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Published: 14 May 2013
Thierry Fischer finishes his Utah season on a high with acclaimed performances of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique: “…This was a vibrant reading that brought a freshness to this well known music and made it come alive.” (Reichel Recommends, April 2013).He returns to Europe this month to conduct the Orchestre National de Bordeaux with soloist and Intermusica artist Renaud Capuçon for three more performances of Symphonie Fantastique, along with...
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Published: 13 May 2013
Following his triumph in Berlin in March with Götterdamerung, the culmination of his Wagner opera cycle, Marek Janowski will conduct an all-Wagner programme in May with the WDR Koln as a further celebration of the Wagner 200th anniversary year. The concerts will take place in Koln on 25 May and in Saarbrucken on 26 May.
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Published: 13 May 2013
Jun Märkl returns to Spain and to the Orquesta da Euskadi this month for a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No.6 on 25 May, having made his debut with the Madrid RTVE Symphony Orchestra on 10 May with a programme of French music.
He also makes his second visit this season to the Helsinki Philharmonic for a performance of music by Liszt, Strauss and Chopin with Intermusica artist Ingrid Fliter. At the end of the month he goes into the studio...
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Published: 12 May 2013
Leo Hussain conducts Mark-Antony Turnage’s Greek at the Salzburg Landestheater, in a production directed by Andreas Gergen. The role of Eddie is sung by Intermusica baritone John Chest, who makes both his role and house debut in this performance. The cast also includes Erin Snell, Frances Pappas, and Stephen Bronk. The opera is a modern take on the ancient Oedipus story, relocated to London in the 1980s. The production opens on 26 May with...
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Published: 12 May 2013
Richard Egaar makes his debut with two orchestras this month, first conducting Mozart’s Requiem with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia in their prestigious annual Mozart festival in La Coruña on 9 May. He will then conduct the Requiem with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on 25 and 27 May. Meanwhile, he also begins rehearsals with the Netherlands Opera Academy for their upcoming production of Mozart’s Le nozze di...
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Published: 11 May 2013
At the end of May, Colin Currie tours the UK and Europe with the Britten Sinfonia and conductor Clark Rundell, presenting a programme of works by Nico Muhly and John Adams. At St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, Currie gives the UK premiere of Muhly’s double percussion concerto Double Standard with Alexandre Esperet, winner of the 2012 TROMP percussion competition. They then perform at the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge. Currie also enjoys the...
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Published: 09 May 2013
Martyn Brabbins conducts Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at Grange Park Opera in a new production by Stephen Barlow, with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in the pit and a cast headed by Susan Gritton and Intermusica’s Brett Polegato. The first performance will be on 23 May and the production will run throughout June, until the final night on 11 July. Although known by many primarily for his insightful interpretations of contemporary scores and...
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Published: 08 May 2013
On 25 April 2013, Brett Dean’s cantata for bass-baritone, chorus and orchestra, The Last Days of Socrates, received its world premiere performance at the Berlin Philharmonie. Simon Rattle conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker, with Sir John Tomlinson as soloist.The premiere performance was met with high critical acclaim:“Ein paar Nummern größer ist nun “The Last Days of Socrates” gewachsen, Brett Deans neuester Streich: ein riesenhaftes...
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Published: 07 May 2013
After her performances in April with Giancarlo Guerrero and the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra and then the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Argentinean pianist Ingrid Fliter performs Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 Op.21 in two concerts with Jun Märkl and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. The performances take place in Helsinki on 14 and 16 May.The two artists will meet again in June to record Chopin’s two Piano Concertos for...
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Published: 07 May 2013
Following his highly successful concerts in San Francisco and at Carnegie Hall in April, Jonathan Biss returns to Europe in May to perform a range of concerts and repertoire.After a series of three concerts with the Orchestre National de Belgique with Music Director Andrey Boreyko and a recital at the Piano-à-Lyon series in Lyon, Jonathan Biss plays the final concerts in his series “Schumann: Under the Influence” from 10 May. The project was...
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