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2023-12-04 21:18:00
New York Philharmonic. Semyon Bychkov, conductor; Katia and Marielle Labeque, pianos. December 1, 2023.
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. Orchestra (Seat W05, $80).The Lebeque sisters, Semyon Bychkov and Bryce Dessner on stage after the piano concerto. The sisters wear matching outfits with skirts that flare up. Cute in children, here we have 70+ year old ladies (born in 1950 and 1952).ProgramDon Juan, Tone Poem after Nikolaus Lenau, Op. 20 (1888) by R. Strauss (1864-1949).Concerto for Two Pianos (2017) by Bryce Dessner (b 1976).Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (1940) by Rachmaninoff (1873-1943).The first remark I made to myself as the concert began was: wow, the New York Phil does have a better sound than NJ Symphony, which I heard yesterday. There is a high degree in subjectivity to what constitutes good sound: the musical instruments, the precision, and the acoustics of the auditorium. And in the past I have made the remark Carnegie Hall's sound sometimes is so clean that it would sound "antiseptic." Whatever […]
2022-08-07 10:01:09
Royal Albert Hall, LondonJulian Anderson’s new Prague-inspired symphony built to a huge climax, but ultimately felt over-inflated, while the verve and energy of the Labèque sisters’ performance of Martinů was a little lost in the huge hallPrague, or more specifically the panoramic photographs taken of the Czech capital by
2022-07-14 06:25:30
Summer at Snape
[…] Orchestra in a programme that includes Bliss' ballet Checkmate alongside RVW's The Lark Ascending. Other visiting orchestras include the Academy of Ancient Music, the Philharmonia in ballets by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, and Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner. Ben Palmer conducts the Manchester Camerata in a live accompaniment to the Chaplin's film The Kid, whilst the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra is playing an evening of film music.Other visitors include pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque, Angela Hewitt and Christian Blackshaw who joins the Cuarteto Casals, guitarist Miloš, trumpeter Alison Balsam who joins the Britten Sinfonia, and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason joins Chineke! Orchestra and conductor Kevin John Edusei for a programme which includes Shostakovich's Cello Concerto. There is also a chance to hear the Emerson Quartet and the Takacs Quartet. The jazz and blues programme includes Ayanna Witter-Johnson, the Joe Stilgoe Trio, the Piccadilly Dance Orchestra and many more.Reaffirming Snape Maltings’ commitment […]
2022-04-04 07:51:02
The 2022 Edinburgh International Festival celebrates the festival's 75th birthday, the final programme by artistic director Fergus Linehan and a return to a full programme in indoor spaces
[…] Saul came up. It is also a chance to hear Labadie in action. A leading period instrument conductor in the USA, he is not known enough in Europe. Semyon Bychkov will be conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Bychkov conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the festival in 2019 and amazingly that was his festival debut. With his Czech orchestra Bychkov will be exploring repertoire with Czech links, pairing Martinů's Concerto for two pianos (with the Labèque sisters) with Janacek's Glagolitic Mass, and also performing Mahler's Symphony No. 7, a work which the orchestra premiered in Prague (in 1908, with the composer conducting). Susanna Mälkki conducts the Helsinki Philharmonic, both conductor and orchestra making their festival debuts. Whilst the London Philharmonic Orchestra will be bringing a new Daniel Kidane piece. Zubin Mehta, making his first festival appearance since 1980, conducts the Australian World Orchestra in Berg, Debussy and Dvorak. The festival […]
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