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May-August 2003

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A Look Back at Donaueschingen, 2002 by John Warnaby

Floof! A celebration of new music (CT) CBSO Centre, Birmingham, Saturday 31^st May

FESTIVALS and INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS

Salzburg Festival 2003

Salzburg Festival 2003: Mozart Mass in C Minor: Soloists, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Choir of Clare College, dir. Ivor Bolton. 19^th August 2003 (ME)

Salzburg Festival 2003: Mozart ‘Don Giovanni’ Vienna Philharmonic dir. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Thursday August 21^st 2003 (ME)

Salzburg Festival 2003: Hans Werner Henze, ‘L’Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe’ Vienna Philharmonic, dir. Markus Stenz, Salzburg, August 20^th 2003 (ME)

The Aspen Festival

Aspen Festival 2003: Final Concerts, Berlioz Requiem, A Bassoon Premiere and a Flute Concerto, Aspen, Colorado, August 2003 (HS)

Aspen Festival 2003: Bach: Goldberg Variations, Vladimir Feltsman, piano. Aspen Music Festival, Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado, August 16, 2003 (HS)

Aspen Festival 2003: Berlioz and Beethoven to the Fore, Aspen Festival, 10^th August 2003 (HS)

Aspen Festival 2003: Modern and More Modern, Aspen, 6^th August 2003 (HS)

Aspen Festival 2003: opera in Zemlinsky’s A Florentine Tragedy, plus concerts from Chang and Zinman, 3^rd August 2003 (HS)

Aspen Festival 2003: Wagner’s ‘Ring: An Orchestral Adventure’ and recitals by Christopher Taylor & the International Sejong Soloists, Aspen, 27^th July 2003 (HS)

Aspen Festival 2003: Joshua Bell, Emerson Quartet, Jamie Laredo, Midori, 26^th July, 2003 (HS)

Aspen Festival 2003: PUCCINI: TOSCA, Aspen Festival Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor. Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado, USA, 19th July 2003 (HS)

Aspen Festival 2003: David Finckel and Wu Han in Recital, July 16^th 2003 (HS)

Aspen Festival 2003: Gil Shaham and friends, 12^th – 14^th July 2003 (HS)

Aspen Festival 2003: 7-11 chinese music (HS)

Aspen Festival 2003 – the first weekend, Aspen, Colorado (HS)

An introduction to the Aspen Music Festival by Harvey Steiman

Lincoln Center Festival 2003

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin, The Kirov Opera of the Mariinsky Theatre. Metropolitan Opera House, New York, July 26^th, 2003 (BH)

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia, Kirov Opera of the Mariinsky Theatre, The Metropolitan Opera House, New York, July 17, 2003 (BH)

Salvatore Sciarrino: Chamber Music, New Juilliard Ensemble, Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, 15th July, 2003 (BH)

Prokofiev: Semyon Kotko, The Kirov Opera of the Mariinsky Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, New York, 12^th July, 2003 (BH)

Salvatore Sciarrino, Macbeth (U.S. Premiere), Oper Franfurt, Ensemble Modern, John Jay College Theater, New York, NY, July 9, 2003 (BH)

CHELTENHAM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC Recital: Mendelssohn, Ridout, Poulenc, Berkeley, Hahn - John Mark Ainsley, Roger Vignoles, Pittville Pump Room, Sunday July 13^th (ME)
Leamington Festival: Bingham, Staud, Fox, Benjamin, Adès, Schoenberg, Chamber Domaine, Helen Meyerhoff (soprano) Thomas Kemp (violin) Jonathan Morton (viola) Adrian Bradbury (cello) Stephen De Pledge (piano), Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa, 11^th May (CT)
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand", Soloists, Choirs, Minnesota Orchestra, James Conlon, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, 7^th May 2003 (BH)

Adams, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Hilary Hahn, violin; San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor. Davis Symphony Hall, San Francisco, May 4, 2003 (HS)

Sven-David Sandström: High Mass (1993-94), Soloists, World Voices, VocalEssence Chorus & Orchestra, Philip Brunelle, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, 3^rd May 2003 (BH)

Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Orchestre National de France, Théâtre des Champs Elysèes, April 26, 2003 (FC)

Strauss, Songs & Mahler, Symphony No.9, Barbara Bonney (sop), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, April 25, 2003 (HS)

OPERA (UK and International),

A Streetcar Named Desire, LSO, Andre Previn (con), Barbican, 27^th June 2003 (G & A D)

Handel ‘Semele’, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. 28^th June 2003. (M.E.)

Mozart ‘Die Zauberflöte’ Royal College of Music, Saturday June 21^st 2003 (ME)

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, San Francisco Opera, June 17, 2003, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (HS)

Wagner: Der Fliegender Hollander, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jane Eaglen, soprano; Jill Grove, mezzo soprano; Mark Baker, tenor; Mark Delavan, bass baritone; Stephen Milling, bass. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, June 13, 2003 (HS)

Les Contes d’Hoffmann (performed in French), The Helikon Opera, Moscow, 8^th June 2003 (NM)

Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Kirov Opera/Valery Gergiev. RFH, Wednesday, May 21^st, 2003 (CC)

Poul Ruders, The Handmaid’s Tale (North American Premiere), Minnesota Opera, 10^th May 2003 (BH)

Berlioz, The Trojans, Part II: The Trojans at Carthage, English National Opera, Coliseum, London, 8^th May 2003 (MA)

Handel, ‘Alcina,’English National Opera, London Coliseum, Saturday April 26^th 2003 (ME)

Szymanowski, King Roger, Thèâtre du Châtelet, Paris, April 25, 2003 (FC)

Jazz, Dance,Esoterica and Alternative

THE PROMS 2003

PROM 50: Wagner, Berg, Brahms; Christine Brewer (sop), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (con), Royal Albert Hall, 27^th August, 2003 (AR)

PROM 49: Mahler, Symphony No.6, European Union Youth Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor); Royal Albert Hall, 26th August, 2003 (AR)

PROM 48:Berlioz, ‘The Trojans’ Part II, soloists, LSO Chorus, LSO, Sir Colin Davis, Royal Albert Hall Sunday 25^th August 2003. (ME)

PROM 47: Berlioz, The Trojans: Part I, soloists, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, RAH, 3.00pm, 25^th August 2003 (MB)

PROM 46: Handel, ‘Saul’ Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh, RAH, 24^th August 2003 (ME)

PROM 45: Musorgsky, orch. Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich. Prokofiev, Christian Tetzlaff (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, 23^rd August, 2002 (AR)

PROM 44: Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven Askar, Wosner, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (piano/director). RAH, Friday, August 22^nd, 2003 (CC)

PROM 43: Ravel, Kancheli, Berlioz; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, 21^st August, 2003 (AR)

PROM 42 Beethoven, Berlioz, Prokofiev Olga Borodina (mezzo); Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Valery Gergiev, RAH, Wednesday, August 20^th, 2003 (CC)

PROM 41: Dukas, Chen Yi, Ravel, Evelyn Glennie (percussion), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier, RAH, 19^th August 2003 (MB)

PROM 40: Carl Nielsen, Kalevi Aho, Jean Sibelius; Christian Lindberg (trombone), Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, 18^th August, 2003 (AR)

PROM 39: Berlioz, ‘Benvenuto Cellini’ (Weimar version), Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, MDR Radio Choir Leipzig, cond. Sir Roger Norrington, RAH, Sunday 17th August 2003. (ME)

PROM 37: Mozart, Brahms Miah Persson (soprano); Peter Mattei (baritone); Eric Ericsson Chamber Choir; Swedish Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck, Royal Albert Hall, Friday, August 15^th, 2003 (CC)

PROM 35: Chopin arr. Stravinsky, Knussen, Carter, Stravinsky; Pinchas Zukerman (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra; Oliver Knussen (con) Royal Albert Hall, 14^th August, 2003 (AR)

PROM 31: R Strauss; Mahler; Prokofiev; Ekaterina Gubanova, (mezzo); Detlef Roth, (baritone); London Philharmonic Choir; Crouch End Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniele Gatti, Royal Albert Hall, 11^th August 2003 (AR)

Prom 29: Messiaen, Berlioz, Prokofiev, Lawrence Power (viola), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Royal Albert Hall, 9^th August 2003 (CT)

PROM 26 : Weir, Schumann, Shostakovich; Heinrich Schiff (cello); BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov. Royal Albert Hall, August 7^th, 2003 (CC)

PROM 24: Richard Strauss; Dame Anne Evans, Rebecca Evans, Katarina Karnéus; Choristers of King's College, Cambridge; BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras/Stephen Cleobury conductors, Royal Albert Hall, 5^th August 2003 (AR)

Prom Preview: HK Gruber on ‘Dancing in the Dark’ (MH)

PROM 15, Richard Strauss, Elektra, Soloists, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles, RAH, 29^th July 2003 (MB)

PROM 13: Haydn, Bartók, Copland, John Adams; Hélène Grimaud (pf), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Southend Girl’s Choir, Southend Boy’s Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus, John Adams (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, 27^th July 2003 (AR)

PROM 12: Berlioz, Elgar, Colin Matthews, Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder, Alice Coote (ME) RAH, 26th July 2003 (ME)

PROM 10: Joe Duddell Première, Tchaikovsky, Bartók, Colin Currie (percussion), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, RAH, 25^th July 2003 (MB)

Prom Preview: Joe Duddell on ‘Ruby’ (MH)

PROM 9: James MacMillan Première, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Albert Hall, 24^thJuly, 2003 (MB)

PROM 4: Beethoven, Brahms, Rakhmaninov; Stephen Hough (pf); Budapest Festival Orchestra; Iván Fischer (con), Royal Albert Hall, 21^st July 2003 (AR)

PCM 1: Ligeti, Debussy, Britten, Farkas, Galliard Ensemble, Lecture Theatre, Victoria and Albert Musuem, 21^st July 2003 (MB)

PROM 3: Tippett, King Priam, soloists, BBC Singers, BBC national Orchestra of Wales, David Atherton, RAH, 20^th July 2003 (MB)

PROM 2:‘The Nation’s Favourite Prom’ Royal Albert Hall, Saturday July 19^th (ME)

PROM 1: Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Lang Lang (pf), Irina Tchistyakova (mezzo sop), James Rutherford (bass), Simon Russell Beale (narrator), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC National Chorus of Wales; Leonard Slatkin (con), Royal Albert Hall, 18^th July, 2003 (AR)

CONCERTS and RECITALS (UK)

Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, Chopin Peter Katin (piano), Wigmore Hall, July 16^th, 2003 (CC)

John Humphreys and Allan Schiller, piano duet and two pianos, Wigmore Hall, 13^th July 2003, (MA)

Beethoven, Schubert Imogen Cooper (piano), Wigmore Hall, 1pm, Monday, July 14^th, 2003 (CC)

Bach, Prokofiev, Beethoven Daishin Kashimoto (violin); Konstantin Lifschitz (piano). Wigmore Hall, Wednesday, July 9^th, 2003 (CC)

Sibelius, Benjamin, Debussy; London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, Barbican Centre, 9^th July, 2003 (AR)

Zivkovic, Tanaka, Pugnani, Stevens, Sierra, Abe, Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Philip Smith (pf), Wigmore Hall, 7^th July 2003 (MB)

Liszt, Dohnányi, Rachmaninov; István Várdai (cello), National Musicians Symphony Orchestra, James Blair (conductor), St. John’s Smith Square, 7^th July 2003 (AR).

Pianists at Wigmore Hall, Nelson Goerner and Marc-André Hamelin (pfs), Wigmore Hall, June 2003 (MB)

Stravinsky, Saint-Saens, Rachmaninov, Simon Trpceski (pf), Philharmonia Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev, RFH, 26^th June 2003 (MB)

Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov, Daniil Shtoda (tenor), Larissa Gergieva (piano), Wigmore Hall, 19^th June 2003 (MB)

Schubert, Beethoven, Schumann, András Schiff (pf/con), Philharmonia Orchestra, RFH, 19^th June 2003 (AR)

Rachmaninov, Trad. American and Ives, Stephen Hough (pf), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo and Paul Hoskins, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 18^th June 2003 (CT)

Debussy, Schubert, Messiaen Steven Osborne, Paul Lewis, Martin Roscoe (pianos). Wigmore Hall, Tuesday, June 17^th, 2003 (CC).

Haydn, Smetana, Mozart Prazák Quartet, Wigmore Hall, Sunday, June 15^th, 2003 (CC)

Anderson, Mozart, Prokofiev Maria João Pires (piano), Marianna Tarasova (mezzo); LPC, LPO/Vladimir Jurowski, RFH, June 12^th, 2003 (CC)

Handel, ‘Oratorio per la Resurrezione di Nostre Signor Gesù’ The English Concert, dir. Trevor Pinnock, St. John’s Smith Square, Saturday 7^th June 2003 (ME)

Chopin, Debussy Maurizio Pollini (piano). RFH, June 5^th, 2003 (CC)

Ives, Benjamin, Ravel; London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; David Zinman (con); Barbican Centre: 5th June, 2003 (AR)

Castello, Marini, Tartini (arr. Zandonai), Vivaldi, Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln/director), London Philharmonic Orchestra, RFH, 4^th June 2003 (MB)

Gatti Beethoven Cycle; Freddy Kempf (pf), Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo), Stephen O’Mara (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Daniele Gatti; RFH:1^st & 3^rd June, 2003 (AR)

Debussy, Prokofiev, Brahms Elisabeth Batiashvili (violin); Steven Osborne (piano). Wigmore Hall, June 4^th, 2003 (CC)

Wagner, Brahms, Sibelius; François-Frédéric Guy (pf), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund, RFH, 31^st May, 2003 (AR)

Schuman, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky; Boris Berezovsky(pf), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton, 30th May 2003, RFH (AR).

Schubert, Beethoven, Orchestra of the 18^th Century, Franz Bruggen, 27^th May 2003, Barbican Centre (AR).

Haitink’s Brahms Series, Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Barbican Hall, 19^th & 21^st May, 2003, Barbican Centre (AR)

Haydn, Beethoven, Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Marc Minkowski, QEH, 20^th May 2003 (AR)

Corigliano, Glazunov, Prokofiev Vadim Repim (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin. Barbican Hall, Tuesday May 20^th, 2003 (CC)

Schumann, Haydn, Schubert, Tan Dun, Chopin, Liszt Lang Lang (piano), Wigmore Hall, May 19^th, 2003 (CC).

Dvorak, Tchaikovsky & Brahms; Nikolai Lugansky (pf) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, RFH, 17th May 2003, (AR)

Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, Ives, Rorem, Poulenc, Walton. Emma Bell, Andrew West, Jane Peters, Wigmore Hall, 17^th May 2003 (ME)

Mozart, Schwertsik, Piazzolla, Smetana Alban Berg Quartet, Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon). QEH, May 15^th, 2003 (CC)

Bach, Albinoni, Vivaldi, Veracini; Angelika Kirchschlager, Venice Baroque Orchestra, dir. Andrea Marcon. Barbican Hall, May 14^th 2003. (ME)

Janacek, Bruch, Elgar; Sarah Chang (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, RFH, 15^th May 2003 (AR)

Gatti Beethoven Cycle: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Freddy Kempt (pf), Daniele Gatti, RFH, 13^th May 2003 (AR)

Berlioz, Chopin, Tchaikovsky Mikhael Pletnev (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev, 11^th May, RFH (AR)

Director’s Festival Gala Concert, Wigmore Hall, Saturday May 10^th 2003 (ME)

San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas; Hilary Hahn (violin); Barbara Bonney (soprano). Barbican Hall, May 9^th-10^th, 2003 (CC)

LPO Film Concert, Philip Fowke (pf), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dirk Brossé, RFH, 9^th May 2003 (MB)

James Dillon, The Book of Elements (first complete performance of all five volumes), Ian Pace (piano), The Warehouse, London, 8th May 2003 (JM)

Takemitsu, Mahler Norbert Blume (viola); BBC Symphony Orchestra/Kazushi Ono. Barbican Hall, May 6^th, 2003 (CC)

Bruckner, Symphony No.5 in B flat, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink, RFH 5^th May 2003 (MB)

Gatti Beethoven Cycle, Freddy Kempf (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Gatti, 4^th May, 2003 RFH (AR)

BY GEORGE! Stravinsky, Benjamin, Berlioz William Dazeley (baritone); London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis, Barbican Hall, May 4^th, 2003 (CC)

Links

Pavao & Artea String Quartets, Milhaud, Williams, Mendelssohn, Purcell Room, 13^th May 2003 (PGW in Musical Pointers)

Lennox Berkeley Centenary Concert , St Giles Cripplegate, 12^th May 2003 (PGW in Musical Pointers)

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