December 2010 International Diary
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Austria
- 2 December 2010 | Hague Philharmonic Orchestra (Het Residentie Orkest), Neeme Järvi (conductor), Dagmar Pecková (mezzo-soprano) | • Weber: Overture “Der Freischütz” | • Mahler: Songs from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” | • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 | Musikverein, Vienna, 7.30pm, web sites: www.residentieorkest.nl & www.musikverein.at
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Czech Republic
- 8 & 9 December 2010 | Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Czech National Choir (Josef Pančík, choirmaster), Gerd Albrecht (conductor), Maria Kobielska (soprano), Jana Wallingerová (mezzo-soprano), Jaroslav Březina (tenor), Peter Mikuláš (bass), Luboš Hucek (bassoon) | • Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op 75 | • Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125 “Choral” | Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague, 7.30pm, Web site: www.fok.cz | Note: there is a public rehearsal at 10.00am on 8 December
- 14 December 2010 | Barbora Polášková (mezzo soprano), Žofie Vokálková (flute), Kateřina Englichová (harp) | • Sylvie Bodorová: Léthé for Solo Flute | • Sylvie Bodorová: Ama me | • Milada Červenková: Pastoral Suite for Flute & Harp | • Vítězslava Kaprálová: Songs (selection) | • plus music by Tailleferre, Barbara Strozzi & others | Church of St Simon & St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, Web site: www.fok.cz
- 16 December 2010 | Ivan Kusnjer (baritone), Ivan Ženatý (violin), Daria Hrynkiv & Boris Krajný (piano) | • music by J B Foerster | National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague, 7.00pm, Web site: www.narodni-divadlo.cz
- 18 December 2010 | Jan Novotný (piano) | • Smetana: Sketches, Op 5 | • Jan Ladislav Dusík: Sonata in F sharp minor “Harmonic Elegy”, Op 61 | • Jaroslav Ježek: Sonata (1941) | • Smetana: Czech Dances II | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, Web site: www.fok.cz
- 25 December 2010 | Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK) Chamber Orchestra, Kuhn Mixed Choir (Marek Vorlíček, choirmaster), Jaroslav Brych (conductor) | • Jakub Jan Ryba: Czech Christmas Mass cum populo (with the audience participation) | Church of St Simon & St Jude, Prague, 3.00pm, Web site: www.fok.cz
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Germany
- 2 & 3 December 2010 | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor) | • Ives: The Unanswered Question | • John Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox | • Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale | Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Herkulessaal, Residenz, Munich, 8.00pm, Web site: www.br-online.de/br-klassik/br-symphonieorchester/index.xml
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Netherlands
- 22 & 23 December 2010 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) | • Szymanowski: Concert Overture in E Major, Op 12 | • Martinů: Violin Concerto No 2 (H 293) | • Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in in A major, Op 92 | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 8.15pm, | Web site: www.concertgebouworkest.nl
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Slovakia
- 3 December 2010 | Hague Philharmonic Orchestra (Het Residentie Orkest), Neeme Järvi (conductor), Dagmar Pecková (mezzo-soprano) | • Weber: Overture “Der Freischütz” | • Mahler: Songs from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” | • Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 73 | Historical National Theatre, Bratislava, 7.30pm, | Web site: www.residentieorkest.nl
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Switzerland
- 1 December 2010 | Suisse Romande Orchestra, Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Marek Janowski (conductor) | • Dvořák: Overture “In Nature’s Realm (V přírodě)”, Op 91 (B 168) | • Martinů: Violin Concerto No 2 (H 293) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Victoria Hall, Geneva, 8.00pm | Web site: www.osr.ch
- 2 December 2010 | Suisse Romande Orchestra, Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Marek Janowski (conductor) | • Dvořák: Overture “In Nature’s Realm (V přírodě)”, Op 91 (B 168) | • Martinů: Violin Concerto No 2 (H 293) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Théâtre de Beaulieu, Lausanne, 8.00pm | Web site: www.osr.ch
- 3 December 2010 | Suisse Romande Orchestra, Antoine Tamestit (viola), Marek Janowski (conductor) | • Dvořák: Overture “In Nature’s Realm (V přírodě)”, Op 91 (B 168) | • Walton: Viola Concerto | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Victoria Hall, Geneva, 8.00pm | Web site: www.osr.ch
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United States of America
- 2, 3 & 4 December 2010 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Pierre Boulez (conductor), Christine Brewer (soprano), Nancy Maultsby (mezzo-soprano), Lance Ryan (tenor), Mikhail Petrenko (bass) | • Berg: Lyric Suite | • Schoenberg: Transfigured Night | • Janáček: Glagolitic Mass | Symphony Center, Chicago, 8.00pm, | Web site: cso.org/
- 2, 3 & 4 December 2010 | Philadelphia Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Garrick Ohlsson (piano) | • Smetana: Symphonic Poem “Håkon Jarl” | • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 5 | • Respighi: The Pines of Rome | • Respighi: Roman Festivals | Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, 8.00pm (2.00pm on 3rd), | Web site: www.philorch.org
- 17, 20, 23 & 29 December 2010 (plus one performance in January 2011) | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Magdalena Kožená (Mélisande) | • Debussy: Peléas et Mélisande | Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 8.00pm, | Web site: www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/