March 2011 International Diary

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HIGHLIGHTS OF MONTH
>> Sylvie Bodorová First Symphony premiére, Prague
>> Janáček Káťa Kabanová, Paris

Czech Republic

20 March 2011 | Sunday Family Series | Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Jaroslav Kyzlink (conductor) | • Intermezzos and overtures by Smetana, Dvořák, Oskar Nedbal, Jan Nepomuk Škroup and Martinů | Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague, 4.00pm, Web site: www.fok.cz
22 March 2011 | Hana Fleková (cello), Monika Knoblochová (piano), Jana Semerádová (flute) | • Leopold Koželuh: Sonata II for Piano with Flute & Cello accompaniment, Op 37 | • Leopold Koželuh: Sonata I with Flute & Cello accompaniment, Op 34 | • Jean-Baptiste Canavas: Sonata for Cello & Continuo | • Haydn: Trio in D major, Hob XV/16 | • Vojtěch Jírovec Sonata in D major for Piano with Flute accompaniment, Op 61 | Church of St Simon & St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm, Web site: www.fok.cz
30 & 31 March 2011 | Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Dama Dama (percussion ensemble), Pavel Černý (organ), Jiří Kout (conductor) | • Schumann: Manfred, Op 115 | • Sylvie Bodorová: Symphony No. 1 for Percussion & Large Symphony Orchestra (world première) | • Saint-Saëns: Symphony No 3 in C minor “Organ”, Op 78 | Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague, 7.30pm, Web site: www.fok.cz

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8, 12, 16, 21, 23 & 29 March 2011 two further performances in April 2011 | Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra national de Paris, Tomáš Netopil (conductor), Angela Denoke (Káťa), Jane Henschel (Kabanicha), Jorma Silvasti (Boris), Vincent Le Texier (Dikoj), Donald Kaasch (Tichon), Aleš Briscein (Kudrjáš), Andrea Hill (Varvara) | • Janáček: Káťa Kabanová | Palais Garnier, Paris, 7.30pm | Web site: www.operadeparis.fr

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9 March 2011 | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Isabelle Faust (violin), Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor) | • Ravel: Suite “Mother Goose” | • Ravel: “Tzigane” for Violin & Orchestra | • Bartók: Rhapsody No 2 for Violin & Orchestra | • Dvořák: Symphony No 6 in D Major, Op 60 (B 112) | Philharmonie, Berlin, 8.00pm | Web site: www.dso-berlin.de

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4 & 5 March 2011 | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor) | • Mahler: Symphony No 7 in E minor | de Doelen, Rotterdam, 8.15pm | Web site: www.rpho.nl

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17 March 2011 | Elisabeth Harringer-Pignat & Cathrin Kudelka (violins), Antonia Siegers & Johannes Gürth (viola), Anita Leuzinger (cello) | • Zemlinsky: Two Pieces for String Quintet in D minor | • Kodály: Serenade Op 12 for 2 Violins & Viola | • Martinů: String Quintet (H 164) | Kleiner Saal, Tonhalle, Zurich, 12.15pm | Web site: www.tonhalle-orchester.ch

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3, 4, 5 & 6 March 2011 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) | • Mahler: Symphony No 7 in E minor | Symphony Center, Chicago, 8.00pm (1.30pm on 4th, 3.00pm on 6th) | Web site: www.cso.org
10, 11 & 12 March 2011 | Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Karen Gomyo (violin) | • Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 2 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88 (B 163) | • Franck: The Accursed Huntsman [only on 11th & 12th] | Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, 11.00am (8.00pm on 11th, 5.30pm on 12th) | Web site: www.indianapolissymphony.org
17, 19 & 20 March 2011 | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Jonathan Biss (piano) | • Mozart: Piano Concerto No 12 | • Janáček: Entr’actes from “The Cunning Little Vixen” | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (B 141) | Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, 8.00pm (3.00pm on 20th) | Web site: www.atlantasymphony.org
30 March 2011 | St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) | • Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture | • Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Symphony Center, Chicago, 8.00pm | Web site: www.cso.org