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Classical Music News of the Week, August 4, 2018
Bravo! Vail, Philadelphia Orchestra Contract ExtensionThe Bravo! Vail Music Festival is pleased to announce that The Philadelphia Orchestra will continue to be a mainstay of this distinguished summer destination for classical music, with a three-year contract extension ensuring its presence in Vail from 2019-2021. The announcement was made by Bravo! Vail Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott and The Philadelphia Orchestra's Board Chairman Richard Worley and Interim President Ryan Fleur during its finale performance on Saturday, July 14, 2018, with esteemed pianist Daniil Trifonov. The Philadelphia Orchestra first performed at Bravo! Vail in 2007. More information about Bravo! Vail is available at www.bravovail.org. Highlights of The Philadelphia Orchestra's relationship with Bravo! Vail include the Festival debut or world premiere of works by Mason Bates, Guillaume Connesson, and Jennifer Higdon, as well as notable orchestral transcriptions created by the Orchestra's famed late Music Director Leopold Stokowski. Together, they also presented the Festival's first film […]
2018-04-22 05:16:00
Philadelphia Orchestra – Stephane Deneve, conductor; Vadim Repin, violin. April 20, 2018.
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia. Orchestra Tier (Seat B120, $55.30). Program Flammenschrift (2012) by Connesson (b. 1970). Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major (1923), Op. 10 by Prokofiev (1891-1953). Death and Transfiguration (1888-89), Op. 24 by Strauss (1864-1949). La Valse (1919-20) by Ravel (1875-1937). There is much French influence in today’s program, beginning with the French conductor. He started the evening by talking a bit about the program. He will succeed David Robertson at St. Louis Symphony as music director in the 2019-20 season. In his late 40s, it is no small accomplishment. Guillaume Connesson is a “young” (by Devane’s definition) composer who wrote Falmmenschrift (meaning “flame-writing” or “letter of fire”) was written to pay homage to Beethoven and Germany. Devane actually sang out one line to illustrate how Connesson modified the famous Beethoven […]
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2018-02-23 17:50:00
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique | Maurice Ravel: Tzigane | Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor | Guillaume Connesson: Flammenschrift – Benjamin Beilman, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin – Saturday, February 24, 2018, 08:00 PM EST (UTC-5) / Sunday, February 25, 2018, 3:00 AM EET (UTC+2) – Live on Livestream
[…] A minor, Op.28, and Maurice Ravel's Tzigane.Saturday, February 24Los Angeles: 05:00 PMDetroit, New York, Toronto: 08:00 PMBrasília: 11:00 PMSunday, February 25London: 01:00 AMParis, Brussels, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Warsaw: 02:00 AMKiev, Jerusalem, Athens: 3:00 AMMoscow, Ankara: 04:00 AMBeijing, Manila: 09:00 AMTokyo, Seoul: 10:00 AMLive on LivestreamThe DSO thanks violinist Benjamin Beilman for stepping in for Renaud Capuçon for the final two programs of the French Festival. Mr. Capuçon is unable to appear due to illness. DSO's FRENCH FESTIVAL – CONCERT SIXGuillaume Connesson (b. 1970)♪ Flammenschrift (2016)Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)♪ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op.28 (1863)*Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)♪ Tzigane, M.76 (1924)*Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)♪ Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un Artiste, H.48 / Op.14 (1830)i. Rêveries – Passions (Daydreams – Passions)ii. Un bal (A ball)iii. Scène aux champs (Scene in the Country)iv. Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold)v. Songe d'une nuit de sabbat (Dream of a Witches' Sabbath)Benjamin Beilman, violin*Detroit Symphony OrchestraConductor: Leonard Slatkin(HD 720p)Live from Orchestra Hall, […]
2017-07-12 19:24:00
[I obviously started this back in March and never finished it. Here goes.] San Francisco Symphony's 2017-18 season announcement came out today, and what can one say beyond headtable? As I predicted, there's lots of Lenny. It's white men all the way down, most of them dead, with the exception of one (1) work by Kaija Saariaho (Lanterna Magica), which just happens to be on the one (1) program conducted by a woman, Susanna Mälkki, and one (1) work by a composer with a Chinese name, which just happens to be on the program of the China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra. There are some living white guys in the new music category: Penderecki, Poznanski (coming with the Israel Philharmonic/Mehta), Salonen (on PH-C's program), Meyer (with St. Martin in the Fields), Wuorinen (that's a surprise, really), Norman (on Valcuha's program), Connesson (on Dèneve's program), and […]
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