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Season 2014-2015
23 Season 2014-2015 Wednesday, January 28, at 8:00 The Philadelphia Orchestra Friday, January 30, at 2:00 Saturday, January 31, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor at 8:00 Kirill Gerstein Piano Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 I. Allegro con brio II. Andante con moto III. Allegro— IV. Allegro Intermission Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegro Shostakovich/from Suite from The Gadfly, Op. 97a: arr. Atovmyan I. Overture: Moderato con moto III. People’s Holiday: [Allegro vivace] VII. Prelude: Andantino XI. Scene: Moderato This program runs approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes. The January 28 concert is sponsored by MEDCOMP. designates a work that is part of the 40/40 Project, which features pieces not performed on subscription concerts in at least 40 years. Philadelphia Orchestra concerts are broadcast on WRTI 90.1 FM on Sunday afternoons at 1 PM. Visit www.wrti.org to listen live or for more details. 24 Please join us immediately following the January 30 concert for a Chamber Postlude, featuring members of The Philadelphia Orchestra. Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 I. Allegro non troppo II. Scherzo: Allegro III. Andante IV. Finale: Allegro lomodo Mark Livshits Piano Kimberly Fisher Violin Kirsten Johnson Viola John Koen Cello 3 Story Title 25 The Philadelphia Orchestra Jessica Griffin The Philadelphia Orchestra is one of the preeminent orchestras in the world, renowned for its distinctive sound, desired for its keen ability to capture the hearts and imaginations of audiences, and admired for a legacy of imagination and innovation on and off the concert stage. -
20Th-Century Repertory
Mikrokosmos List 650. - 2 - October 2019 ....20TH-CENTURY REPERTORY 1 Absil: Clarinet Quartet/Pelemans, Willem: Clar Quartet/Cabus, Peter: Clar ZEPHYR Z 18 A 10 Quartet/Moscheles: Prelude et fugue - Belgian Clarinet Quartet (p.1982) S 2 Albrecht, Georg von: 2 Piano Sonatas; Prelude & Fugue; 3 Hymns; 5 Ostliche DA CAMERA SM 93141 A 8 Volkslieder - K.Lautner pno 1975 S 3 Alpaerts, Flor: James Ensor Suite/Mortelmans: In Memoriam/E.van der Eycken: DECCA 173019 A 8 Poeme, Refereynen - cond.Weemaels, Gras, Eycken S 4 Amelsvoort: 2 Elegies/Reger: Serenade/Krommer-Kramar: Partita EUROSOUND ES 46442 A 15 Op.71/Triebensee: Haydn Vars - Brabant Wind Ensemble 1979 S 5 Antoine, Georges: Pno Quartet Op.6; Vln Sonata Op.3 - French String Trio, MUSIQUE EN MW 19 A 8 Pludermacher pno (p.1975) S 6 Badings: Capriccio for Vln & 2 Sound Tracks; Genese; Evolutions/ Raaijmakers: EPIC LC. 3759 A 15 Contrasts (all electronic music) (gold label, US) 7 Baervoets: Vla Con/P.-B.Michel: Oscillonance (2 vlns, pno)/C.Schmit: Preludes for EMI A063 23989 A 8 Orch - Patigny vla, Pingen, Quatacker vln, cond.Defossez (p.1980) S 8 Baily, Jean: 3 Movements (hn, tpt, pf, string orch)/F.M.Fontaine: Concertino, DGG 100131 A 8 Fantasie symphonique (orch) - cond.Baily S 9 Balanchivadze: Pno Con 4 - Tcherkasov, USSR RTVSO, cond.Provatorov , (plain MELODIYA C10. 9671 A 25 Melodiya jacket) S 10 Banks, Don: Vln Con (Dommett, cond.P.Thomas)/ M.Williamson: The Display WORLD RECO S 5264 A 8 (cond.Hopkins) S 11 Bantock: Pierrot Ov/ Bridge: Summer, Hamlet, Suite for String Orch/ Butterworth: -
University Musical Society Oslo Philharmonic
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OSLO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA MARISS JANSONS Music Director and Conductor FRANK PETER ZIMMERMANN, Violinist Sunday Evening, November 17, 1991, at 8:00 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan PROGRAM Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64 . Mendelssohn Allegro molto appassionata Andante Allegretto non troppo, allegro molto vivace Frank Peter Zimmermann, Violinist INTERMISSION Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 ("Leningrad") ..... Shostakovich Allegretto Moderate Adagio, moderate risoluto Allegro non troppo CCC Norsk Hydro is proud to be the exclusive worldwide sponsor IfiBUt of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for the period 1990-93. The Oslo Philharmonic and Frank Peter Zimmermann are represented by Columbia Artists Management Inc., New York City. The Philharmonic records for EMl/Angel, Chandos, and Polygram. The box office in the outer lobby is open during intermission for tickets to upcoming Musical Society concerts. Twelfth Concert of the 113th Season 113th Annual Choral Union Series Program Notes Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 root tone G on its lowest note, the flute and FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) clarinets in pairs are entrusted with the gentle melody. On the opening G string, the solo uring his short life of 38 years, violin becomes the fundament of this delicate Mendelssohn dominated the passage. The two themes are worked out until musical world of Germany and their development reaches the cadenza, exercised the same influence in which Mendelssohn wrote out in full. The England for more than a gener cadenza, in turn, serves as a transition to the ationD after his death. The reason for this may reprise. -
Shostakovich (1906-1975)
RUSSIAN, SOVIET & POST-SOVIET SYMPHONIES A Discography of CDs and LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Born in St. Petersburg. He entered the Petrograd Conservatory at age 13 and studied piano with Leonid Nikolayev and composition with Maximilian Steinberg. His graduation piece, the Symphony No. 1, gave him immediate fame and from there he went on to become the greatest composer during the Soviet Era of Russian history despite serious problems with the political and cultural authorities. He also concertized as a pianist and taught at the Moscow Conservatory. He was a prolific composer whose compositions covered almost all genres from operas, ballets and film scores to works for solo instruments and voice. Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 (1923-5) Yuri Ahronovich/Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes) MELODIYA SM 02581-2/MELODIYA ANGEL SR-40192 (1972) (LP) Karel Ancerl/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) SUPRAPHON ANCERL EDITION SU 36992 (2005) (original LP release: SUPRAPHON SUAST 50576) (1964) Vladimir Ashkenazy/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, Festive Overture, October, The Song of the Forest, 5 Fragments, Funeral-Triumphal Prelude, Novorossiisk Chimes: Excerpts and Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a) DECCA 4758748-2 (12 CDs) (2007) (original CD release: DECCA 425609-2) (1990) Rudolf Barshai/Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1994) ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 6324 (11 CDs) (2003) Rudolf Barshai/Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. -
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London Symphony Orchestra Living Music Sunday 5 February 2017 7pm Barbican Hall LSO ARTIST PORTRAIT: JANINE JANSEN Sibelius The Oceanides Bernstein Serenade INTERVAL Nielsen Symphony No 4 London’s Symphony Orchestra (‘The Inextinguishable’) Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Janine Jansen violin Concert finishes approx 8.55pm Filmed and broadcast live by Mezzo 2 Welcome 5 February 2017 Welcome Living Music Kathryn McDowell In Brief Welcome to tonight’s LSO concert at the Barbican, LSO 2017/18 SEASON NOW ON SALE which marks the start of this season’s Artist Portrait series, focusing on violin soloist Janine Jansen. The LSO’s inaugural season with Sir Simon Rattle as Music Director is now on sale. Beginning with a ten- The LSO has performed with Janine Jansen regularly day celebration to welcome him in September, the for many years all over the world, and she is a season features concerts to mark 100 years since favourite with our audiences and with the musicians the birth of Bernstein and 100 years since the death of the Orchestra. Across three concerts we will of Debussy, world premieres from British composers, hear her perform a wide range of repertoire, from the beginning of a Shostakovich symphonies cycle, Bernstein’s Serenade tonight to Brahms’ Violin and a performance of Stockhausen’s Gruppen in the Concerto in March, and finally the Berg Violin Concerto Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. in April, showing the many different sides of her celebrated artistry. alwaysmoving.lso.co.uk This evening’s programme is conducted by another good friend of the LSO, Sir Antonio Pappano. -
Biografie Shlomo Mintz & Sander Sittig
Critici, colleghi e pubblico sono concordi nel considerare Shlomo Mintz uno dei maggiori violinisti del nostro tempo, stimato per la sua impeccabile musicalità, versatilità stilistica e padronanza tecnica. Nato a Mosca nel 1957, due anni dopo è emigrato con la famiglia in Israele dove ha iniziato a studiare con Ilona Feher. A undici anni ha debuttato con la Israel Philharmonic Orchestra e a sedici anni ha debuttato alla Carnegie Hall di New York con la Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, suo mentore fu il grande violinista Isaac Stern. Ha poi continuato gli studi con Dorothy DeLay alla Julliard School of Music di New York. Ha collaborato con direttori storici come Sergiu Celibidache, Pablo Casals, Eugene Ormandy, Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Mistislav Rosptropovich, Carlo Maria Giulini e continua a collaborare con le orchestre più celebri e i direttori più noti della scena internazionale. Ha vinto numerosi premi di prestigio, quali il Premio Accademia Musicale Chigiana di Siena, il Diapason d’Or, il Grand Prix du Disque, il Gramophone Award e l’Edison Award. Nel 2006 ha ricevuto la laurea honoris causa dall’Università Ben –Gurion di Beersheba. Oltre ad essere violinista e violista Shlomo Mintz ha aggiunto al suo curriculum artistico il ruolo di direttore d’orchestra dirigendo le più importanti orchestre internazionali. Ha fatto parte della giuria di importanti concorsi internazionali di violino, come il Tchaikovsky di Mosca e il Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition di Bruxelles. Sander Sittig, nato a Rotterdam nel 1961, ha studiato al Conservatorio di Amsterdam con Jan Wijn e dopo il diploma ha continuato con Naum Grubert, Willem Brons, Eugene Indjic. -
Brahms Clarinet Quintet & Trio 6 Songs
martin fröst brahms clarinet quintet & trio 6 songs janine jansen boris brovtsyn maxim rysanov torleif thedéen boris brovtsyn | martin fröst | janine jansen | maxim rysanov | torleif thedéen roland pöntinen BIS-2063 BIS-2063_f-b.indd 1 2014-02-24 14.39 BRAHMS, Johannes (1833–97) Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 37'46 1 I. Allegro 12'37 2 II. Adagio – Più lento 11'08 3 III. Andantino – Presto non assai, ma con sentimento 4'34 4 IV. Con moto 9'05 Janine Jansen & Boris Brovtsyn violins Maxim Rysanov viola · Torleif Thedéen cello Six Songs, transcribed by Martin Fröst for clarinet and piano 5 Die Mainacht, Op. 43 No. 2 3'32 6 Mädchenlied, Op. 107 No. 5 1'31 7 Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105 No. 2 3'12 8 Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105 No. 1 2'09 9 Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84 No. 4 1'31 10 Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2 3'22 Roland Pöntinen piano 2 Trio in A minor for Clarinet, Piano and Cello 24'33 Op. 114 11 I. Allegro 7'48 12 II. Adagio 7'39 13 III. Andantino grazioso 4'24 14 IV. Allegro 4'25 Roland Pöntinen piano · Torleif Thedéen cello TT: 78'55 Martin Fröst clarinet 3 n the same way that the world owes Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, Trio and Quintet to the virtuosity of Anton Stadler, and Weber’s clarinet works to IHeinrich Baermann, so the creation of Brahms’s last four chamber works was sparked by the artistry of Richard Mühlfeld (1856–1907), the principal clarinettist of the Meiningen Orchestra. -
Soviet Censorship Policy from a Musician's Perspective
The View from an Open Window: Soviet Censorship Policy from a Musician’s Perspective By Danica Wong David Brodbeck, Ph.D. Departments of Music and European Studies Jayne Lewis, Ph.D. Department of English A Thesis Submitted in Partial Completion of the Certification Requirements for the Honors Program of the School of Humanities University of California, Irvine 24 May 2019 i Table of Contents Acknowledgments ii Abstract iii Introduction 1 The Music of Dmitri Shostakovich 9 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District 10 The Fifth Symphony 17 The Music of Sergei Prokofiev 23 Alexander Nevsky 24 Zdravitsa 30 Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and The Crisis of 1948 35 Vano Muradeli and The Great Fellowship 35 The Zhdanov Affair 38 Conclusion 41 Bibliography 44 ii Acknowledgements While this world has been marked across time by the silenced and the silencers, there have always been and continue to be the supporters who work to help others achieve their dreams and communicate what they believe to be vital in their own lives. I am fortunate enough have a background and live in a place where my voice can be heard without much opposition, but this thesis could not have been completed without the immeasurable support I received from a variety of individuals and groups. First, I must extend my utmost gratitude to my primary advisor, Dr. David Brodbeck. I did not think that I would be able to find a humanities faculty member so in tune with both history and music, but to my great surprise and delight, I found the perfect advisor for my project. -
The Magic Flute Programme
Programme Notes September 4th, Market Place Theatre, Armagh September 6th, Strule Arts Centre, Omagh September 10th & 11th, Lyric Theatre, Belfast September 13th, Millennium Forum, Derry-Londonderry 1 Welcome to this evening’s performance Brendan Collins, Richard Shaffrey, Sinéad of The Magic Flute in association with O’Kelly, Sarah Richmond, Laura Murphy Nevill Holt Opera - our first ever Mozart and Lynsey Curtin - as well as an all-Irish production, and one of the most popular chorus. The showcasing and development operas ever written. of local talent is of paramount importance Open to the world since 1830 to us, and we are enormously grateful for The Magic Flute is the first production of the support of the Arts Council of Northern Austins Department Store, our 2014-15 season to be performed Ireland which allows us to continue this The Diamond, in Northern Ireland. As with previous important work. The well-publicised Derry / Londonderry, seasons we have tried to put together financial pressures on arts organisations in Northern Ireland an interesting mix of operas ranging Northern Ireland show no sign of abating BT48 6HR from the 18th century to the 21st, and however, and the importance of individual combining the very well known with the philanthropic support and corporate Tel: +44 (0)28 7126 1817 less frequently performed. Later this year sponsorship has never been greater. I our co-production (with Opera Theatre would encourage everyone who enjoys www.austinsstore.com Company) of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore seeing regular opera in Northern Ireland will tour the Republic of Ireland, following staged with flair and using the best local its successful tour of Northern Ireland operatic talent to consider supporting us last year. -
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MARLBORO MUSIC 60th AnniversAry reflections on MA rlboro Music 85316_Watkins.indd 1 6/24/11 12:45 PM 60th ANNIVERSARY 2011 MARLBORO MUSIC Richard Goode & Mitsuko Uchida, Artistic Directors 85316_Watkins.indd 2 6/23/11 10:24 AM 60th AnniversA ry 2011 MARLBORO MUSIC richard Goode & Mitsuko uchida, Artistic Directors 85316_Watkins.indd 3 6/23/11 9:48 AM On a VermOnt HilltOp, a Dream is BOrn Audience outside Dining Hall, 1950s. It was his dream to create a summer musical community where artists—the established and the aspiring— could come together, away from the pressures of their normal professional lives, to exchange ideas, explore iolinist Adolf Busch, who had a thriving music together, and share meals and life experiences as career in Europe as a soloist and chamber music a large musical family. Busch died the following year, Vartist, was one of the few non-Jewish musicians but Serkin, who served as Artistic Director and guiding who spoke out against Hitler. He had left his native spirit until his death in 1991, realized that dream and Germany for Switzerland in 1927, and later, with the created the standards, structure, and environment that outbreak of World War II, moved to the United States. remain his legacy. He eventually settled in Vermont where, together with his son-in-law Rudolf Serkin, his brother Herman Marlboro continues to thrive under the leadership Busch, and the great French flutist Marcel Moyse— of Mitsuko Uchida and Richard Goode, Co-Artistic and Moyse’s son Louis, and daughter-in-law Blanche— Directors for the last 12 years, remaining true to Busch founded the Marlboro Music School & Festival its core ideals while incorporating their fresh ideas in 1951. -
Orchestre Philharmonique De L'oural Dmitri Liss
Johannes Brahms Boris Berezovsky piano Orchestre Philharmonique de l’Oural Dmitri Liss direction 2 Concerto pour piano et orchestre n°2 en si bémol majeur opus 83 1- Allegro non troppo 15’52 2- Allegro appassionato 8’08 3- Andante 9’53 4- Allegretto grazioso 8’00 5- Variations sur un thème de Paganini opus 35 (2e partie) 9’07 Thème. Non Troppo presto (la mineur) Variation I. (la mineur) Variation II. Poco animato (la mineur) Variation III. Piano et leggiero (la mineur) Variation IV. Poco allegretto (la majeur) Variation V. Dolce (la mineur) Variation VI. Poco più vivace (la mineur) Variation VII. Leggiero e ben marcato (la mineur) Variation VIII. Allegro (la mineur) Variation IX. (la mineur) Variation X. Feroce, energico (la mineur) Variation XI. Vivace (la mineur) Variation XII. Poco andante (la majeur) Variation XIII. Un poco più andante (la mineur) Variation XIV. Presto, ma non troppo (la mineur) 6- Danse hongroise n°1 en sol mineur 2’53 7- Danse hongroise n°2 en ré mineur 2’43 8- Danse hongroise n°4 en fa mineur 4’25 durée: 61’ 3 Un soleil au crépuscule Au moment de la composition de ce second concerto, En 1881, au moment où Brahms finit la composition de la pensée pianistique du compositeur a déjà comme son second concerto pour piano, le genre a déjà vécu ses exemples les accords massifs des Ballades op. 10, la solidité heures de gloire et ne semble plus vraiment à la mode. des 51 exercices, les structures monumentales des trois Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann et Liszt – les héros de la sonates, l’imagination des Rhapsodies op. -
The Man Who Found the Nose'
SPECIAL INTERVIEW The Man who found The Nose’ An Interview with Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky By Alan Mercer Born in Moscow on 4 May 1931, (1974-1977 and 1992-1995), and Rozhdestvensky grew up with his the Vienna Symphony (1980-1982). spritely 85 years of age at conductor father Nikolai Anosov Also in the 1970s, Rozhdestvensky the time of our encounter at (1900-1962) and his singer mother worked as music director and con the Paris-based Shostakovich Natalia Rozhdestvenskaya (1900- ductor of the Moscow Chamber ACentre, Gennady Rozhdestvensky’s1997). After graduating from the Music Theatre, where together with demeanour has barely changed from Central Music School at the Mos director Boris Pokrovsky he revived that of the 1960s, when Western con- cow Conservatory as a pianist in Shostakovich’s 1920s opera The Nose. cert-goers were first treated to his the class of L.N. Oborin, he began Rozhdestvensky has focused individualistic podium style, not to studying what was to become his much of his career on music of mention his highly affable manner career vocation under the guidance the twentieth century, including with audiences and orchestras alike. of his father. In 1951, he trained at premieres of works by Shchedrin, As one of the few remaining artists the Bolshoi Theatre, and went on to Slonimsky, Eshpai, Tishchenko, to have worked closely with the 20th work at the famous venue at vari Kancheli, Schnittke, Gubaidulina, century’s music elite—Shostakovich ous periods between 1951 and 2001, and Denisov. included—the conductor’s career is when he became the establishment’s Prior to our conversation, the imbibed with both the traditions General Artistic Director.