (Petrushka), Capriccio for piano and orch (Boris Berezovsky will join in) Sun 11: Tristan und Isolde, full opera in concert with Andris Nelsons conducting the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, cast: Lioba Braun, Torsten Kerl, Christianne Stotijn, Brett Polegato, Matthew Best, Ben Johnson, Benedict Nelson Mon 12: Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons will perform the Symphony #2 by Sibelius + Lieder by Mahler and Strauss with Jonas Kaufmann [resist this temptation! ;)]Tue 20: piano-recital by Alexandre Tharaud (Debussy, Liszt, Chopin)Sat 24: Gloria/Magnificat by Vivaldi, Rionaldo Alessandrini to cnd Concerto Italiano, cast: Roberta Ivernizzi, Raffaela Milanesi, Romina Basso Mon 26: piano-recital by Leif Ove Andsnes (2 Nocturnos and 4 Balads by Chopin + Estampes & Images by Debussy)Wed 28: ONF and Daniele Gatti will perform music by Fauré, Ravel, Debussy and Saint-SaënsThu 29: Rolando Villazón - recital (tbc) April 2012 Thu 12, Sat 14, Mon 16, Wed 18, Fri 20: La Didone, opera by Francesco Cavalli (NEW PRODUCTION) [dir-Clément Hervieu-Léger, cnd- William Christie (Les Arts Florissants), cast: Anna Bonitatibus, Claire Debono, Mathias Vidal, Kresimir Spicer,  Tehila Goldstein, Katherine Watson...]Tue 17: piano-recital by Denis Matsuev (Schumann's Kinderszenen, Mephisto Waltz by Liszt and 1 sonata by Grieg)Mon 23: Wiener Philharmoniker cnd- Christian Thielemann - Symphony no.1 and no.4 by SchumannTue 24: Die Walküre, full opera in concert with the chorus and Orchestra of the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, cnd- Kent Nagano, and a knockout cast: Anja Kampe, Nina Stemme, Lance Ryan, Juha Uusitalo, Michaela Schuster, Ain Anger May 2012 Thu 3: ONF cnd by Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi will perform Tchaikovsky's 5th, and then accompany Nikolay Demidenko in piano concerto no.2 by RachmaninoffFri 4: Maria João Pires and Deutsche Kammerphil. Bremen  cnd Trevor Pinnock - Symphony no.5 by Schubert and the piano concerto n.3 by BeethovenSat 5: Les Grandes Voix - Juan Diego Florez to sing arias from the operas by Mozart, Rossini, Verdi and Adam, helped by the Chamber Orchestra of Wurtemberg de Heilbronn (?)Mon 7: piano-recital by Nikolai Lugansky (Sonata no.2 by Rachmaninoff + pieces by Chopin,  Brahms, Medtner)Tue 22, Thu 24, Sat 26, Tue 29, Thu 31: Così fan tutte [dir- Eric Génovèse, cnd- Jérémie Rhorer (Le Cercle de l'Harmonie),  cast: Camilla Tilling, Anna Gravelius, Claire Debono, Bernard Richter, Pietro Spagnoli ]Fri 25: Les Grandes Voix - Diana Damrau and Nicolas Testé, Arias and duets from the Mozart's operas, Les Talens Lyriques with Christophe Rousset cnd June 2012 Sat 2: Mozart Fest with Le Cercle de l'Harmonie and Jérémie Rhorer and singers: Markus Werba, Sylvia Schwartz, Caitlin Hulcup, Jeremy Ovenden (Coronation Mass) Sun 3: Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, cnd Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Symphony no.2 by Brahms, 5 pieces by Webern + piano conc. no.1 by Brahms with Nicholas Angelich (p)Mon 4: Simon Rattle wil conduct the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Fauré - Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy - La Mer) with Pierre-Laurent Aimard joining for the Concerto pour la main gauche by Ravel Wed 6: Olympiade by Vivaldi, Pergolesi... in concert, with Venice Baroque Orchestra conducted by Andrea Marcon, cast: Romina Basso, Anna Bonitatibus, Karina Gauvin, Carlo Allemano, Nicholas Spanos, Ruth RosiqueThu 7: ONF conducted by Colin Davis, Symph.#7 by Dvorak + Concerto for piano no.5 by Beethoven with Emanuel Ax (p) Sat 9: Symphonie Orch.des Bayerischen Rundfunks, cnd- Esa-Pekka Salonen (Zarathustra by Strauss) + Concerto no.2 by Brahms with Yefim BronfmanMon 11: Vladimir Jurowski to conduct London Philharmonic Orchestra (Bruckner's 1st) + Concerto no.4 for cello by Dvorak with Truls MørkWed 13, Fri 15: Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Philippe Jaroussky, arias from operas by Strozzi, Ferrari, Monteverdi Cavalli... Tue 19: Simon Rattle will be back but this time to conduct Wiener Philharmoniker: Symph. no.3 by Brahms, and by Schumann + 6 pieces by WebernTue 22: L'Orfeo by Monteverdi in concert, cnd-Thomas Hengelbrock (Balthasar-Neumann orch), cast: Nikolay Borchev, Anna Bonitatibus, Anna Stephany, Miljenko Turk, Tiziano Bracci, Johannette Zomer, Katja StuberMon 25: our dear Philharmonia Orchestra will be back with some more Bartók, again with Esa-Pekka Salonen. For the piano concerto n.3 Nikolai Lugansky will join inTue 26: Les Grandes Voix - Joyce DiDonato with David Zobel (p) will be back, with hopefully  one more memorable recital (songs from Venice by Vivaldi, Rossini, Fauré..) You're welcome ;)

Opera Cake

March 12

Salle Pleyel 2011-2012

Hi from La Salle Pleyel where the presentation of the 2011-2012 season will start in a bit more than an hour time. I'm leafing through the program and will type the stuff I think is a bit more interesting than the rest of there is (sorry for the typos - typing fast, no time to proofread).  They will soon put everything on their website, but before that happens here is what you might wish to see next season at Pleyel: September 2011 Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Riccardo Muti):  Shostakovich's 5th Pittsbrurgh Symphony Orchestra (Manfred Honeck + Hélène Grimaud): Beethoven piano concerto n.4 & Tchaikovsky's 5thThe Philadelphia Orchestra (Charles Dutoit + Jean Yves Thibaudet): Ravel piano concerto & Symph.Fant.- BerliozOrchestre Philcharmonique de Radio France, OPRF (Mikko Franck & Hilary Hahn): Violin concerto by E.Meyer & Prokofiev's 5thLondon Symphony Orchestra (Colin Davis): Missa Solemnis [Carmen Giannattasio, Paul Groves, Sarah Connolly, Matthew Rose]Israel Symphony Orchestra (Zubin Mehta + Vadim Repin): Violin Concerto n.1 by Bruch, Mahler's 5thEnsemble Intercontemporain (Pierre Boulez + Barbara Hannigan): Pli selon pli by BoulezOPRF (Myung-Whun Chung + Garrick Ohlsson): Piano Concerto by Justin Dello Joio (world creation), Concerto by Bartok Recitals: piano: Boris Berezovsky and Brigitte Engerer [Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky]lied: Karita Mattila & Martin Katz (p) [Berg, Brahms, R.Strauss] October 2011 Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris (Jesus Lopez Cobos + Menahem Pressler): Piano Conc.n.17 by Mozart, Gounod's Messe Solennelle (Marita SOlberg, Maximillian Schmitt) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Daniel Harding + Lang Lang): Piano Conc. by Grieg, Beethoven's 3rd  Lucerne Festival Orchestra (Claudio Abbado): Symph. #35 by Mozart and Bruckner's 5th Orchestre de Paris (Paavo Järvi + Leonidas Kavakos): Symp. #11 by E. Tubin, Symph. by H. Roth, Violin Conc. by Tchaikovsky Russian National Orchestra (Mikhail Pletnev + Nikolay Lugansky): Pelléas by Sibelius, "new score" of an excerpt from Swan Lake, Piano concerto n.3 by Rachmaninoff Orchestre National d'Ile de France (Yoel Levi + Valery Sokolov + Ekaterina Semenchuk): Viol. Concerto #2 by Bartok, Alexander Nevsky by Prokofiev Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Riccardo Chailly): full cycle of Beethoven's Symphonies Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (John Eliot Gardiner + Monteverdi Choir): Solemn Mass by Bruckner, Psalms & Symph. by Stravinsky  The Clevelend Orchestra (Franz Walser-Möst): 2 days = Agon by Stravinsky, Metamorphosen by Strauss, Symph.n.4 by Tchaikovsky + Mendelssohn's 3rd, Bolero by Ravel, Doctor Atomic Symphony by Adams Recitals: arias and melodies: Juan Diego Florez and Vincenzo Scalera (p) [Mozart, Donizetti, Prado, Rossini]piano: Aldo Ciccolini  [Liszt]mix: Maurizio Polini and friends, incl. Anna Prohaska [Il rumore del tempo by G. Manzoni + 3 Sonatas by Beethoven] November 2011 Orchestra: Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Antonio Pappano + Hélène Grimaud): Piano Concerto n.1 by Brahms, Sumph. #6 by Tchaikovsky OPRF (Jukka-Pekka Saraste + Christine Schäfer): Les Illuminations by Britten, Symph.n.8 by Shostakovich Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra (Grzegorz Nowak + Rafal Blechacz): Mendelssohn's 4th, Piano conc.#2 by Chopin, a piece (?) by Szymanowski OPRF (Myung-Whun Chung + Waltraud Meier): Bruckner's 4th, 4 Letzte Lieder by StraussLondon Symphony Orchestra (Valery Gergiev): day-1 with Hélène Grimaud [piano con. by Schumann, Symph.#10 by Shostakovich], day-2 with Anne-Sophie Mutter [Liadov, Rihm, Violin Conc. by Tchaikovsky, Symph. #6 by Shostakovich]Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (Vassily Petrenko + Joshua Bell): Violin Concerto by Sibelius, Symphony n.4 by Tchaikovsky Recitals and opera in concert: Patricia Petibon  with Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse (Josep Pons) [excerpts from Spanish operas] Marina Poplavskaya & Ludovic Tézier  with Orchestre National d'Ile de France [arias from operas by Verdi & Tchaikovsky]Matthias Goerne and Christoph Eschenbach (p) [Die Schöne Müllerin] Vadim Repin and friends [String Sextets - n.2 by Brahms, "Souvenirs from Florence" by Tchaikovsky] Paco de Lucia and friends [celebration of the Spanish culture] The Fairy Queen in concert, Le Concert Spirituel [cnd-Hervé Niquet, cast: Véronique Gens, Ingela Bohlin, Cyril Auvity, Christopher Purves, Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro Jephta in concert, Les Arts Florissants [cnd-William Christie, cast: Kurt Streit, Neal Davies, Katherine Watson, David DQ Lee] December 2011 Orchestra: OPRF (Myung-Whun Chung): Beethoven's 9th [Agneta Eichenholz, Juha Uusitalo, Karen Cargill, Steve Davislim] OPRF (Alan Gilbert + Barry Douglas): Tasso & Totentanz by Liszt, symph.excerpts from The Ring Orchestre de Paris (James Conlon + Gil Shaham): Trois nocturnes by Debussy, Violin Concerto by Barber, Gloria by Poulenc Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse (Tugan Sokhiev + Olga Borodina): Roméo et Juliette by Tchaikovsky, Songs and dances by Mussorgsky, Symphony n.1 by Brahms Orchestre de Paris (Pierre Boulez + Bertrand Chamayou): Transfigured Night by Schönberg, and Piano Concerto by Bartók Recitals and opera in concert: Yuja Wang [Copland, Ravel,Rachmaninoff, Brahms] Rolando Villazón and Bolivar Soloists [Mexico, Mexico] Sonia Wieder-Atherton [Rabaud, Janacek, R.Strauss]  Norma, Chorus and Orchestra of l'Opéra de Nice [cnd-Abdriy Yurkevich, cast: Edita Gruberova, Sophie Koch, Massimo Giordano, Vojtech Smilek, Anna Steiger, Paul Cremazi) January 2012 Orchestra: OPRF (Alexander Vedernikov + Mikhail Rudy): Beethoiven's 9th [Agneta Eichenholz, Juha Uusitalo, Karen Cargill, Steve Davislim] Orchestre de Paris (Andris Nelsons + Sergey Khachatryan): Violin Concerto by Beethoven, Alpine Symphony by Strauss Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala - Milan (Daniel Barenboim): day-1 [De Falla & Ravel - spanish program], day-2 [La Mer by Debussy, Piano Concerto n.26 by Mozart] Recitals: Stephen Kovacevich [Bach, Berg, Schubert, Beethoven ???] Martha Agerich and Gidon Kremer [free program + Sonata for piano & violin by Shostakovich]Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott [program to be specified later] February 2012 Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris (Lorin Maazel + Philippe Aïche): assorted pieces by Ravel, L'apprenti sorcier by Dukas New York Philharmonic (Alan Gilbert): day-1 with Frank Peter Zimmermann [Violin Concerto by Beethoven, 3 movements Symph. by Stravinsky, Daphnis er Chloé by Ravel], day-2 with Lang Lang [Piano Concerto n.2 by Bartók, Deria by Lindberg, Symph.n.5 by Prokofiev] OPRF (Vassily Petrenko + Radio France Chorus): Forest Songs by Shostakovich, excerpts from Roméo et Juliette by Prokofiev    Orchestre de Paris (Juraj Valcuha + Yefim Bronfman): Conc. #5 by Beethoven, Mendelssohn's 3rd Orchestre de l'ONP (Philippe Jordan + Renaud Capuçon): Violin Concerto by Montovani (world creation), Mahler's Symphony n.1 Orchestre de Paris (Riccardo Chailly + Maria-Joao Pires): music by Debussy & Ravel Recitals: Eva-Maria Westbroek with Orchestre National de Lille [arias from Don Carlo, Aida, Otello, La Wally, and from Andrea Chénier] Martha Argerich and friends [2 days -- program will be specified later this year] Maurizio Pollini [4 sonatas by Beethoven, Klavierstück X by Stockhausen]  Matthias Goerne and Christoph Eschenbach (p) [Winterreise] March 2012 Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Bernard Haitink + Capuçons + Frank Braley): all Beethoven - day 1 [Leonore - overture, Triple Concerto (?), Symphony n.6]; day-2 [Leonore - overture, Symphonies n.4 & 7]Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Bernard Haitink): Symphony n.9 by Beethoven (Jessica Rivera, Roberto Sacca, Hanno Müller Brachmann, Karen Cargill)Radiofunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (Marek Janowski + Nina Stemme): Six pieces by Webern, Wesendonk Lieder, Liebestot (Tristan)OPRF (Myung-Whun Chung + ): Piano Concerto by ScriabinOrchestre de Paris (Paavo Järvi + Katia & Marielle Labèque): Concert for 2 pianos by Richard Dubugnon (world creation), excerpts from West Side Story by Bernstein, and from Roméo et Juliette by ProkofievRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Valery Gergiev + Leonidas Kavakos): Violin concerto by Sibelius, Métaboles by Dutilleux, Sumphony n.5 by ProkofievOrchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse (Tugan Sokhiev + Anastasia Kaligina): Mahler's 2nd Budapest Festival Orchestra (Iván Fischer + Andras Schiff): Piano Concerto n.2 by Bartók, Symphony n.9 by SchubertOrchestre de Paris (Manfred Honeck + Truls Mørk): Don Quichotte by R. Strauss, Otto Nikolai, Symphony n.8 by DvorakRussian National Orchestra (Mikhail Pletnev + Gautier Capuçon): Symph. for cello and the orchestra by Prokofiev, Symphony n.6 by GlazunovOrchestre de Paris (Christoph Eschenbach + Gil Shaham): Passacaglia by Webern, Violin Concerto by Berg, Bruckner's 6thOPRF (Pablo Heras-Casado + Elisabeth Leonskaya): Piano Concerto n.2 by Prokofiev, Petrushka by Stravinsky Recitals: Natalie Dessay and Philippe Cassard (p) [Mélodies de Claude Debussy]Evgeny Kissin with OPRF (Myung-Whun Chung) -  Piano Concerto by Scriabin, and #1 by ChopinYundi Li [Nocturnos and Scherzi by Chopin]Karen Vourc'h with Orchestre Colonne (Laurent Petitgirard) [songs by Eschaich, Shéhérazade by Ravel] April 2012 Orchestra: OPRF (Gustavo Dudamel):  day-1 [Symphonies n.3 and 1 by Brahms], day-1 [Symph n.2 and 4 by Brahms]Staatskapelle Berlin (Daniel Barenboim): day-1 [Bruckner's 5th], day-2 [Bruckner's 8th]Orchestre de Paris  (Christoph Eschenbach): Symphonies n.39, 40, 41 by Mozart Recital, opera/oratorio in concert: Die Schöpfung, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Accentus (cnd-Laurence Equilbey, cast: Sandrine Piau, Topi Lehtipuu, Johannes Weisser)Radu Lupu and Orchestre de Paris (Paavo Järvi) [Brahms and Haydn] St. Matthiew Passion,  Les Musiciens du Louvre (cnd-Marc Minkowski, cast: Marita Solberg, Nathalie Stutzmann, Eugénie Warnier, Markus Brutscher, Benoît Arnould, Christian Immler, Owen Willetts)Matthias Goerne with Orchestre de Paris (Paavo Järvi): Songs by Schubert and Strauss May 2012 Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra (Pierre Boulez + Christian Tetzlaff): Nocturne by Debussy, Violin Concerto n.1 by Szymanowski, Symphony n.4 by Scriabin London Symphony Orchestra (Pierre Boulez + Nikolaj Znaider): Violin Concerto n.2 by Bartók, Symphony n.3 by Szymanowski (Steve Davislim, tenor)Berliner Philharmoniker (Gustavo Dudamel): Also sprach ZarathustraOrchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse (Tugan Sokhiev + Jean-Yves Thibaudet): Piano Concerto n.2 by Liszt, Symph. Fantastique by Berlioz Orchestre de Paris (Paavo Järvi + Marita Solberg + Alexander Toradze): Overture of Maskerade by nielsen, Piano Concerto n.2 by Shostakovich, Peer Gynt by Grieg Recital: Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk [Sonatas by Schubert, Frank, and Grieg]Matthias Goerne and Christoph Eschenbach (p) [Schwanengesang] Alexandre Tharaud with Orchestre National d'Ile de France (Enrique Mazola) - Debussy, De Falla, and Jarrell Murray Perahia [piano pieces by Bach and Beethoven]Sunwok Kim [2 sonatas by Beethoven + 1 by Schubert] June 2012 Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris (Ingo Metzmacher + Jean-Frédéric Neuburger): Lontano & Atmosphères by Ligeti, Piano Concerto by Philippe Manoury (world creation), Mahler's 10thBach Collegium Japan (Masaaki Suzuki): Mass by J.S. Bach (soloists: Nicholls, Blazikova, Türk, Kooj) Orchestra Mozart (Claudio Abbado + Radu Lupu): Piano Concerto by Schumann, Beethoven's 7thOPRF (Myung-Whun Chung + Andras Schiff): Piano Concerto n.3 by Beethoven, Bruckner's 5thOrchestre de Paris (Kirill Petrenko + Boris Berezovsky): Piano Concerto n.2 by Prokofiev, Symphony n.3 by ScriabinLondon Symphony Orchestra (Bernard Haitink, Maria-Joao Pires): Piano Concerto n.23 by Mozart, Symphony n.9 by SchubertOrchestre de Paris (Paavo Järvi + Vadim Repin): Violin Concerto n.3 by Saint-Saëns, Symphony n.1 by Gounod, and by Shostakovich Recital: Rafal Blechacz [Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin]Angela Gheorghiu and Marius Briencu with Orchestre National d'Ile de France (Eugene Kohn): arias from the Italian and French operasXavier de Maistre with Orchestre de Paris (Kristjan Järvi): music by Ravel, Rodrigo, de Falla, and Chávez You're welcome! ;)

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November 2

Novembre musical à Paris

My selection of events (classical music and opera) to see this November 2010 in Paris. Salle Pleyel Tue 2: New York Philharmonic lead by Alan Gilbert. Program: Strauss, Wagner and BrahmsWed 3: ONC Toulouse conducted by Tugan Sokhiev, with Nicholas Angelich on piano. Program: Rachmaninov, Ravel/Mussorgsky Thu 4: Orchestre de Paris; Paavo Järvi conducting and Elisabeth Leonskaya on piano. Program: creation of "Silhouette" by Arvo Pärt, Grieg, Sibelius' #2 Fri 5: Bryn Terfel and his "Bad Boys" recital, accompanied by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and with Gareth Jones conducting. Sat 6: Modern/Contemporary music freaks will have their share of Schönberg and Montovani. Ensemble modern Orchestra conducted by a great Peter Eötvös Sun 7: Orchestre de Paris and Elisabeth Leonskaya will perform the works by E. Grieg Tue 9: Yund Li -- piano recital: extra-talent zone!!! Fri 12: SWR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Sylvain Cambreling will make you discover a work composed by Helmut Lachenmann, in addition to the Bruckner's Third.  Sun 14: London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis and with Nikolaj Znaider (violin). Program: Mendelssohn Symph. #3, and a violin concerto by Brahms Wed 24 and Thu 25: Orchestre de Paris conducted by J-C. Spinosi, with Maria-João Pires on piano, plus a cool group of singers for two evenings with Haydn and Mozart Fri 26: Kammerorchesterbasel lead by Paul McCreesh will accompany Angelika Kirchschlager. Program: Schubert, Brahms Sat 27: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Alan Gilbert to perform my favorite piece by Arnold Schönberg: Pelléas et Mélisande, plus the lieder by Zemlinsky sung by Yvonne Naef Tue 30: Porpora, Vivaldi and Pergolesi by The English Concert conducted by Harry Bicket, and with Anna Caterina Antonacci and Sara Mingardo Théatre des Champs-Elysées Wed 3, Fri 5, Sun 7, Tue 9: New production of Orlando by Handel [dir-David McVicar, cnd- Emmanuelle Haïm] with a priori a very good cast: Sonia Prina, Lucy Crowe, Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Nathan Berg, and Stephen Wallace Thu 4: Hagen Quartet to perform music by Janacek, Haydn and Schubert Mon 8, Fri 12: ¡Mexico! -- Rolando Villazon and Bolivar Soloists  Thu 11: Otello by Rossini in concert conducted by Evelino Pido and with the cast: John Osborn, Anna-Caterina Antonacci, Dmitry Korchak, Marco Vinco, Jose Manuel Zapata et al.  Sat 13: London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski to perform Beethoven's Symph.#3, and with Julia Fischer a Violin Concerto by ShostakovichThu 18: Marie-Nicole Lemieux - recital of arias from the French operaTue 23: Wiener Philharmoniker and Christian Thielemann perform all the Symphonies by Beethoven: #4 & #5Wed 24: Wiener Philharmoniker and Christian Thielemann perform all the Symphonies by Beethoven: #6 & #7Thu 25: Kristjan Järvi will conduct Orchestre Natonal de France. Progr: Adams, Stravinsky and RachmaninovFri 26: Hélène Grimaud - recital (Mozart, Berg, Liszt, Bartók) Sat 27: Wiener Philharmoniker and Christian Thielemann perform all the Symphonies by Beethoven: #1, #2 & #3 Sun 28: Wiener Philharmoniker and Christian Thielemann perform all the Symphonies by Beethoven: #8, #9 Cast: Annette Dasch, Piotr Beczala, Mihoko Fujimura, Robert Holl Mon 29: Alcina in concert. Les Musiciens du Louvre lead by Marc Minkowski and the superb cast: Anja Harteros, Vesselina Kasarova, Véronica Cangemi... Tue 30: Grigory Sokolov - recital (Bach, Brahms, and Schumann) Théâtre du Châtelet Mon 1: Valery Gergiev will lead the Mariinsky Orchestra in a performance of The little hump-backed horse by Rodion Shchedrin [opera-ballet -- all Mariinsky cast] Tue 2:  Valery Gergiev will lead the Mariinsky Orchestra in a performance of Enchanted wanderer by Rodion Shchedrin [opera -- all Mariinsky cast]   Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille Wed 3, Sat 6, Tue 9, Thu 11, Mon 15, Thu 18, Sun 21, Wed 24: Le Nozze di Figaro, a revival of the 40 years old production [dir Giorgio Strehler (RIP), cond Philippe Jordan] Cast: Ludovic Tézier, Barbara Frittoli, Ekaterina Syurina, Luca Pisaroni, Karine Deshayes... Tue 16, Fri 19, Mon 22, Thu 25, Sun 28: Mathis der Maler, at last a new production at Opéra Bastille [dir- Olivier Py, cnd-Christoph Eschenbach] Cast: Scott Mac Allister, Matthias Goerne, Melanie Diener, Svetlana Doneva, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Thorsten Grümbel...   Opéra Comique  Sat 6: Emmanuelle de Negri and Paul Agnew to sing excerpts from Armide/Armida by Lully, Handel and Haydn, accompanied by Orchestre Français des Jeunes BaroqueMon 29, Tue 30: revival of an opera by Lully, Cadmus et Hermione [dir- Benjamin Lazar, cnd- Vincent Dumestre] Cast: André Morsch, Claire Lefilliâtre, Arnaud Marzorati, Isabelle Druet... Cité de la Musique  Fri 5: Nada Strancar sings Brecht/Dessau    Sun 7: Music by Weill by Damals un Heute and Paul Kaufmann, Christian Hilz and Stephen Bronk Wed 10: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by HK Gruber and with Florian Boesch & Reiner Trost singing Sat 13: Ensemble intercontemporain lead by Peter Rundel and with Dagmar Manzel singing. Progr: Hindemith, Weill, Eisler, H.Goebbels  Fri 19: Les Arts Florissants conducted by Jonathan Cohen to perorm Aci, Galetea e Polifemo by Handel. Cast: Jaël Azzaretti, Christopher Purves, Delephine Galou   Sat 27:  Bruno Mantovani conducts Ensemble intercontemporain. Progr: Rihm, Dafourt, Kourliandski, and Mantovani Tue 30: Piano recital by Mikhaïl Rudy - Stravinsky & Mussorgsky   Musée du Louvre Mon 8: Guy Braunstein, Michael Barenboim (violin) and Karim Saïd (piano) conducted by Daniel Barenboim will perform pieces by Stravinsky and Berg (with Patrice Chéreau narrating) Tue 9: Variation on the Wesendonck Lieder staged by Patrice Chéreau and with Waltraud Meier singing Wed 24: Elisabeth Leonskaya - recital of selected sonatas by Beethoven  Musée d'Orsay Tue 30: Malin Christenson (announced as a new talent) will sing the songs by Brahms, Strauss, and Wolff, with Simon Lepper on piano Salle Gaveau Wed 3: Sergey Khachatryan and the Nairi Quartet. Prog: Violin Sonata #2 by Bach, and the Armenian miniatures by Komitas Mon 15: Mark Padmore will sing Die Schöne Müllerin in company of Till Fellner on piano. Thu 18: Vesselin Stanev - piano recital (Bach, Liszt) Sat 20: Brigitte Engerer - piano recital (Liszt, Lamartine) Sun 21: Zhu Xiao Mei - piano recital Wed 24: Nemanja Radulovic and Susan Manoff - Piano and Violina Sonatas by Beethoven Mon 29: Topi Lehtipuu & I Barocchisti conducted by Diego Fasolis - Vivaldi program _________________________________ OK, this time no pic from Paris but a few from Amsterdam since they are well in sync with the autumnal mood in November: Read what they sell... and a middle-aged woman studying the details. Bongs in all sizes and shapes, pouches of many different blends of weed (with various flavors too), and more...This is the place where you can find the best Flemish fries. It's called Manneken Pis and yes - it means what you think it means ;) .... Only, it refers to this statue  This one is simply a pretty photo of the autumn spreading in Amsterdam

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