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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: 28 February 2013
Thierry Fischer returns to Europe in March for tailor-made programmes with regular colleagues at the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and the Northern Sinfonia.On 7 March, Fischer conducts the Swedish Chamber Orchestra at the Orebro Concert Hall in a concert featuring Frank Martin’s Étude pour Cordes, John Adams’ The Wound Dresser, Beethoven’s Symphony No.8.With the Northern Sinfonia on 14 March at The Sage Gateshead, Fischer conducts Bartok’s Music...
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Published: 07 January 2013
Thierry Fischer conducts Boulez’s extraordinary Notations I, II, III, IV and VII together with Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in a huge project involving the conservatories of Paris, Geneva and Zurich. Concerts will take place on 20 (Neuchatel), 22 (Geneva) and 23 (Lausanne) January. Earlier in January, Fischer conducts Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and Holt’s A Table of Noises with Colin Currie as soloist on 10 and 11 January, as well as James...
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Published: 05 November 2012
In his third season now as Music Director of the Utah Symphony Orchestra, Thierry Fischer will be conducting the orchestra in a programme of Mozart, Mahler and Korngold on 16 and 17 November at the Abravanel Hall, Utah. The concert will open with Mozart’s Symphony No.41 in C major – Jupiter, followed by the first movement of Mahler’s Symphony No.10. The concert will end with a performance of Erich Korngold’s concerto for Violin and Orchestra in...
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Published: 03 September 2012
Thierry Fischer opens his third season as Music Director of the Utah Symphony Orchestra in September, launching his Russian focus for the year with Rachmaninov Symphony no.2, Prokofiev Love of Three Oranges suite coupled with Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition and Stravinsky’s Dunbarton Oaks.Repertoire for the opening six concerts also includes Brandenburg Concerto No.3 and Mendelssohn choral symphony, No.2 'Lobgesang' (hymn of praise).
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Published: 01 July 2012
Thierry Fischer finishes his 6 year tenure as Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with two Proms and the orchestra’s first tour of China (click here for more details).
The Proms will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and are available to listen to again for up to 7 days: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio
The programme is as follows:
26 July
ELGAR In the South
HUGH WOOD Piano Concerto
RAVEL Une Barque sur l’Océan
DEBUSSY...
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Published: 01 June 2012
Thierry Fischer conducts the last concerts in Wales of his six year tenure as Principal Conductor of BBC National Orchestra of Wales, in all three of his regular venues.
In Cardiff, he will conduct Strauss An Alpine Symphony at St David’s Hall (15 June), and Honegger’s Symphony No.2 at Hoddinott Hall (20 June). On 23 June he will conduct Ravel La Valse at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea.
Fischer received excellent reviews of his performance of the...
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Published: 01 May 2012
Thierry Fischer returns to the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra in the prestigious Saturday Matinee series at the Concertgebouw on 12 May, The concert, which will be broadcast live on radio, features a new piano concerto by Dutch composer Roukens, played by Ralph van Raat, and with Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony.
See what the critics wrote about his performance of the Eroica last month:
“the best performance of a work from the classical...
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Published: 02 April 2012
Thierry Fischer conducts Mahler Symphony No.4 with both of his orchestras this month. With the Utah Symphony orchestra, he will couple it with an early Haydn symphony and Strauss songs with Lisa Milne. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff, Fischer will also conduct a world premiere of The Yellow Wallpaper, by their Resident Composer Simon Holt, also featuring Lisa Milne.
Then Fischer takes to the road with the very fine Kioi...
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Published: 08 March 2012
Thierry Fischer’s recording for Hyperion Records of Frank Martin’s Der Sturm, with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Choir (and soloists Robert Holl, Christine Buffle, Ethan Herschenfeld, James Gilchrist) has just been awarded the 2012 International Classical Music Award in the Opera category.
The Award Ceremony and the Gala concert with ICMA winners will take place at La Cite in Nantes on 15 May 2012. Click...
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