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Published: 02 May 2013
Michal Dworzynski returns to the Auckland Philharmonia and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra this month, after previous successful guest appearances. On 16 May he conducts a programme of music by Strauss, Hindemith and Prokofiev’s Symphony No.5 with the Auckland Philharmonia, and this is followed by a performance of music by Mozart and Schumann, including Mozart’s Coronation Mass, with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra on the 25 May.Earlier in May...
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Published: 01 May 2013
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra today announced Andrew Manze as one of its four Artists in Residence in the 2013/14 season. Manze is joined by Bryn Terfel, Christian Lindberg, Simon Trpčeski in the appointment.Manze will conduct a number of concerts celebrating the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, with repertoire such as Les Illuminations alongside works that inspired Britten, including Mahler’s Symphony No.4.The RLPO’s...
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Published: 01 May 2013
Conductor Jérémie Rhorer has received glowing reviews for his interpretation of Don Giovanni at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. Directed by Stéphane Braunschweig, the cast includes Markus Werba in the title role and Robert Gleadow as Leporello. The production opened on 25 April and the run finishes on 7 May.“The new production of Don Giovanni at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées which opened on Thursday is first of all Jérémie Rhorer’s Don...
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Published: 01 May 2013
Marin Alsop brought her Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to the Carnegie Hall, New York, to perform the opening concert at the 2013 Spring for Music Festival on 6 May. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is one of only five North American orchestras to be invited to play as part of this festival.Reflecting the artistic philosophy of Spring for Music, Alsop created an eclectic and stimulating programme, featuring the New York premiere of Jennifer...
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Published: 01 May 2013
This month, Denis Kozhukhin travels to London for two debuts, both of which take place at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. On 10 May, he makes his debut at the International Chamber Music Season (which is co-promoted by Intermusica), where he performs with Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon and Jörg Widmann. The sell-out concert opens with Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No.2 in E minor and concludes with Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps.On 12 May,...
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Published: 01 May 2013
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s opera Kommilitonen! receives its German premiere at the Stadttheater Gießen on 5 May.Written for and about students and featuring a libretto by acclaimed opera director and librettist David Pountney, Kommilitonen! is Maxwell Davies’s newest opera. Co-commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music and the Juilliard School of Music, the opera received its world premiere at the Royal Academy of Music in March 2011, and its US...
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Published: 22 April 2013
On 30 April and 2 May, Gautier Capuçon joins his brother Renaud Capuçon, pianists Michel Dalberto and Nicholas Angelich, and violist Gérard Caussé for two concerts as part of the Wigmore Hall’s The Fauré Project. Following a study group exploring the composer’s chamber music on 25 April, the two concerts will allow Renaud and Gautier respectively to explore Fauré’s first and second violin and cello sonatas. The concerts also feature both of...
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Published: 22 April 2013
On 1 May, Richard Goode will return to the Carnegie Hall for the second time in recent weeks. On this occasion he will perform an all-Beethoven recital, which includes Piano Sonatas Op.109, 110 and 111, and a selection from the Op.119 Bagatelles. Goode will perform the same programme when he returns to Europe in May, with venues including Wigmore Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus and Bridgewater Hall. Allan Kozinn wrote of Goode in the New York Times:...
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Published: 19 April 2013
On 26 April, Jun Märkl conducts Mahler’s Symphony No.6 with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra at the Forbidden City Concert Hall. This is his second visit to China after a triumphant performance of Mahler’s Symphony No.10 at Beijing’s NCPA in autumn 2011 as part of their international Mahler festival.
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Published: 19 April 2013
The 2013 BBC Proms season was announced yesterday. The programme features a host of Intermusica artists, touring projects, composers and singers:• Simon Halsey leads the BBC Proms Youth Choir in a performance of Vaughan Williams’s Sea Symphony with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo for the First Night of the Proms (12 July). • The Orchestra & Chorus of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Music Director, Sir Antonio...
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