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International Concerts and Festivals - July to Dec 2006
Rachmaninov,
Rimsky-Korsakov and
Shostakovich:
Opus Femina
Chorus (under Falia
Papayannopoulou),
Male Chorus of the
Commercial Bank of
Greece (under
Stavros Beris)
Soloists: Valery
Sagaidachny, piano;
Dmitri Stepanovich,
bass Athens State
Orchestra,
conductor: Byron
Fidetzis Athens
Concert Hall 22.12.
2006 (BM)
Debussy, Saariaho,
Sibelius:
Patricia
Bardon,
Mezzo-Soprano (New York
Philharmonic debut),
New York
Philharmonic, David
Robertson,
Conductor, Avery
Fisher Hall, New
York City,
14.12.2006 (BH)
A Study of a Study:
Pierre-Laurent
Aimard (piano),
Zankel Hall, New
York City,
11.12.2006 (BH)
Mozart Gala Concert:
Opera Viva Festival
Slowacki Theatre,
Krakow, Poland
10.12. 2006 (ARz)
Ravel, Ligeti, Bartók:
Pierre-Laurent
Aimard, piano, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre
Boulez, conductor, Carnegie Hall, New York City,
10.12.2006 (BH)
Mozart,
Hindemith, Roussel, R.Strauss:
Leon Fleisher, Piano, Nancy Gustafson,
Soprano,
New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel,
Conductor,
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City,
02.12.2006 (BH)
Janacek, Adčs, Castiglioni, Stravinsky,
Nancarrow:
Thomas Adčs, piano,
Herbst Theater, San Francisco, 09.12.2006 (HS)
Brahms and
Schumann:
Julia Fischer (violin) / Netherlands Philharmonic
Orchestra / Yakov Kreizberg (conductor).
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. 03.12.2006. (ED)
Enescu, Beethoven and Rachmaninov:
Radu Lupu (piano) George Enescu Philharmonic
Orchestra Bucharest/ Cristian Mandeal (conductor)
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam 03.12.2006 (ED)
Reger, Beethoven, Stravinsky and Ravel:
Ad Libitum Quartet. Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
02.12.2006. (ED)
Varčse, Ravel & Stravinsky :
Hélčne
Grimaud (pno) SWR Baden-Baden Orchestra, Sylvain
Cambreling (conductor) Megaron, Athens, 29.11.
2006 (ARi)
Commissions Present and Past:
Da Capo Players, Merkin
Concert Hall, New York City, 21.11.2006 (BH
Grieg, John Williams, and Schumann:
Arild Remmereit, cond., Seth Krimsky, bassoon,
Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
16.11.2006 (BJ)
Finsterer, Ortiz, Matthews, Glaser, Romaneiro:
Soloists, New Juilliard Ensemble, Joel
Sachs, director and conductor, Alice Tully Hall,
New York City, 16.11.2006 (BH)
After Bach: music by Bach, Fišer, Bartók,
Tickmayer, and Piazzolla:
Gidon Kremer, violin, Andrius Zlabys, piano,
Andrei Pushkarev, percussion, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 15.11.2006 (BJ)
Berlioz, Harbison, and Tchaikovsky:
Lawrence Renes, cond., Jordan Anderson, double
bass, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 02.11.2006
and
Brahms, Bartók, and Stravinsky:
Lawrence Renes, cond., Leonidas Kavakos, violin,
Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
12.11.2006 (BJ)
Bartók:
A kékszakállú herceg vára (Duke
Bluebeard’s Castle),
Op. 11 (1911-18) &
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
(1876), Soloists, Boston Symphony Orchestra, James
Levine, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 11.11.2006 (BH)
Shostakovich :
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 15
at the Philharmonie, Berlin, Berliner
Philharmoniker/Sir Simon Rattle 11.11.2006 (GF)
Slava! Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko:
(Concert Performance)
Mariinsky Theatre Soloists, orchestra and
chorus Valery Gergiev (conductor); Palau de la
Música de Valencia, 11.
11. 2006, Valencia, Spain (NP)
Keys to the Future:
Joseph Rubenstein,
Artistic Director and piano, Lisa Moore,
piano,
Blair McMillen, piano, Greenwich
House Music School,
New York City, 07.11.2006 (BH)
Beethoven, Ravel, Louie, Shostakovich:
Vogler Quartet, Ian Parker (piano), Artspring,
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada,
06.11.2006 (MB)
Bavarian Radio SO in New York (III):
Lang Lang, Piano,
Bavarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Chief
Conductor, Carnegie Hall, New York City,
05.11.2006 (BH)
Bavarian Radio SO in New York (II):
Gidon Kremer, Violin,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons,
Chief Conductor,
Carnegie Hall, New York
City, 04.11.2006 (BH)
Bavarian Radio SO in New York
(I):
Karita Mattila, Soprano,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons,
Chief Conductor, Carnegie Hall, New York City,
03.11.2006 (BH)
“Just Beethoven”:
Daniel Barenboim (piano), Orquestra de la
Communitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta (conductor),
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, Spain
01.11.2006 (NP)
Ravel, Shostakovich, Mozart:
John Friesen (cello), Victoria Symphony Orchestra,
Alain Trudel (conductor), Artspring, Salt Spring
Island, BC, Canada, 29.10.2006 (MB)
Telemann, Vivaldi, Handel, and
Purcell:
cond., David Daniels, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, 28.10.2006 (BJ)
Beethoven, Ligeti, Bartok:
Peter Serkin, Piano, New York Philharmonic,
Jonathan Nott, Conductor, Avery Fisher Hall, New
York City, 26.10.2006 (BH)
Bach/Busoni, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert,
Chopin:
André Laplante (piano), Artspring, Saltspring
Island, BC, Canada, 24.10.2006 (MB)
Prokofiev,
Alexander Nevsky (1938) performed with
Sergei Eisenstein’s complete film:
Meredith Arwady, Mezzo-soprano (New York
Philharmonic debut), New York Philharmonic, Xian
Zhang, Conductor, New York Choral Artists, Joseph
Flummerfelt, Director, John Goberman, Producer,
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 21.10.2006 (BH)
Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich:
Alexander Toradze, piano, Kirov Orchestra,
Valery Gergiev, cond., Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
17.10.2006 (BJ)
Midtown Sound:
American Modern Ensemble, Tenri Cultural
Institute, New York City, 14.10.2006 (BH)
Mozart and Brahms:
Zukerman Chamber Players, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 09.10.2006 & Mozart: Pinchas Zukerman,
cond. and violin, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 14.10.2006 (BJ)
Sibelius, 'Kullervo' : Charlotte
Hellekant (mezzo) Jorma Hynninen (bar)
National Male Chorus of Estonia, hr-Sinfonieorchester
(formerly Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Paavo Järv (conductor) Alte Oper, Frankfurt
12.10.2006 (BB)
Mendelssohn and Brahms:
Gerard Schwarz, cond., Stefan Jackiw, violin,
Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
08.10.2006 (BJ)
The Cleveland Orchestra III:
at Carnegie Hall, New York City, 07.10.2006 (BH)
Rossini, Ravel, and Sibelius:
Elizabeth Stoyanovich, cond., Bremerton Symphony
Orchestra, Bremerton Performing Arts Center,
Bremerton, WA, 07.10.2006 (BJ)
Ravel & Saint-Saëns:
Soloists, New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
(conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City,
06.10.2006 (BH)
The Cleveland Orchestra II:
at Carnegie Hall, New York City, 05.10.2006 (BH)
The Cleveland Orchestra I:
at Carnegie Hall, New York City, 04.10.2006 (BH)
Brahms arr. Sheng, Rachmaninoff, and Beethoven:
Gerard Schwarz, cond., Barry Douglas, piano,
Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
01.10.2006 (BJ)
Berlioz, Foss, Brahms:
San Francisco Symphony, Dawn Upshaw, soprano;
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, Davies Symphony
Hall, San Francisco, 29.09.2006 (HS)
Henze, Bruch, Ravel, Stravinsky
Itzhak Perlman, Violin, New York Philharmonic,
Lorin Maazel, Conductor, Avery Fisher Hall, New
York City, 19.09.2006 (BH)
Seattle Symphony Opening Night:
Rossini, Rachmaninoff, Verdi, and
Respighi: Gerard Schwarz, cond.,
Lang Lang, piano, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 16.09.2006 (BJ)
San
Francisco Symphony Opening Gala:
Glinka, Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila;
Stravinsky, Violin Concerto;
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8;
Christian Tetzlaff, violin; San Francisco
Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Davies
Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 06.09.2006 (HS)
Annas Bay Music Festival:
Martha Graham, an American Legend and Opera ŕ la
Carte; various artists, conducted by Jerrod
Wendland and Huw Edwards; 01.09.2006 and
04.09.2006 (BJ)
Mostly Mozart Festival 2006 (IV):
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Louis Langrée,
Conductor, Lisa Batiashvili, Violin,
Lars Vogt, Piano, Avery Fisher Hall,
New York City, 22.08.2006 (BH)
Mostly Mozart Festival 2006 (V):
International Contemporary Ensemble, Christian
Knapp, Conductor, Stanley H. Kaplan
Penthouse, New York City, 22.08.2006 (BH)
Aspen Music Festival (15):
Britten War Requiem; American String Quartet;
Murry Sidlin solves the Mozart riddle; Vladimir
Feltsman plays Mozart. 21.08.2006 (HS)
International Wagner Competition:
members of the Seattle Symphony, competing
singers, cond. Asher Fisch, Marion Oliver McCaw
Hall, Seattle, 19.08.2006 (BJ)
Aspen Music Festival (14):
Fletcher world premiere; Apollo's Fire.
17.08.2006 (HS)
Aspen Music Festival (13):
Britten's Albert Herring, students of the
Aspen Opera Theater Center, Robert Spano,
conductor; Edward Berkeley, director. 15.08.2006
(HS)
Aspen Music Festival (12):
Julia Fischer, James Conlon, Jane Eaglen, Steven
Hough, 10-13.08.2006 (HS)
Aspen Music Festival (11):
American String Quartet, Lang Lang. 10.08.2006
(HS)
Mostly Mozart Festival 2006 (IV):
Shostakovich, Mozart, Rastakov, Kremerata
Baltica, Gidon Kremer, Violin and Leader, Avery
Fisher Hall, New York City, 08.08.2006 (BH)
Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven :
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Redmond,
Washington, 07.08.2006 (BJ)
Mostly Mozart Festival 2006 (III):
Schnittke, Mozart, Nyman, Kremerata
Baltica, Gidon Kremer, Violin and Leader, Avery
Fisher Hall, New York City, 06.08.2006 (BH)
Aspen Music Festival (10)
Conlonconducts a glorious Britten Serenade and
Shostakovich 8th; Hilary Hahn goes for the
Goldmark (concerto); Isbin mines a Spanish vein.
07.08.2006 (HS)
Mostly Mozart Festival 2006 (II):
Members of Kremerata Baltica, Kaplan Penthouse,
Lincoln Center, New York City, 05.08.2006 (BH)
Mostly Mozart Festival 2006 (I):
Sergey Khachatryan, violin (New York debut)
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
(conductor) Avery Fisher Hall, New York City,
05.08.2006 (BH)
Aspen Music Festival (9):
Renee Fleming, Lynn Harrell, Andrey Boyko,
Leonard Slatkin. 31.07.2006 (HS)
International Keyboard Institute and Festival:
Mannes College of Music,
Marc-André Hamelin (piano) New York City,
29.07.2006 (BH)
Aspen Music Festival (7):
Harrell plays Schumann, the Shahams do Mozart,
and Edgar Meyer takes his bass for a spin.
24.07.2006 (HS)
Haydn, Dvořák, and Mozart:Olympic
Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 23.07.2006 (BJ)
Aspen Music Festival (6):
Chang gang tackles Vivaldi's
"Four Seasons," clarinetists shine in Bartók,
Mozart, young singers do "La Traviata" proud.
20.07.2006 (HS)
Mozart, Bartók, and Martin :
Seattle
Chamber Music Society,
Lakeside School, North Seattle, 17.07.2006 (BJ)
Aspen Music Festival (5):
The Emerson Quartet (and
members thereof) and the Aspen Chamber Orchestra
(conductor Nicolas McGegan) provide the highlights
of a busy week. 17.07.2006 (HS)
Aspen Music Festival (4):
Emerson delivers haunting
Shostakovich No. 15: Song cycles highlight chamber
music program 13.07.2006 (HS)
Aspen Music Festival (3)
Mahler Symphony 1 a
highlight as Zinman celebrates his 70th birthday.
09.07.2006 (HS)
Aspen Music Festival (2):
Mozart shows the gentler
side of Takacs (and friends), Bronfman-Shaham-Mřrk
Trio delivers on Tchaikovsky, and more. 08.07.2006
(HS)
Aspen Music Festival (1):
Takacs Quartet excels at
Britten, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 no
challenge for young Joyce Yang 03.07.2006 (HS)
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