Thursday, November 01, 2007

Orchestra Listings, November 1-4

The appearance of Jennifer Higdon makes her just the second female composer to get programmed by the majors this season. Boston gives the American premiere of a work by Australian Brett Dean alongside a rare performance of Mozart's First Symphony.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (11/1, 3)

MOZART - Masonic Funeral Music
HIGDON - river sings song to trees
BRAHMS - German Requiem

Robert Spano, conductor
Twyla Robinson, soprano
Atlanta Symphony Chorus, chorus
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone

(11/2)
Queen Latifah

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (11/1-4)

Michael Feinstein

Jack Everly, conductor

(11/3)
SAINT-SAENS - Danse macabre
BORODIN - Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 8

Carolyn Kuan, conductor

Boston Symphony Orchestra (11/1-3)

MOZART - Symphony No. 1
DEAN - The Lost Art of Letter Writing [American premiere]
MOZART - Violin Concerto No. 2 in D, K.211
SCHUMANN - Symphony No. 2

Markus Stenz, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (11/1-4)

SIBELIUS - Violin Concerto
BRUCKNER - Symphony No. 4 (Romantic)

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Arabella Steinbacher, violin

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (11/2-4)

STRAVINSKY - Chorale-Variations on Vom Himmel hoch da komm’ ich her
STRAVINSKY - Symphony of Psalms
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, Eroica

Paavo Järvi, conducting
May Festival Chorus
Robert Porco, director

Cleveland Orchestra

On Tour

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 5
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Jaap van Zweden, conductor

Detroit Symphony Orchestra (11/1-4)

The Magical Music of Disney

Erich Kunzel, conductor

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (11/2-3)

MENDELSSOHN - The Hebrides Overture
SHOSTAKOVICH - Cello Concerto No. 1
BARTOK - Concerto for Orchestra

Cornelius Meister, Conductor
Truls Mørk, Cello

Los Angeles Philharmonic


On Tour

Minnesota Orchestra (11/1-3)

CORIGLIANO - Fantasia on an Ostinato
BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 7

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

National Symphony Orchestra (11/1-3)

BEETHOVEN - Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
BEETHOVEN - Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
BEETHOVEN - Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Iván Fischer, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin

New York Philharmonic (11/1-3)

DUTILLEUX - Métaboles
MARTINU - Concerto for Two Pianos
RACHMANINOFF - Symphony No. 2

Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianos

(11/3)
SCHUMANN - Piano Quintet
RACHMANINOFF - Symphony No. 2

Semyon Bychkov, Conductor
Michelle Kim, Violin
Lisa Kim, Violin
Cynthia Phelps, Viola
Carter Brey, Cello
Benjamin Hochman (Guest Artist), Piano

The Philadelphia Orchestra (11/1-3)

MARTINU - Toccata e due canzoni
MENDELSSOHN - Violin Concerto
BRAHMS - Symphony No. 2

Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (11/2-4)

BRAHMS - Symphony No. 3 in F major, Opus 90
HAYDN - Concerto in D Major for Cello and Orchestra, H. VIIb:2
BRAHMS - Hungarian Dances Nos. 20, 10, 3, 1

Marek Janowski, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (11/2-4)

REVUELTAS - Homenaje a Federico García Lorca
SALONEN - Mania
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Scheherazade

Roberto Minczuk, conductor
Daniel Lee, cello

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