April 2010 International Diary
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Austria
- 15 & 16 April 2010 | Tirol Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck , Natasha Korsakova (violin), Christoph Altstaedt (conductor) | • Kodály: Dances of Galánta | • Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53 (B 108) | • Liszt: Symphonic Poems “Tasso”, “Orpheus” and “Mazeppa” | Saal Tirol, Congress Centre, Innsbruck, 8.00pm, web site: www.tsoi.at
Czech Republic
- 1 April 2010 | Prague Easter Festival 2010 | Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno (choir master Petr Fiala), Marie Fajtová (soprano), Kateřina Jalovcová (mezzo-soprano), Michal Lehotský (tenor), Peter Mikuláš (bass), Jiří Kout (conductor) | • Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op 58 (B 71) | Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 1 & 2 April 2010 | Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava, Ivo Kahánek (piano), Theodore Kuchar (conductor) | • Martinů: Concerto grosso (H 263) | • Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54 | • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 F minor, Op 36 | Concert Hall, City of Cultural Centre, Ostrava, 7.00pm, web site: www.jfo.cz
- 1 & 2 April 2010 | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden (conductor) | • Martinů: Symphony No 4 (H 305) | • Bruckner: Symphony No 4 in E flat Major “Romantic” | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 3 April 2010 | Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, Jaroslav Kubricht & Josef Razím (clarinets), Ondřej Kukal (conductor) | • Mozart: Overture “La clemenza di Tito” | • Rossini: Overture “The Silken Ladder” | • Karel Stamic: Concerto for two clarinets | Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Spa III, Karlovy Vary, 7.30pm, web site: www.kso.cz
- 5 April 2010 | National Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, soloists, Jiří Bělohlávek / David Švec (conductors) | • Martinů: The Miracles of Mary (Hry o Marii) (H236) | National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague, 7.00pm, web site: www.narodni-divadlo.cz
- 6 April 2010 | Prague Easter Festival 2010 | Andreas Schröder (organ) | • Samuel Scheidt: Chorale “Christ ist erstanden” | • Charles Luython: Fuga suavissima | • Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata settima | • Georg Muffat: Toccata Septima from the cycle Apparatus musico-organisticus | • Georg Muffat: Ricercar super Initium Cantilenae “Christ ist erstanden” | • Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer: Ciaccona in F Major | • Josef Seger: Toccata and Fugue V | • Josef Seger: Fugue in G Major | • Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Komm heiliger Geist mit deiner Gnade | • Cherubini: Fantasia in C Major | • Bach: Fantasia super “Christ lag in Todesbanden” (BWV 695) | • Bach: The Art of Fugue, counterpoint I–IV (BWV 1080) | • Bach: Pièce d’orgue (fantasia) in G Major (BWV 572) | Church of St Simon & St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 7 April 2010 | Prague Easter Festival 2010 | Ensemble Inégal, Adam Viktora (artistic leader) | • Rossini: Petite messe solennelle | Church of St Simon & St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 8 April 2010 | Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava, Brass quintet JPO, Tomáš Hanák (conductor) | • Mozart: Overture “The Marriage of Figaro” | • Pavel Josef Vejvanovský: Serenade in C Major for brass quintet & orchestra | Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Beskydy Theatre (Beskydské divadlo), Nový Jičín, time to be confirmed, web site: www.jfo.cz & www.divadlo.novy-jicin.cz
- 8 & 9 April 2010 | Prague Easter Festival 2010 | Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Dagmar Pecková (mezzo-soprano), Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor) | • Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No 5 | • Zemlinsky: Maeterlinck Lieder, Op 13 | • Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Symphony No 4 in C minor “Easter Eve”, Op 54 | Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz | PLEASE NOTE: there is a Public Rehearsal at 10.00am on 8th April and a Programme Presentation at 6.15pm on 9th April
- 8 & 9 April 2010 | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir (ladies), Tomáš Netopil (conductor) | • Martinů Symphony No 3 (H 299) | • Debussy: Nocturnes | • Ravel: La valse | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 10 April 2010 | Afternoons in the Rudolfinum | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir (ladies), Tomáš Netopil (conductor) | • Debussy: Nocturnes | • Martinů Symphony No 3 (H 299) | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 3.00pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 12 April 2010 | Prague Easter Festival 2010 | • Jazz Concert featuring Vojtěch Procházka (piano), David Dorůžka (guitar), Trygve Seim (saxophones) | Church of St Simon & St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 13 April 2010 | Prague Easter Festival 2010 | Weser-Renaissance, Manfred Cordes (artistic leader), Martin Turnovský (conductor) | • Heinrich Isaac: Missa Paschalis | Church of St Simon & St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 14 April 2010 | Prague Easter Festival 2010 | Juventus Collegium FOK | • Brahms: Serenade for Small Orchestra No 2 in A Major, Op 16 | • Mozart: A Musical Joke (K 522) | Church of St Simon & St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 15 & 16 April 2010| Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Choir, Kateřina Kněžíková & Dana Burešová (soprano), Michal Lehotský (tenor), Roman Janál (baritone), Miloslav Podskalský & Zdeněk Plech (bass), Zdeněk Mácal (conductor) | • Janáček: Sinfonietta | Vítězslav Novák: Storm Op 42, cantata for solo voices, choir & orchestra | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 17 April 2010 | Czech Chamber Music Society | Jana Wallingerová (mezzo soprano), Tomáš Kořínek (tenor), Renata Ardaševová (piano) | • Smetana: Evening Songs (selection) | • Martinů: Songs on Two Pages (H 302) | • Martinů: Songs on One Page (H 294) | • Vítězslav Novák: Songs for solo voice & piano, Op 4 | • Vítězslava Kaprálová Waving farewell, Op 14 | • Petr Eben: Little Sorrows, song cycle | • Vítězslav Novák: Twenty-five Slovak Folk Songs (selection) | • Dvořák: In Folk Tone, song cycle Op 73 (B 146) | • Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, Op 55 (B 104) (selection) | • Janáček: Moravian Folk Poetry (selection) | Martinů Hall, Liechtenstejn Palace, Prague, 10.30am, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 27 April 2010 | Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra | Eva Müllerová (soprano), Yukiko Šrejmová Kinjo (soprano), Michaela Šrůmová (soprano), Jana Levicová (conalto), Ondřej Socha (tenor), Martin Šrejma (tenor), Jiří Petrdlík (conductor) | • Gluck: Ezio (modern première) | Church of St Simon & St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 30 April 2010 | Festive concert within the Karlovy Vary Spa Season Opening | Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, Jan Šimandl (piano), Petr Vronský (conductor) | • Sylvie Bodorová: The Karlovy Vary Overture (Karlovarská předehra) | • Brahms: Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op 80 | • Dvořák: Overture “Othello”, Op 93 (B 174) | • Beethoven: Overture “Egmont”, Op 84 | • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat Major, Op 73 “Emperor” | venue TBC, Karlovy Vary, 7.30pm, web site: www.kso.cz
Finland
- 9 April 2010 | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Aleš Jenis (baritone), Jakub Hrůša (conductor) | • Ville Matvejeff: ad Astra | • Dvořák: Biblical Songs (Biblické písně), Op 99 (B 185) | • Martinů: Symphony No 6 “Fantaises Symphoniques” (H 343) | St John’s Church (Johanneksenkirkko / Johanneskyrkan), Helsinki, 7.00pm, web site: http://yle.fi/rso/
France
- 1 April 2010 | Orchestre National de France, Pavel Šporcl (violin), Andris Nelsons (conductor) | • Brahms (arr Dvořák): Hungarian Dances Nos 17 – 21 (B 602) | Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53 (B 108) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 5 in F Major, Op 76 (B 54) | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 8.00pm, web site: www.sites.radiofrance.fr/chaines/orchestres/national/concerts/
- 15 April 2010 | Orchestre National de France, Alban Gerhardt (cello), Kurt Masur (conductor) | Smetana: Overture “The Bartered Bride” | Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (B 191) | Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88 (B 163) | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 8.00pm, web site: www.sites.radiofrance.fr/chaines/orchestres/national/concerts/
Germany
- 5 April 2010 | Luděk Růžička (violin), Mary Adelyn Kauffman (piano) | works for violin and piano by Smetana, Janáček and Dvořák | Großer Festsaal, Burg Kriebstein, Am Scloßberg, Kriebstein, 4.00pm, www.burg-kriebstein.de
- 11, 12 & 13 April 2010 | Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra, Viviane Hagner (violin), Gerd Albrecht (conductor) | • Bruch: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor, Op 44 | • Schulhoff: Symphony No 2 (WV 101) | Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (B 141) | Philharmonie, Cologne, 11.00am on 11th, 8.00pm on 12th & 13th, web site: www.guerzenich-orchester.de
- 18 April 2010 | Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, James Ehnes (violin), Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | • Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: “Bianca da Molena” | • Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53 (B 108) | • Prokofiev: Symphony No 5 in B-flat | Philharmonie, Berlin, 8.00pm, web site: www.dso-berlin.de
- 20 & 21 April 2010 | Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor), Daniel Hope (violin) | • Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 77 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (B 141) | Beethovensall, Liederhalle, Stuttgart, 8.00pm, web site: www.swr.de/faszination-musik/orchester/rso/
- 21 & 25 April 2010 | Städtischen Theater Chemnitz, Robert Schumann-Philharmonie, Judith Kuhn (Rusalka), Hugo Mallet (Prince), Kouta Räsänen (Vodník), Undine Dreißig (Foreign Princess/Witch), Domonkos Héja (conductor) | • Dvořák: Rusalka, Op 114 (B 203) sung in German | Opernhaus, Chemnitz, 7.30pm (3.00pm on 25th), web site: www.theater-chemnitz.de
- 22 April 2010 | Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor), Daniel Hope (violin) | • Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 77 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (B 141) | Congress Centrum, Ulm, 8.00pm, web site: www.swr.de/faszination-musik/orchester/rso/
- 25 April 2010 | Kammerkonzert 5 | Members of the Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra | • Korngold: String Sextet in D Major, Op 10 | • plus works by Moebius amd Mozart | Kleiner Saal, Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, 11.00am, web site: www.hamburgische-staatsoper.de
- 25 April 2010 | Radomska Quartet, Holger Miersch (piano) | • Mendelssohn: Andante, Scherzo, Capriccio and Fugue for String Quartet, Op 81 | • Shostakovich: String Quartet No 3 in F Major, Op 73 | • Dvořák: Piano Quartet No 1 in D flat Major, Op 23 (B 53) | Rangfoyer, Opernhaus, Chemnitz, 7.30pm, web site: www.theater-chemnitz.de
Netherlands
- 9 April 2010 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Markus Stenz (conductor), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) | • Mahler: Blumine | • Glanert: Fluss ohne Ufer | • Diepenbrock: Hymne an die Nacht II | • Janáček: Sinfonietta | • Bruckner: Symphonisches Präludium | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 8.15pm, web site: www.concertgebouworkest.nl
- 9 & 11 April 2010 | Het Residentie Orkest, Neeme Järvi (conductor), Mikhail Zemtsov (viola), Truls Mørk (cello) | • Dvořák: Silent Woods (Klik/Waldesruhe) | • Dvořák: Serenade for Strings, Op 22 (B 52) | • Richard Strauss: Don Quixote | Dr Anton Philipszaal, Den Haag, 8.15pm (2.15pm on 11th), web site: www.residentieorkest.nl
- 14 & 16 April 2010 | Talich Quartet | • Schubert: String Quartet in G, D887 | • Dvořák: String Quartet No 14 in A flat Major, Op 105 (B 193) | Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 8.15pm, web site: www.concertgebouw.nl
- 15, 16 & 18 April 2010 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) | • Smetana: Má vlast (complete) | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 8.15pm (2.15pm on 18th), web site: www.concertgebouworkest.nl
- 17 & 18 April 2010 | Nederlands Blazers Ensemble (Netherlands Wind Ensemble) | • Dvořák: Serenade in D minor, Op 44 (B 77) for wind instruments | • Dvořák (arr Jan Dušek): String Quartet No 12 in F Major, Op 96 (B 179) “American” | Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 8.15pm, web site: www.concertgebouw.nl
- 22 & 23 April 2010 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Miah Persson (soprano) | • Schubert(orch Reinecke): Der Hirt auf dem Felsen | • Schubert: Third Symphony | • Mahler: Symphony No 4 | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 8.15pm, web site: www.concertgebouworkest.nl
- 24 April 2010 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Miah Persson (soprano) | • Schubert(orch Reinecke): Der Hirt auf dem Felsen | • Schubert: Third Symphony | • Mahler: Symphony No 4 | Orpheus, Apeldoorn, 8.00pm, web sites: www.orpheus.nl & www.concertgebouworkest.nl
Poland
- 23 & 24 April 2010 | Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Christiane Libor (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (contralto), Timothy Bentch (tenor), Wojciech Gierlach (bass), Antoni Wit (conductor) | • Smetana: Symphonic Poems “Vyšehrad”, “Vltava” & “Šárka” from “Má vlast (My Country)” | • Janáček: Glagolitic Mass | Concert Hall, Warsaw, 7.30pm (6.00pm on 24th), web site: www.filharmonia.pl
- 25, 27 & 29 April 2010 | Polish National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, cast TBA, Tomáš Hanus (conductor) | • Janáček: Káťa Kabanová | Grand Theatre (Teatr Wielki), Warsaw, 6.00pm (7.00pm on 27th & 29th), web site: www.teatrwielki.pl
Slovakia
- 6 April 2010 | Orchestra & Chorus of Slovak National Theatre, soloists, Rastislav Štúr or Martin Leginus (conductor) | • Smetana: “The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta)” | Slovak National Theatre (Slovenské národné divadlo), Bratislava, 7.00pm, web site: www.snd.sk
- 18 April 2010 | Slovak Chamber Orchestra Bohdan Warchal, Ewald Danel (artistic leader/violin), Jozef Lupták (cello), Ivan Šiller (piano) | • Pachelbel: Canon for 3 Violins & continuo in D Major (T 337) | • Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major (BWV 1048) | • Daniel Matej: Stormy Monday for Prepared Piano & String Orchestra | • Martinů Concertino for Piano Trio & String Orchestra (H 232) | Concert Hall Dvorana, Bratislava, 4.00pm, web site: www.filharm.sk
- 18 April 2010 | Orchestra & Chorus of Slovak National Theatre, soloists include Adriana Kohútková & Jozef Kundlák, Jaroslav Kyzlink (conductor) | • Dvořák: Rusalka, Op 114 (B 203) | Slovak National Theatre (Slovenské národné divadlo), Bratislava, 7.00pm, web site: www.snd.sk
- 29 & 30 April 2010 | Slovak Chamber Orchestra Bohdan Warchal, Ewald Danel (conductor), Peter Zwiebel (viola) | • Mozart: Symphony in A Major (KV 201) | • Karel Stamic (Carl Stamitz): Viola Concerto No 1 in D Major | • Schoenberg : Verklärte Nacht Op 4 (string orchestra version) | Historical Building of Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava, 7.00pm, web site: www.filharm.sk
United States of America
- 11 April 2010 | Philadelphia Chamber Music Society | Jupiter String Quartet | • Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 2, Hob III:76 “Fifths” | • Janáček: String Quartet No 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” | • Richard Strauss: Sextet from “Capriccio” | • Schoenberg: “Verklärte Nacht” for string sextet | Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19106, 3.00pm, web sites: www.pcmsconcerts.org & www.jupiterquartet.com
- 13 April 2010 | Jupiter String Quartet | • Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 2, Hob III:76 “Fifths” | • Janáček: String Quartet No 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” | • Bartók: String Quartet No 4 | Concert Hall, Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, Garden City, Nassau County, New York, 7.30pm, tel: 516 877 4000, e-mail boxoffice@adelphi.edu, web site: aupac.adelphi.edu
- 28 April 2010 | Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center | Jupiter String Quartet | • Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 2, Hob III:76 “Fifths” | • Janáček: String Quartet No 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” | • Dan Visconti: “Ramshackle Songs” for String Quartet | Dvořák: String Quartet No 12 in F Major, Op 96 (B 179) “American” | Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 7.30pm, web site: www.chambermusicsociety.org
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