November 2008 International Diary
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Czech Republic
- 1 November 2008 | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg (conductor) | • Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel | • Richard Strauss: Aus Italien | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 3.00pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 4 November 2008 | celebration of 80th annivesary of birth of Zdeněk Lukáš | Czech Chamber Orchestra, Andreas Sebastian Weiser (conductor), Maria Ericsson Vlach (violin), Barbora Waldmannová (viola) | • Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op 11 | • Atterberg: Suite No 3 for violin, viola and strings, Op 19 No 1 | • Martinů: Divertimento (Serenade No 4) for violin, viola and small orchestra (H 215) | • Zdeněk Lukáš: Canti | • Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op 70 | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 4 November 2008 | Bohdan Warchal Chamber Orchestra, Ewald Danel (artistic leader) | • Ilja Zeljenka: Musica Slovaca | • Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K 247 | • Britten: Simple Symphony, Op 4 | • Bartók (arr Leo Weiner): For Children, ten pieces for string orchestra, Sz 42 | • Janáček: Suite for String Orchestra | Church of St Simon and St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 4 & 29 November 2008 | National Theatre Opera Orchestra, Chorus & Ballet, Jan Chalupecký (conductor), Kateřina Jalovcová Kate | • Dvořák: The Devil and Kate (Črt a Káča), Op 112 (B 201) | National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague, 7.00pm, web site: www.narodni-divadlo.cz
- 5 November 2008 | Czech Chamber Music Society | Škampa Quartet | • Debussy: String Quartet | • Fischer: String Quartet No 1 (Czech première) | • Pärt: Fratres | • Adams: John’s Book of Alleged Dances (selection) | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 6 November 2008 | Prague Symphony Orchestra, Czech National Choir (Jaroslav Brych, chorus master), Ondřej Kukal (conductor), Alena Hellerová (soprano), Roman Janál (baritone) | • Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major ‘Jupiter’, K 551 | • Vítězslav Novák: The Spectre’s Bride, Op 48 | Smetana Hall, Municipal House, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 6 & 7 November 2008 | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor) | • Berlioz: Roman Carnival overture | • Martinů: The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca (H 352) | • Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D Major | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 11 November 2008 | Special concert to mark the 15th anniversary of concert performances in the Church of SS Simon and Jude | Collegium 1704, Collegium vocale 1704, Václav Luks (conductor), Mariana Rewerski (mezzo-soprano), Eric Stoklossa (tenor), Jan Martiník (bass) | • Zelenka: I penitenti al sepolcro del Redentore, ZWV 63 | Church of St Simon and St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 11 & 26 November 2008 | National Theatre Opera Orchestra, & Chorus, Zbyněk Müller (conductor) | • Smetana: The Kiss | National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague, 7.00pm, web site: www.narodni-divadlo.cz
- 12 & 29 November 2008 | National Theatre Opera Orchestra, & Chorus, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor), Dana Burešová Jenůfa | • Janáček: Jenůfa | National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague, 7.00pm, web site: www.narodni-divadlo.cz
- 12 November 2008 | Czech Chamber Music Society | Roman Janál (baritone), Karel Košárek (piano) | • Novák: Gypsy Melodies, Op 14 | • Karel Bendl: Gypsy Melodies | • Brahms: Gypsy Songs, Op 103 | • Martinů: New Špaliček (H 288) | • Dvořák: Gypsy Melodies, Op 55 (B 104) | Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 13 November 2008 | Prague Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, František Pospíšil (conductor), Frédéric Lagarde (piano) | • Mozart: Overture, ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ | • Beethoven: Piano and Orchestra No 5 in E flat Major, Op 73 | • Schubert: Symphony No 5 in B flat Major, D485 | Church of St Simon and St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 18 November 2008 | Aleš Bárta (organ) | • Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský: Toccata in C Major | • Josef Seger: Prelude in A minor and Fugue in A minor | • Anon Czech 18th century: Prelude and Fugue in D Major | • Jan Křtitel Kuchař: Fantasia in E minor and Partita in C Major | plus music by Pachelbel, Muffat, Buxtehude and Bach | Church of St Simon and St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
- 18 & 24 November 2008 | National Theatre Opera Orchestra, Chorus & Ballet, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) | • Smetana: The Bartered Bride | National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague, 7.00pm, web site: www.narodni-divadlo.cz
- 20 & 21 November 2008 | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) | • Suchoň: Sinfonietta rustica | • Peter van Onna: Imbroglio | • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 22 November 2008 | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) | • Suchoň: Sinfonietta rustica | • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 3.00pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 21 & 28 November | Prague State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Jan Chalupecký, Ondrej Lenárd or Jiří Strunc (conductor) | • Dvořák: Rusalka, Op 114 (B 203) | State Opera (Státní opera), Prague, 7.00pm, web site: www.opera.cz
- 23 & 30 November 2008 | Prague State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Guillaume Tourniaire (conductor) | • Wagner: The Flying Dutchman | State Opera (Státní opera), Prague, 2.00pm, web site: www.opera.cz
- 24 November 2008 | Czech Chamber Music Society | Panocha Quartet, Hariolf Schlichtig (viola), Christoph Richter (cello) | • Boccherini: Cello Quintet, Op 27 | • Dvořák: String Quintet in E flat Major, Op 97 (B 180) • Brahms: String Sextet No 1 in B flat Major, Op 18 | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 25 November 2008 | Norbert Quartet | • Ravel: String Quartet in F Major | • Suk: Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale ‘St Wenceslas’, Op 35a | • Slavomír Hořínka: Conversion (Obrácení) for string quartet (première) | • Janáček: String Quartet No 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ | Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 27 & 28 November 2008 | Prague Symphony Orchestra, Tomáš Netopil (conductor), Bohuslav Matoušek (violin, viola) | • Luboš Sluka: Orava Ballad, symphonic poem for large orchestra (1954) | • Martinů (arr Jiří Teml): Czech Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra (H 307A) | • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor ‘Scottish’, Op 56 | Smetana Hall, Municipal House, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.fok.cz
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France
- 2 November 2008 | Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris, Damian Iorio (conductor), Oleg Bryjak (Krušina), Martina Dike (Ludmila), Christiane Oelze (Mařenka), Štefan Kocán (Mícha), Helene Schneiderman (Háta), Christoph Homberger (Vašek), Aleš Briscein (Jeník), Franz Hawlata (Kecal) | • Smetana: The Bartered Bride | Palais Garnier, Paris, 2.30pm, web site: www.operadeparis.fr
- 4, 7, 9 & 12 November 2008 | Orchestre, Choeurs et Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra national de Paris, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine/Choeur d’enfants de l’Opéra national de Paris, Dennis Russell Davies (conductor), Christine Schäfer (Vixen), Hannah Esther Minutillo (Fox) | • Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen | Opéra Bastille, Paris, 7.30pm (2.30pm on 9th), web site: www.operadeparis.fr
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Germany
- 12 November 2008 | Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi (conductor) | • Schubert: Symphony No in B minor (D.759)‘Unfinished’ | • Mahler: Symphony No 5 | Großer Saal, Alte Oper, Frankfurt, 8.00pm, web site: www.alteoper.de
- 13 & 14 November 2008 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Piotr Anderszewski (piano) | • Shostakovich (arr Barshai): Chamber Symphony, Op 110a | • Bartók: Piano Concerto No 3 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 95 (B 141) | Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, 8.00pm, web site: www.br-online.de/kultur-szene/klassik_e/
- 18 November 2008 | Nurit Stark & Barbara Weigle (violin), Yulia Deyneka & Katrin Schneider (viola), Sennu Laine & Nikolaus Hanjohr-Popa (cello) | • Schulhoff: Duo for violin & cello) | • Schulhoff: String Sextet | • Schubert: String Quintet in C Major | Apollo-Saal, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 8:00pm, web site: www.staatsoper-berlin.de
- 20 & 21 November 2008 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, David Zinman (conductor), Mikhail Rudy (piano) | • Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 ‘Classical’ | • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1 | • Janáček: Capriccio for piano (left hand) and ensemble | • Janáček: Taras Bulba | Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, 8.00pm, web site: www.br-online.de/kultur-szene/klassik_e/
- 28 November 2008 | Komische Oper Orchestra, Carl St Clair (conductor), Benjamin Pasternack (piano) | • Bernstein: Symphony No 2 ‘Age of Anxiety’ | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor Op 95 (B 178) ‘New World’ | Komische Oper, Berlin, 10.00am & 8.00pm, web site: www.komische-oper-berlin.de
- 30 November 2008 | Adrian Lazar & Isolde Lehrmann (violins), Johannes Zahlten (viola), Allan Bergius (cello) | • Janáček: String Quartet No 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ | • Schubert: String Quartet in G Major, Op posth 161 (D 887) | Allerheiligen Hofkirche, Munich, time TBC, web site: www.bayerische.staatsoper.de
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Netherlands
- 7, 8 & 9 November 2008 | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Piotr Anderszewski (piano) | • Shostakovich orch Barshai: Eight String Quartet | • Bartók: Piano Concerto No 3 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (B141) | Grote Zaal de Doelen, Rotterdam, 8.15 pm (2.15pm on 9th), web site: www.rpho.nl
- 14 November 2008 | Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Wolfe (conductor), Marie-Luise Neunecker (horn) | • Suk: Prague, symphonic poem Op 26 | • Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No 1 | • Brahms: Symphony No 2 | Vredenburg, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, 8.15pm, web sites: www.radiofilharmonischorkest.nl & www.vredenburg.nl
- 21 November 2008 | Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Frans Brüggen (conductor), Melvyn Tan (piano) | • Kramář (Krommer): Harmonie Musik – Partita in F, Op 57 | • Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 (KV 466) | • Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus | Vredenburg, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, 8.15pm, web sites: www.radiokamerfilharmonie.nl & www.vredenburg.nl
- 28 November 2008 | Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor), Martin Wright (chorus master), soloists include Orla Boylan (soprano) & Ivan Kusnjer (baritone) | • Janáček: The Eternal Gospel (Věčné evangelium), cantata | • Janáček: Šárka, opera in 3 acts | Vredenburg, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, 8.15pm, web sites: www.radiofilharmonischorkest.nl & www.vredenburg.nl
- 30 November 2008 | Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin André (conductor), Simone Lamsma (violin) | • Janáček: The Fidler’s Child | • Janáček: The Ballad of Blaník | • Janáček: Overture ‘Jealousy (Žárlivost)’ | • Janáček: Lachian Dances | • Klaas de Vries: Violin Concerto | Vredenburg, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, 8.15pm, web sites: www.radiokamerfilharmonie.nl & www.vredenburg.nl
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United States of America
- 20, 21, 22 & 25 November 2008 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Miah Persson (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) | • Mahler: Symphony No 2 ‘Resurrection’ | Symphony Center, Chicago, 8.00pm (7.30pm on 25th), tel: (312) 294-3000, web site: www.cso.org
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