September 2008 International Diary
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Czech Republic
- 5 September 2008 | opening concert of the Czech Philharmonic Prague season | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor), Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno (Petr Fiala, choirmaster), Christina Landshamer (soprano), Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprao) | • Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor ‘Resurrection’ | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 8.00pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 7 September 2008 | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukasz Borowitz (conductor), Ryszard Groblewski (viola) | • Karel Husa: Music for Prague 1968 | • Baird: Concerto lugubre | • Beethoven: Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’ | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 8.00pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 12 September 2008 | Prague Autumn Festival | MDR Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl (conductor), Škampa Quartet | • Janáček: Suite from ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’ | • Martinů: Concerto for string quartet with orchestra (H 207) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 1 in C minor (B 9) ‘The Bells of Zlonice’ | Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.pragueautumn.cz
- 14 September 2008 | Prague State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Guillaume Tourniaire (conductor) | • Wagner: The Flying Dutchman | State Opera (Státní opera), Prague, 7.00pm, web site: www.opera.cz
- 14 September 2008 | Prague Autumn Festival | Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimír Válek (conductor) | • Prokofiev: Russian overture | • Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G Major | • Borodin: Symphony No 2 in B minor | Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.pragueautumn.cz
- 15 September 2008 | Prague Autumn Festival | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, George Pehlivanian (conductor), Kaprálová Quartet | • Suchoň: Balladic Suite (1934-36) symphonic opus for large orchestra, Op 9 | • Schulhoff: Concerto for string quartet and wind orchestra (WV 97) | • Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 in D minor | Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.pragueautumn.cz
- 16 September 2008 | Prague Autumn Festival | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek (conductor), Adriana Kohútková (soprano), Ján Galla (bass-baritone) | • Dvořák: Suite in A major, Op 98b (B 190)‘American Suite’ | • Dvořák: The Water Goblin (Vodník) symphonic poem, Op 107 (B 195) | • Dvořák: Rusalka: Polonaise; Aria of the Water Goblin and ‘There are white flowers in the road’ | • Dvořák: Te Deum, Op 103 (B 176) | Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.pragueautumn.cz
- 19 September 2008 | 100th anniversary of world Première in Prague | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor) | • Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
- 22 September 2008 | Prague Autumn Festival | Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek (conductor), Martin Helmchen (piano) | • Dvořák: Carnival overture, Op 93 (B 174) | • Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 33 (B 63) | • Martinů: Symphony No 6 ‘Fantaises Symphoniques’ (H 343) | Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.pragueautumn.cz
- 24 September 2008 | Prague Autumn Festival | Prague Chamber Orchestra, Ondřej Vrabec (horn) | • Rejcha (Reicha): Overture in C Major | • Jan Václav Stich (Giovanni Punto): Concerto for Horn and orchestra No 7 in E flat Major | • Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A Major ‘Italian’ | Grandhotel Pupp, Mírové náměstí 2, Karlovy Vary, 7.30pm, web site: www.pragueautumn.cz
- 24 September 2008 | Prague Autumn Festival | Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Benzi (conductor), Enrico Pace (piano) | • Glazunov: Stenka Razin | • Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini | • Stravinsky: Petrushka | Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.pragueautumn.cz
- 25 September 2008 | Prague Autumn Festival | Sinfonia Varsovia, Krzysztof Penderecki (conductor), Andrzej Bauer, Rafał Kwiatkowski & Bartosz Koziak (cello) | • Dvořák: Legends, Op 59 (B 122) | • Penderecki: Concerto Grosso for three cellos | • Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor ‘Scottish’ | Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.pragueautumn.cz
- 25, 26 & 28 (note 2 performances on 28) September 2008 | National Theatre Opera Orchestra, Chorus & Ballet, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) | • Smetana: The Bartered Bride | National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague, 7.00pm (2.00pm & 7.00pm on 28th), web site: www.narodni-divadlo.cz
- 26 September 2008 | Prague Autumn Festival | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Anissimov (conductor), Gábor Boldoczki (trumpet) | • Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, suite | • Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E Major | • Arutjunian: Trumpet Concerto in A-flat Major | • R Strauss: Don Juan | Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, web site: www.pragueautumn.cz
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France
- 7 September 2008 | Musique de chambre par les musiciens de L’orchestre de L’opéra national de Paris | • Mozart: String Quartet in C Major, K 465 ‘Dissonance’ | • Janáček: String Quartet No 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ | • Schoenberg: String Quartet No 2 in F sharp minor with soprano, Op 10 | Palais Garnier, Paris, 8.30pm, web site: www.operadeparis.fr
- 27 September 2008 | Quatuor Diotima, Garth Knox (viola d’amore) | • Janáček: String Quartet No 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ | • Garth Knox: ‘Réponses brûlées’ for viola d’amore | Amphithéâtre, Bastille Opera, Paris, 8.00pm, web site: www.operadeparis.fr
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Germany
- 7, 8 & 9 September 2008 | Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra, Markus Stenz (conductor), Ursula Maria Berg (violin) | • Mendelssohn: Overture ‘Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage’ | • Korngold: Violin Concerto, Op 35 | • Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration | Philharmonie, Cologne, 11.00am (8.00pm on 8th & 9th), web site: www.guerzenich-orchester.de
- 14 September 2008 | MDR Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl (conductor), Škampa Quartet | • Janáček: Suite from ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’ | • Martinů: Concerto for string quartet with orchestra (H 207) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 1 in C minor (B 9) ‘The Bells of Zlonice’ | Großer Saal, Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 7.30pm, web site: www.gewandhaus.de
- 27 September 2008 | Musicians from Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra | • Palestrina: 3 Ricercari from ‘Ricercari sopra li tuoni’ | • Janáček: String Quartet No 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ | • George Crumb: ‘Black Angels’ for Electric String Quartet | Podium of Philharmonie, Cologne, 3.00pm , web site: www.guerzenich-orchester.de
- 28 September 2008 | Gewandhaus Wind Quintet | • Rejcha (Reicha): Quintet in B flat, Op 88/5 | plus music by Samuel Barber, Karl Pilss & Theodor Blumer | Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 6.00pm, web site: www.gewandhaus.de
- 30 September 2008 | Orchester Jakopsplatz München, Daniel Grossmann (conductor) | • Henze: Der Idiot (for speaker & chamber orchestra) | • Schulhoff: Die Mondsüchtige (The Sleepwalker) | Hubert-Burda-Saal, Jüdisches Zentrum Jakobsplatz, Munich, 8.00pm, web site: www.orchester-jakobsplatz.org
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Netherlands
- 13 September 2008 | Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Claus Peter Flor (conductor), Martina Serafin (soprano), Lioba Braun (contralto), TBA (bass) | • Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op 58 (B 71) | Vredenburg, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, 8.15pm, web sites: www.radiofilharmonischorkest.nl & www.vredenburg.nl
- 26 September 2008 | Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (conductor), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) | • Smetana: Vltava, from Má vlast | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op104 (B 191) | • Kodály: Háry János Suite | Vredenburg, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, 8.15pm, web sites: www.radiofilharmonischorkest.nl & www.vredenburg.nl
- 28 September 2008 | Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (conductor), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op104 (B 191) | • Smetana: Vltava, from Má vlast | • Smetana: Šárka, from Má vlast | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 11.00am, web sites: www.radiofilharmonischorkest.nl & www.concertgebouw.nl
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Slovakia
- 27 September 2008 | Festival - Indian Summer in Levoča | stars of the Slovak National Opera and National Ballet | • ‘Metamorphoses’ — ballet and opera scenes from Monteverdi to Martinů | Theatre, Levoča, web site: www.lblfestival.eu/programme.htm
- 28 September 2008 | Festival - Indian Summer in Levoča | Ivo Kahánek (piano) | • Suchoň: Pieces from ‘Metamorphoses’ | • Martinů: Sonata (H 350) | • Schumann: Etudes Symphoniques | Congress Hall, Levoča, afternoon, web site: www.lblfestival.eu/programme.htm
- 28 September 2008 | Festival - Indian Summer in Levoča | Stamic Quartet, Ivo Kahánek (piano) | • Mendelssohn: String Quartet, Op 13 | • Suchoň: String Quartet, Op 2 | • Dvořák: Piano Quintet No 2 in A Major, Op 81 (B 162) | Congress Hall, Levoča, evening, web site: www.lblfestival.eu/programme.htm
- 30 September 2008 | Festival - Indian Summer in Levoča | Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Petronel Malan (piano)| • Suk: Serenade for string orchestra | • Liszt: ‘Malédiction’ for piano & string orchestra • Dvořák: Serenade in E Major for strings, Op 22 (B 52) | Congress Hall, Levoča, web site: www.lblfestival.eu/programme.htm
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Switzerland
- 18 September 2008 | l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gerd Albrecht (conductor), Boris Brovtsyn (violin) | • Dvořák: Othello Overture, Op 93 (B 174) | • Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53 (B 108) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 141 (B 141) | Victoria Hall, Geneva, 8.00pm, web site: www.osr.ch
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United States of America
- 12, 13 & 14 September 2008 | Houston Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graf (conductor), Jonathan Biss (piano) | • Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man | • Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman | • Schumann: Piano Concerto | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) ‘New World’ | Jones Hall, Houston, 8.00pm (2.30pm on 14th), web site: www.houstonsymphony.org
- 19 & 20 September 2008 | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Gautier Capuçon (cello), Paavo Järvi (conductor) | • Dvořák: Symphonic Variations, Op 78 (B 70) | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op104 (B 191) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88 (B 163) | Music Hall, Cincinnati, 11.00am (8.00pm on 20th), web site: www.cincinnatisymphony.org
- 25 September 2008 | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor), Kelley O’Connor (mezzo-soprano) | • Bernstein: Symphony No 1 ‘Jeremiah’ | • Mahler: Symphony No 1 ‘Titan’ | Music Center at Strathmore, Bethesda, 8.00pm, web site: www.bsomusic.org
- 25, 27 & 28 September 2008 | Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Boychoir, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Gerard Schwarz (conductor), soloists to include Jane Eaglen & Vinson Cole | • Mahler: Symphony No 8 in E-flat Major ‘Symphony of A Thousand’ | Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 7.30pm (8.00pm on 27th, 2.00pm on 28th), web site: www.seattlesymphony.org
- 26, 27 & 28 September 2008 | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor), Kelley O’Connor (mezzo-soprano) | • Bernstein: Symphony No 1 ‘Jeremiah’ | • Mahler: Symphony No 1 ‘Titan’ | Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, 8.00pm (3.00pm on 28th), web site: www.baltimoresymphony.org
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