Happy listening - We have added the following music for your enjoyment to the playlist this week. We have modern chamber music from Naxos, some lesser known composers we want to introduce you to, and Weiss lute sonatas. These and many other selections this week. Any of these discs or mp3 downloa...
Part of the San Francisco Symphony’s centennial celebration, American Mavericks kicked off on March 8 in San Francisco, where Denk performed works by Henry Cowell, including the composer’s Piano Concerto, which was recorded for release by the orchestra’s SFS Media label. Denk will also parti...
PARMA Recordings announces 2012 PARMA Student Composer Competition (Portsmouth NH) - PARMA Recordings is pleased to announce the inaugural PARMA Student Composer Competition, the first in a series of annual competitions for student composers. The official Call For Scores will be dis...
Ebène Quartet Is Named NPR “Best of 2011” and Returns to North America for Nine-City Tour in March “France’s Ebène Quartet has fast become one of the hottest chamber groups in the world, with excellent reason: The youthful group’s warmth, vitality, deep curiosity and musical int...
Leif Ove Andsnes Returns to US in January for Beethoven Concertos with Boston Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra, and Eight-City Recital Tour Feb 8 – 19 Continuing his multi-season “Beethoven Journey,” the celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes returns to the US early in the New Y...
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES GRAND OPENING OF GREEN MUSIC CENTER ON SEPTEMBER 29 AND 30, 2012 INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PIANIST LANG LANG OPENS WEILL HALL IN OPENING NIGHT RECITAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 SANTA ROSA SYMPHONY AND MUSIC DIRECTOR BRUNO FERRANDIS PRESENT INAUGUR...
Artists and producers from Naxos and its distributed labels were honoured with five Grammy Awards at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards from Los Angeles. Composer Robert Aldridge and librettist Herschel Garfein's opera Elmer Gantry won Best Contemporary Classical Composition. This Naxos recording wit...
Happy listening - we have the Lord of the Rings symphony, 2 Sibelius symphonies, Panufnik compositions, a box set of Simon Rattle conducting Berg and Schoenberg and much more this week. Any of these discs can be purchased on Amazon, with proceeds going directly to support the music. New Musi...
Happy listening - we have a box set of Oriental inspired music, post-war Russian violin concertos masterpieces historical recordings featuring Cziffra, Perlman, Rattle. Many other selections this week. Any of these discs can be purchased on Amazon, with proceeds going directly to support the musi...
Contact: Michael Bishop michael.bishop@iop.org 01-179-301-032 Institute of Physics Physics strikes the right note with classical musicians The combination of physics and music might usually prompt images of Brian Cox playing keyboards for D:Ream, but a new trio, consisting of a professor of physi...
Happy listening - we have Ivan Fischer conducting Schubert, some tangos for you dancers out there and a few soundtracks. Many other selections this week. Any of these discs can be purchased on Amazon, with proceeds going directly to support the music. New Music Adds This Week Schu...
Happy listening - we have ballet music, and a LOT of keyboard: Martha Argerich and Friends live from the Lugano Festival, Vassily Primakov, Murray Perehia and many other selections this week. Any of these discs can be purchased on Amazon, with proceeds going directly to support the music. ...
Happy listening - we have Gypsy music, the crossover sensation 2 Cellos, some Johann Strauss, and many other selections this week. Any of these discs can be purchased on Amazon, with proceeds going directly to support the music. New Music Adds This Week Russian Gypsy Soul: Fiery Gy...
Jeremy Denk Headlines “Ives Project,” Makes Chicago Symphony Debut, Returns to Carnegie Hall, and More “Denk, clearly, is a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs, in whatever combination — both for his penetrating intellectual engagement with the music and f...
Alexander Melnikov North American Tour November 6 - 18, 2011 The Moscow-born pianist Alexander Melnikov will perform Dmitri Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87—a work rarely played in its entirety—at only two dates on this tour: November 12 at his San Francisco debut and in Middleb...
Leif Ove Andsnes 2011-12 schedule (North American dates in bold) Sep 6, 8, & 9 Hanover, Germany NDR Radiophilharmonie/Eivind Gullberg Jensen Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 Sep 13, 16, 17 Tokyo, Japan NHK Symphony Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 ...
Guitar Frets: Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear By ERIC FELTEN Federal agents swooped in on Gibson Guitar Wednesday, raiding factories and offices in Memphis and Nashville, seizing several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. The Feds are keeping mum, but in a statement...
The Elusive Maestro Why the process of finding a new conductor makes music lovers weep. By Jan Swafford Posted Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at 11:20 AM ET When the Boston Symphony announced in 2001 that James Levine would be taking over the orchestra in 2004, there was a mighty outpouring of "hmmmm" ...
Leif Ove Andsnes: upcoming engagements October 30 London, UK London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 Nov 1-7 European tour with London Philharmonic / Vladimir Jurowski Brahms: Piano Conce...
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Dec 1 Berlin, Germany Benefizkonzert der Klassik Stars Philharmonie, Kammermusiksaal
Dec 5 Vienna, Austria “Wann darf ich klatschen?” Schubert Saal – Wiener Konzerthaus
Dec 10 New York, NY Telemann: Concerto in A minor for recorder, two violins, and continuo Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K 90 Matteis: Diverse bizzarie sopra la Veccia, Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522 von Westhoff: Sonatas for violin and basso continuo: Imitazione delle campane von Westhoff: Sonata “La Guerra” in A major: La guerra così niminata du sua maestà von Westhoff: Sonatas for violin and basso continuo, No. 3: Imitazione del liuto Vivaldi: Sonata in D minor for two violins and continuo “La Folia,” RV 63 Falconieri: Ciaccona Alice Tully Hall
Dec 11 New York, NY Recital Wu Han, piano Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2 Messiaen: Thème et variations Franck: Violin Sonata in A major Washington Irving High School
Dec 12 New York, NY Telemann: Concerto in A minor for recorder, two violins, and continuo Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K 90 Matteis: Diverse bizzarie sopra la Veccia, Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522 von Westhoff: Sonatas for violin and basso continuo: Imitazione delle campane von Westhoff: Sonata “La Guerra” in A major: La guerra così niminata du sua maestà von Westhoff: Sonatas for violin and basso continuo, No. 3: Imitazione del liuto Vivaldi: Sonata in D minor for two violins and continuo “La Folia,” RV 63 Falconieri: Ciaccona Alice Tully Hall
Dec 28 New York, NY New York String Orchestra / Jaime Laredo Brahms: Double Concerto Carnegie Hall
Jan 23 Lucerne, Switzerland Concert: Program TBA Festival Strings Lucerne
Jan 27 Glasgow, Scotland BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov Bach: Concerto for violin in A minor, BWV 1041 City Halls
Jan 28 Aberdeen, Scotland BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov Bach: Concerto for violin in A minor, BWV 1041 The Music Hall
Feb 5 & 7 Amsterdam, Netherlands Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkestra / Marc Albrecht Berg Violin Concerto Het Concertgebouw
Feb 10 San Francisco, CA Recital Jeffrey Kahane, piano Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2 Messiaen: Thème et variations Franck: Violin Sonata in A major Herbst Theatre
Feb 11 Los Angeles, CA Recital Jeffrey Kahane, piano Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2 Messiaen: Thème et variations Franck: Violin Sonata in A major Royce Hall
Feb 14 Napa, CA Recital Jeffrey Kahane, piano Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2 Messiaen: Thème et variations Franck: Violin Sonata in A major First United Methodist Church Napa
Feb 15 Vancouver, BC Recital Jeffrey Kahane, piano Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2 Messiaen: Thème et variations Franck: Violin Sonata in A major Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC
Feb 18 Orono, ME Recital Jeffrey Kahane, piano Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2 Messiaen: Thème et variations Franck: Violin Sonata in A major Collins Center for the Arts
Feb 20 Purchase, NY Recital Jeffrey Kahane, piano Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2 Messiaen: Thème et variations Franck: Violin Sonata in A major SUNY Recital Hall
Feb 25 Bremen, Germany Recital: “Hommage à Joseph Joachim” Brahms: Scherzo from the “FAE” Sonata Clara Schumann: Romanze Op. 22, No. 1 Beethoven: Sonate for violin and piano in A major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer” Mendelssohn: Two lieder (“Auf Flügeln des Gesanges” & “Hexenlied”) Joachim: Romanze Op. 2, No. 1 Brahms: Violin Sonata No 1 in G major, Op. 78 Brahms: Hungarian Dances (selection) Die Glocke
Feb 27 Vienna, Austria “Wann darf ich klatschen?” Schubert Saal – Wiener Konzerthaus
March 3 London, UK Recital Sebastian Knauer, piano LSO St. Luke’s
March 4 Léon, Spain Recital Sebastian Knauer, piano
March 18 Brussels, Belgium Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Le Palais des Beaux-Arts
March 19 Ostende, Belgium Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Kursaal Oostende
March 20 Brussels, Belgium Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Le Palais des Beaux-Arts
March 24 – April 5 Savannah, GA Savannah Music Festival
April 9 Dresden, Germany Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden
April 10 Erlangen, Germany Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Heinrich-Lades-Halle
April 11 Stuttgart, Germany Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle
April 12 Düsseldorf, Germany Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Tonhalle Düsseldorf
April 13 Hamburg, Germany Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Laeiszhalle Hamburg
April 26 Zürich, Switzerland Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
April 27 St. Gallen, Switzerland Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Tonhalle
April 28 Basel, Switzerland Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Casino Basel
April 29 Geneva, Switzerland Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Victoria Hall
May 3 Berlin, Germany Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor Ravi Shankar: Improvisation Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings) Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie
May 5 Hildesheim, Germany Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor Ravi Shankar: Improvisation Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings) Stadttheater Hildesheim
May 6 Hamm, Germany Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor Ravi Shankar: Improvisation Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings) Kurhaus Bad Hamm
May 8 Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor Ravi Shankar: Improvisation Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings) Liederhalle, Hegelsaal
May 9 Tübingen, Germany Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor Ravi Shankar: Improvisation Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings) Festaal der Neuen Aula der Universität
May 12 Paris, France Orchestre National de France / James Conlon Britten: Violin Concerto El Khoury: Unfinished Journey Théatre des Champs-Elysées
May 13 Vienna, Austria Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor Mozart: Adagio for violin and orchestra Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings) Musikverein
May 15 Vienna, Austria “Wann darf ich klatschen?” Schubert Saal – Wiener Konzerthaus
May 22 Hohenems, Austria Recital Sebastian Knauer, piano
May 31 London, UK Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 64 (original version) Royal Festival Hall |
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