Marin Alsop appointed Principal Conductor of Bournemouth Symphony In a move which has generated huge News media interest, the Bournemouth Intermusica Symphony Orchestra have announced News their appointment of MARIN ALSOP as their new Principal Conductor, Issue No.8 effective from the 2002/3 season. October 2001 The first woman ever to be appointed to head a UK she makes her debut with the Chicago Symphony orchestra, Alsop’s contract runs for an initial period of 4 Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival; this Autumn she years. She will conduct 12 weeks per season, to include returns to Dallas, Detroit, National Symphony in concerts in the south and south west of England, Washington and New World Symphony in Florida, as PASSIONATE national and international tours and recordings. She well as to Indianapolis, Baltimore and to the Minnesota returns to the Bournemouth Symphony for two weeks Orchestra later in the season. She also conducts the ABOUT MUSIC, this season as Principal Conductor Designate, for New Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo - her first visit to programmes including Hindemith, Stravinsky and Japan since touring with Leonard Bernstein shortly INSPIRED BY Bartók. She was recently nominated for a Brit Award before he died. Her European guesting schedule is also for the first in her best-selling Barber symphonic cycle extensive: Hamburg Philharmonic, Komische Oper CREATIVITY, for Naxos with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Berlin, Dutch Radio, Helsinki Philharmonic, and concerts (of which she remains Principal Guest until the in London with the BBC Symphony, the London COMMITTED TO commencement of her Bournemouth contract), and will Philharmonic at the Royal Festival Hall, and with the continue to record in her new position in London Symphony at the Barbican in a special Walton PARTNERSHIP Bournemouth. Centenary Concert. Marin Alsop continues to be in great demand for guest www.intermusica.co.uk/alsop.html conducting engagements. Next Summer Intermusica EXCLUSIVE TOURING AGREEMENT WITH ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC One of Europe's leading Gergiev which visits London’s orchestras, the Rotterdam Barbican Centre, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, has Konzerthaus, Toulouse and joined Intermusica as Antwerp. Future plans include exclusive worldwide touring a return visit to the Proms, partners. The first fruit of this Spanish festivals, Rome and relationship is a short North America including a European tour at the end of major concert at October with the Orchestra's Carnegie Hall. Principal Conductor Valery www.intermusica.co.uk/tours.html NEW SIGNINGS . NEW SIGNINGS . NEW SIGNINGS . NEW SIGNINGS . We are delighted to welcome two conductors to our roster: THIERRY FISCHER, the new Principal Conductor/ Artistic Advisor of the Ulster Orchestra, and SIMON HALSEY, the newly-appointed Chief Conductor of the Berlin Radio Choir and Chorus Director to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. More inside… Conductor Skrowaczewski completes Man Thierry Bruckner CD cycle Fischer joins from the Intermusica Marlboro The indefatigable Stanislaw Skrowaczewski recently completed a life-time Since our last issue we have taken ambition to record all 11 symphonies by Bruckner with the same orchestra. Country over world management of the Skrowaczewski is recognised as one of the great authorities on Bruckner, and his Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer, who interpretations can be heard on the Arte Nova label with the Saarlændischer Richard Goode spent his launched his first season as Principal Rundfunk Orchester where he is Principal Guest Conductor. Much critical praise summer at the Marlboro Music Festival, Conductor/ Artistic Advisor of the has been heaped on his illuminating interpretations, and a great deal of interest of which he is Co-Artistic Director with Ulster Orchestra on 28 September shown by several prestigious European publications in his life-long affinity with Mitsuko Uchida, before heading off to in the Waterfront Hall, Belfast, with a Bruckner. Deeply affected by hearing a recording of a Bruckner symphony as a Tanglewood where he performed programme including Mendelssohn young child, Skrowaczewski admits to becoming obsessed by the deep Mozart’s Piano Concerto K503 with Symphony no.2 “Lobgesang” and a psychological meaning he finds in Bruckner’s music. Bernard Haitink and the Boston new work by the talented young Symphony Orchestra.This season Of his Bruckner 9 recording, Gramophone Magazine said, “the enormous care local composer Deidre Gribbin. In Goode will make two major visits to Skrowaczewski has clearly taken over the preparation of the performance results in mid-October they take both works Europe, where his solo recitals will orchestral playing of a quality and articulacy which ensembles far more famous that on tour to New York (Harlem Town include London,Vienna, Berlin, the Saarbrücken RSO would be proud to own.” Beyond affirming that Hall), to form the centrepiece of a Amsterdam, Brussels and Lisbon. He “Skrowaczewski has things to tell us about this symphony which every Brucknarian major new festival “UK with NY”. will also perform Mozart piano ought to hear”, the BBC Music Magazine declares, “there’s something special about This will bring together in concert concertos with Ingo Metzmacher and Skrowaczewski’s performance.The phrasing is wonderful, not just in the long spans, and in educational work the the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, but in the tiny expressive details – it can be gritty, even ascerbic, but there are times communities in Belfast and Harlem - a at the Halle Orchestra with Stanislaw when it speaks from somewhere very deep indeed” project whose significance will surely Skrowaczewski and with the be heightened by the recent tragic Beyond a busy conducting schedule which sees him appearing with major Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and events. A tour to Prague and the ensembles on both sides of the Atlantic as well as annual trips to Japan to Mikko Franck, as well as a tour of major second recording in a French series conduct both the NHK Symphony and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, German cities with the Academy of St for Hyperion Records complement Skrowaczewski continues to be an active and award-winning composer. Martin's and Sir Neville Marriner. an ongoing Mendelssohn cycle in the www.intermusica.co.uk/skrowaczewski.html www.intermusica.co.uk/goode.html Belfast subscription concerts. Forthcoming guest engagements include the Australian Chamber, Kanazawa Ensemble in Japan (who immediately re-invited him after his CHILINGIRIAN QUARTET – debut earlier this Summer), NDR Claus Peter Flor Hannover, Netherlands Radio UNUSUAL COLLABORATIONS Chamber, Hallé Orchestra, BBC on the move Symphony, BBC National Orchestra Following the huge success of their Milhaud Quartets nos 13 & 14 – of Wales, and 5 weeks with the collaboration with the vocal group separately, as individual works, and Since his recent Figaro at La Northern Sinfonia.The Classical and Anonymous 4 last season, the together, as an octet! Monnaie, Flor has appeared with the early Romantic repertoire is a Chilingirian tour Sweden and visit the Orchestre National du Capitole de particular strength of Fischer’s – a Bremen Musikfest again with The Quartet has also embarked upon Toulouse (where he will also a new project with percussionist Pedro legacy of his days as Principal Flute Anonymous 4 in an extraordinary conduct Figaro next season), hopped Carneiro, and took a fascinating of the Chamber Orchestra of programme which ranges from a over to Montreal for one of his Medieval mass through to the work programme of works by Europe. However he is also greatly regular appearances with the written specially for the octet by John contemporary Portuguese composers in demand for his interpretations of Montreal Symphony, and made contemporary scores and major Tavener and premiered last season at to the Coimbra Festival in Portugal this several appearances with the NDR works of the 20th century; he had the South Bank Centre Tavener festival, Summer.They collaborate again in rave reviews for his appearance in The Bridegroom. November at the newly-opened Symphony in Hamburg, Bucharest Berlin last year with Ensemble OCEAN venue in London, as part of a and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. His Modern, and will conduct at the Just prior to this the Quartet joined celebration of Portuguese music, also regular visits to Holland included the Ultima Festival of contemporary forces with the Brodsky Quartet at the featuring stars from the jazz and rock Dutch Radio Philharmonic, music in Oslo for the first time this Beethovenfest Bonn to play fields. Rotterdam Philharmonic and a year. www.intermusica.co.uk/chilingirian.html return to the Royal Concertgebouw www.intermusica.co.uk/fischer.html Orchestra for a programme featuring Brahms 3.This Autumn he Varga debuts in US spends several weeks in Spain and Conductor Gilbert Varga is beginning his both the Minnesota Orchestra and St Italy, including Genova and Trieste, 4th season as Music Director of the Paul Chamber Orchestra in the US. returns to Dallas where he is Euskadi Symphony Orchestra (Basque Principal Guest Conductor for the National Orchestra) in San Sebastian. Varga is renowned for his superb Szymanowski Stabat Mater and Varga shares the post with co-Music technique and beautifully crafted and Director Christian Mandeal. Each season eclectic programming, no doubt shaped Mozart Requiem, and conducts Varga continues to find himself much in by his periods of study with Franco Beethoven 9 at the Vienna demand in both Europe and North Ferrara,