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31 May
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Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 7.30pm
The New Century: Webern & Berg
City Halls
Glasgow
Scotland
Ilya Gringolts violin
Nicolas Hodges piano
Ilan Volkov conductor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
"The best music always results from ecstasies of logic," said Alban Berg. But he proved, time and again, that the music of the Second Viennese School could do infinitely more than that. Ilan Volkov conducts as violinist Ilya Gringolts and Nicolas Hodges - arguably the finest living champion of contemporary piano music - join 13 hand - picked BBC SSO players on the impassioned pilgrimage of Berg's extraordinary Chamber Concerto. First, though, the full orchestra explores
the ravishing, crystalline sound-world of Webern's Six Orchestral Pieces - music that Stravinsky compared to diamonds - and lays bare the sensuous and deeply romantic roots of Webern's creative vision in the exquisite Im Sommerwind.
Anton Webern : Im Sommerwind: Idyll for orchestra
Anton Webern : 6 pieces for large orchestra
Alban Berg : Chamber Concerto for piano, violin and thirteen wind instruments
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31 May
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Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti Showcases New Works
The Stone, NYC
The corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street
United States
http://www.thestonenyc.com
Tickets: $10
Just off a 3-month long tour in Europe and India, composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti returns to his hometown of New York City with a trio of live performances ranging from avant-jazz collaborations to a curatorial concert series in Brooklyn. One of the most innovative composers and improvisers on the new music scene, Lukas neatly bridges the classical-modernist-world-music divide. He combines his post-minimalism compositional style with other facets of contemporary expressions such as noise and electronics as well as indigenous non-Western musical and cultural influences.
Lukas dives into the jazz ilk with a jazz-influenced ensemble, the Lukas Ligeti Quintet featuring Leron Thomas (trumpet), Travis Sullivan (sax), Evan Lipson (bass), LL (drums) and TBA (piano). On the program will be new works by Lukas. He most recently explored the jazz realm in his 2011 release of Pattern Time (Innova) which was described as an unusually articulate hybrid of jazz, modern-classical, and African ideas. It “explored[s] incredibly rhythmic juxtaposition as only Ligeti can (The Jazz Session).”
Tickets: $10/Students $5/Children 12 and Under FREE. To purchase, visit www.thestonenyc.com.
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4 Jun
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Monday, June 04, 2012 at 7.30 pm
Kirill Gerstein Recital/Oliver Knussen London Première
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Tickets: £15 £20 £25 £30
Kirill Gerstein
piano
One of the great windfalls of classical music, the prestigious, valuable and happily maverick Gilmore Award is given every four years to a pianist who has no idea that he or she is in the running for it. Past recipients have included Leif Ove Andsnes and Piotr Anderszewski.
In 2010 it fell into the unsuspecting lap of Kirill Gerstein, acknowledging him as a musician who combines high calibre with curiosity and imagination. Born in Russia, he began his studies as a jazz pianist but switched to classical and contemporary. His programme here reflects wide-ranging interests, with a piece by Oliver Knussen that lays to rest an idée fixe of the composer’s scores through the past three decades.
J.S Bach : English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Gigue, Bolero and Variations
Oliver Knussen : Ophelia’s Last Dance
Carl Maria von Weber : Invitation to the Dance: rondo brillant in Db
Franz Liszt : Soirées de Vienna No. 6 from Valses caprices d’après Schubert S427
Robert Schumann : Carnaval Op. 9
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4 Jun
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Monday, June 04, 2012 at 1:00pm
Thomas Adès and Schubert
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Tickets: £12 concs £10
Louis Lortie
piano
Known to Wigmore audiences for a memorable Beethoven sonata cycle and to CD collectors for a sparkling exploration of Ravel’s complete piano music, Louis Lortie doesn’t do things by halves.
His enthusiasm for the work of Thomas Adès has been similarly probing, thorough, and persistent. Recently he gave the German première of Adès’s piano quintet. In this concert he plays an Adès score from the mid-90s inspired by the idea of angels rising heavenwards in shafts of light.
Thomas Ades : Traced Overhead
Franz Schubert : Piano Sonata in Bb D960
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7 Jun
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7 Jun
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Thursday, June 07, 2012 at 7:30pm
CBSO The Spirit of Defiance
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Broad Street,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B1 2EA
United Kingdom
0121 200 2000
symphonyhall@necgroup.co.uk
http://boxoffice.necgroup.co.uk/iccsym.asp
Tickets: £10-£39.50
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons conductor
Baiba Skride violin
The Soviet censors called it an ‘optimistic tragedy’. Shostakovich simply called it his Tenth Symphony. Dark, impassioned, packed with secret messages and featuring a terrifying musical portrait of Stalin himself, Shostakovich’s Tenth is one of the most powerful of all twentieth-century symphonies. Andris Nelsons’s first Birmingham performance of this modern masterpiece will be keenly awaited – and the young Latvian violinist Baiba Skride is fast becoming a Birmingham favourite too. Sofia Gubaidulina’s Bach-inspired Concerto, written in defiance of Soviet oppression, makes a wonderfully apt prelude to Shostakovich’s epic drama.
Sofia Gubaidulina : Violin Concerto (Offertorium)
Dmitri Shostakovich : Symphony No 10
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 6:30PM
Harrison Birtwistle's Bow Down at Spitalfields Music Summer Festival
Spitalfields Festival
London
United Kingdom
Presented by The Opera Group, in association with the London Sinfonietta.
A macabre folktale is brought to percussive and visceral life in this interdisciplinary performance. When The Fair Sister is courted by The Suitor, The Dark Sister commits a terrible act of betrayal. But as her crime echoes through the land and across the ages will she finally receive retribution?
Bow Down is an ancient murder ballad reimagined by young performers and players.
Harrison Birtwistle : Bow Down
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14 Jun
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Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti Showcases New Works
Gershwin Hotel, NYC
7 East 27th Street, NYC
United States
Tickets: $10 General, $5 Students
Just off a 3-month long tour in Europe and India, composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti returns to his hometown of New York City with a trio of live performances ranging from avant-jazz collaborations to a curatorial concert series in Brooklyn. One of the most innovative composers and improvisers on the new music scene, Lukas neatly bridges the classical-modernist-world-music divide. He combines his post-minimalism compositional style with other facets of contemporary expressions such as noise and electronics as well as indigenous non-Western musical and cultural influences.
As part of the Contagious Sounds concert series curated by Vicky Chow, this concert features new works by Lukas for the rebirth of his band, Lukas Ligeti’s Notebook (formerly known as Kaleidoscope Point).
Leading on percussion, Lukas is joined by Dan Blake (sax) and Eyal Maoz (guitar). Wende K. Blass (guitar) and TBA (piano). Also slated to appear are special guests such as Cadillac Moon Ensemble, Tom Bergeron, Candy Chiu, and more…
www.lukasligeti.com
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15 Jun
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Friday, June 15, 2012 at 7.30pm
Present Music Love Concert
Turner Hall Ballroom
Milwaukee, WI
United States
Tickets: $35-$15
Present Music
Robin Pluer
Jennifer Goltz
Embrace the universal language of love with Milwaukee’s own cutting-edge new music ensemble -- Present Music. All aspects of love will be explored through music from bliss to heartache and everything in between.
The Love concert will feature a variety of contemporary composers whose music discovers love’s limitless possibilities. Present Music has commissioned Grammy-Award Winner Michael Daugherty, one of the most performed and recorded American composers today, to create a new work for voice and ensemble, entitled The Labyrinth of Love. This world premiere will take the audience on an unpredictable journey through the poetry and writings of women from ancient Greece’s Sappho, Victorian England's Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Hollywood's Elizabeth Taylor. Alongside a rich, musical soundscape created by Daugherty, soprano Jennifer Goltz, who possesses a "brilliant voice full of subtle allure and sprightly energy", will join Present Music for this exciting event.
Milwaukee’s own chanteuse extraordinaire, Robin Pluer, will join Present Music in a special performance featuring music from Edith Pilaf.
Michael Daugherty : The Labyrinth of Love
Bright Sheng : Kazakhstan Love Song
Michael Gordon : ac/dc
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Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 6pm
Birtwistle, Carter and Knussen at the Aldeburgh Festival
Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh
Snape Maltings Concert Hall,Snape,Suffolk,IP17 1SP
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1728 687110
http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk
enquiries@aldeburgh.co.uk
Tickets: £32, £28, £24, £19, £14
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group +
EXAUDI
Ives’ delight in forming a ‘set’ from an assemblage of apparently independent parts is matched by the serious originality of Knussen’s programme-building.
Three Places in New England and The Fourth of July are a blend of an understated yet all-American grandeur with music of raucous celebration, a carefully crafted chaos of borrowed popular tunes and sophisticated collision of multiple musics.
Birtwistle’s ebullient perpetual motion seems in harmony with the earthy joys of Bartók’s rustic miniatures. Carter’s anti-concerto, lyrical and feisty, prefaces a modern-day classic of a Requiem.
An Elliott Carter premiere by two of the leading exponents of his music that continues the recent sequence of Carter premieres at Aldeburgh.
Harrison Birtwistle : Cantus Iambeus
Bela Bartok : Three Village Scenes
Elliott Carter : Interventions for piano and orchestra
Oliver Knussen : Requiem – Songs for Sue
Charles Ives : The Fourth of July; Three Places in New England
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17 Jun
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Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 7.30 pm
Mertz, Giuliani, Barrios Mangoré and more
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Tickets: £10 £14 £17 £20
Dimitris Dekavallas
guitar
Multiple award winner Dimitris Dekavallas has established himself as one of the most talented guitarists of his age. Much in demand as a soloist worldwide, he has been praised for his ‘truly phenomenal performances’ (Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation), and ‘his warm tone and lyrical expression’ (Classical Guitar Magazine)
Johann Mertz : Variations Mignonnes
Johann Mertz : Tarantelle
Mauro Giuliani : Variations on a theme of Handel Op. 107
Barrios Mangore : Una limosna por el amor de dios
Barrios Mangore : Vals Op. 8 No. 4
Jenny Jackson : FanTango (world première, dedicated to Dimitris Dekavallas)
Jorge Morel : Danza Brasilera
Jorge Morel : Misionera
Mauricio Kagel : Sonata II (world première, dedicated to Dimitris Dekavallas)
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Monday, June 18, 2012 at 7pm
Billy Budd
English National Opera
London Coliseum
United Kingdom
ENO
ENO continues to refresh its Britten repertoire with this new production by the team behind ENO’s award-winning Peter Grimes.
A metaphysical battle between good and evil fought out aboard a British man-o'-war, Britten’s richly orchestrated all-male opera was originally commissioned for the 1951 Festival of Britain and is considered to be one of the composer’s finest works.
Starring Benedict Nelson (a ‘standout’ Demetrius in 2011’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Billy, Matthew Rose as Claggart, the malevolent master-at-arms, and Kim Begley as Vere, the morally conflicted captain, this new staging reunites the award-winning director-conductor partnership of David Alden and Edward Gardner from 2009’s Peter Grimes.
Mon 18 Jun 2012
Sat 23 Jun 2012
Wed 27 Jun 2012
Sat 30 Jun 2012
Tue 03 Jul 2012
Thu 05 Jul 2012
Sun 08 Jul 2012
Benjamin Britten : Billy Budd
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Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 7:30pm
CBSO London 2012 Festival Opening Concert
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Broad Street,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B1 2EA
United Kingdom
0121 200 2000
symphonyhall@necgroup.co.uk
http://boxoffice.necgroup.co.uk/iccsym.asp
Tickets: £20
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
CBSO Chorus
CBSO Youth Chorus
CBSO Children’s Chorus
The world’s greatest music – made in Birmingham. On the opening night of the London 2012 Festival, CBSO are thrilled to present the latest masterpiece from Jonathan Harvey, one of the world’s greatest living composers, who was born in Sutton Coldfield. An epic choral work, Weltethos is inspired by the shared spiritual heritage of humanity and founded on texts from six of the world’s greatest religions: Confucianism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity. Expansive, visionary and awe-inspiringly beautiful, it’s a perfect way to kick off the nationwide celebrations in the summer of 2012. Join the CBSO to welcome the world and hear sounds like you’ve never heard before.
6.15pm Pre-concert talk: Premiere! Jonathan Harvey
Stephen Maddock talks to the great Birmingham-born composer about his new choral work.
Jonathan Harvey : Weltethos
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22 Jun
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Friday, June 22, 2012 at 7.30 pm
Evelyn Glennie and Philip Smith
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Tickets: £15 £20 £25 £30
Evelyn Glennie
percussion
Philip Smith
piano
Famous for hitting anything that neither moves nor flinches, Evelyn Glennie does so with a flair, invention and imagination that has made her without doubt the world’s most celebrated percussionist. She creates new instruments, with a whole body of new repertoire for them to play. Here, collaborating with the pianist Philip Smith, she reconfigures old, established works for new, exploratory sound-worlds.
Toshiro Mayuzumi : Concertino for xylophone and piano
Evelyn Glennie : Waterphone improvisation
Christos Hatzis : Eternity’s heartbeat
Evelyn Glennie : Orologeria Aureola
John Psathas : Drum Dances
Antonio Vivaldi : Concerto in C for piccolo recorder
Philip Sheppard : New Work
Astor Piazzolla : Libertango
Nebojsa Zivkovic : Quasi una sonata
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Monday, June 25, 2012 at 7.30 pm
Damon Albarn's Dr Dee
English National Opera
London Coliseum
United Kingdom
ENO
About the production starring Damon Albarn
Following the success of Damon Albarn’s Monkey: Journey to the West, ENO presents the London premiere of Albarn’s visionary new opera Dr Dee.
Although largely unknown today, Doctor Dee was the quintessential Renaissance Man. From astrology to alchemy and physics to philosophy, his thirst for knowledge was insatiable and, as a key advisor to Elizabeth I, he is credited with providing much of the intelligence which shaped ‘the British Empire’ established under her rule. Dee also dabbled in the occult and, ultimately, this fascination destroyed him. Conned by a deranged medium, Dee’s career ended in disgrace and sexual scandal and he died discredited and penniless.
This fascinating figure is bought to life by the extraordinary talents of composer and musician Damon Albarn, and director Rufus Norris. Albarn’s music is an ingenious mix of pop vocals, much of which he will perform live on-stage, with contemporary orchestral music played on 16th-century period instruments. Rufus Norris’s staging presents five centuries of English history and the three realms of earth, heaven and hell, with the virtuosic flare which has secured him a raft of awards and five-star reviews from London to Broadway.
Performances
June 25, 26, 28, 29 & July 4, 6, 7 at 7.30pm , July 7 at 2.30pm
8 performances. Running time: 2hrs.
Pre-performance talk: Thur June 28, 5.30-6.15pm, £5
Damon Albarn : Dr Dee
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