November 2010 International Diary

Canada

• 10 & 11 November 2010 | Slavic Celebration 1 | Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Teng Li (viola), Michael Bloss (organ), Christine Brewer (soprano), John MacMaster (tenor) | • Tchaikovsky: March Slav, Op. 31 | • Krystof Maratka: Astrophonia for Viola & Orchestra | • Prokofiev: Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 | • Janácek: Glagolitic Mass | Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, 8.00pm | Web site: www.tso.ca
• 13 & 14 November 2010 | Slavic Celebration 2 | Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Natasha Paremski (piano), Colin Carr (cello) | • Glinka: Overture to Ruslan & Lyudmila (Nov 14 only) | • Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op 33 (B 63) | • Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto | • Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 revision) | Roy Thomson Hall (George Weston Recital Hall on Nov 14), Toronto, 7.30pm (3.00pm on Nov 14) | Web site: www.tso.ca
• 17 & 18 November 2010 | Slavic Celebration 3 | Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Andreas Haefliger (piano) | • Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila | • Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Minor, Op 21 | • Smetana: Vltava from Má vlast (My Country) | • Janáček: “Taras Bulba” Rhapsody for Orchestra, after the novel by Nikolay Gogol | Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, 8.00pm (2.00pm on Nov 18) | Web site: www.tso.ca

Czech Republic

• 3 November 2010 | Czech Chamber Music Society | Czech Philharmonic Sextet | • Spohr: Sting Sextet in C major, Op 140 | • Brahms: String Sextet No 2 in G major, Op 36 | Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 5.30pm, | Web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
• 3 & 4 November 2010 | Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Zdeněk Mácal (conductor) | • Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op 84 | • Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 61 | • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op 100 | Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.fok.cz | Note: there is a public rehearsal at 10.00am on 3 November
• 4 & 5 November 2010 | Concert to celebrate 200th anniversary of the poet Karel Hynek Mácha | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Ivan Kusnjer (baritone), Otakar Brousek st. (speaker), Christina Vasileva (soprano), Tomáš Černý (tenor), Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) | • Vladimír Franz: Radobyl World première | • Foerster: “May”, cantata for baritone, speaker, male choir & orchestra, Op 159 | Vítězslav Novák: “May” Symphony for soprano, tenor, choir & orchestra Op 73 | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
• 9 November 2010 | Orchestra & Chorus of National Theatre, Ondrej Lenárd or David Švec (conductor) | • Smetana: “The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta)” | National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague, 7.00pm | Web site: www.narodni-divadlo.cz
• 13 November 2010 | Orchestra & Chorus of National Theatre, Tomáš Netopil (conductor), Maria Kobielska or Christina Vasileva (Kaťa) | • Janáček: Káťa Kabanová | National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague, 7.00pm | Web site: www.narodni-divadlo.cz
• 14 November 2010 | Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Radek Baborák (conductor/horn), Zuzana Rzounková (horn) | • Antonín Rejcha (Reicha): Overture in C major, Op 24 | • František Antonín Rössler (Rosetti): Concerto for Two French Horns in E flat major | • Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D major “Prague” K504 | Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague, 4.00pm | Web site: www.fok.cz
• 17 & 18 November 2010 | Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Czech Horn Quartet, Petri Sakari (conductor) | • Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter, Op 49 | • Schumann: Concert Piece for Four Horns & Orchestra in F major, Op 86 | • Suk: Ripening, Op 34 | Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.fok.cz | Note: there is a public rehearsal at 10.00am on 17 November
• 20 November 2010 | Petra Matějová (piano) | • C P E Bach: Fantasia in C major, Wq 59/6 | • C P E Bach: Sonata in A minor, Wq 57/2 | • Haydn:> Variations in F minor, Hob XVII/6 | • Haydn: Sonata in F major, Hob XVI/23 | • Stravinsky: Sonata | • Martinů: Etudes and polkas (selection), H308 | • Jan Novák: Prima sonata clavibus | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.fok.cz
• 24 November 2010 | Czech Chamber Music Society | Zemlinsky Quartet | • Haydn: String Quartet No 62 in C major, Op 76 No 3 | • Viktor Kalabis: String Quartet No 7, Op 76 | • Zemlinsky: String Quartet No 1 in A major, Op 4 | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
• 25 & 26 Novmber 2010 | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Juraj Čižmarovič (violin), Dmitri Kitajenko (conductor) | • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 | Prokofiev: • Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op 100 | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
• 28 November 2010 | Czech Philharmonic Sextet | • Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D major, Op 70 “Souvenir de Florence” | • Dvořák: String Sextet in A major, Op 48 (B80) | Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 3.00pm | Web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz

Germany

• 3, 6 & 8 November 2010 | Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Angela Denoke (Jenůfa), Štefan Margita (Laca Klemeň), Joseph Kaiser (Števa Buryja), Gabriele Schnaut (Kostelnička) | • Janáček: Jenůfa [sung in Czech with German surtitles] | National Theatre, Munich, 7.00pm | Web site: www.bayerische.staatsoper.de
• 4 November 2010 | Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Nina Stemme (Rusalka), Klaus Florian Vogt (The Prince), Janina Baechle (Ježibaba) | Dvořák: Rusalka, Op 114 (B 203) [sung in Czech with German surtitles] | Nationaltheater, Munich, 7.00pm | Web site: www.bayerische.staatsoper.de
• 4 & 5 November 2010 | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Anu Komsi (soprano), Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) | • Haydn: Symphony No 26 in D minor “Lamentatione” Hob 1/26 | • Berg: Lulu Suite | • Dvořák: Symphony No 5 in F Major, Op 76 (B 54) | Herkulessaal, Residenz, Munich, 8.00pm | Web site: www.br-online.de/br-klassik/br-symphonieorchester/index.xml
• 20 November 2010 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Aga Mikolaj (soprano), Iris Vermillion (mezzo soprano), Stuart Neill (tenor), Arutjun Kotchinian (bass), Iveta Apkalna (organ), Marek Janowski (conductor) | • Hindemith: Symphony “Mathis der Maler” | • Janáček: Glagolitic Mass | Phiharmonie, Berlin, 8.00pm | Web site: www.rsb-online.de
• 28 November 2010 | Viola Thönniß (violin), Oliver Linsel (cello), Bernhard Bücker (piano) | • Beethoven: Piano Trio No 5 in D Major, Op 70 No 1 “Ghost” | • Debussy: Piano Trio in G Major | • Martinů: Piano Trio No 3 in C Major (H 332) | Forum Museum. Bochum, 7.00pm | Web site: www.bochumer-symphoniker.de

Netherlands

• 4 & 5 Novemberr 2010 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor) | • Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3 | • Janáček: “Taras Bulba” Rhapsody for Orchestra, after the novel by Nikolay Gogol | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 8.15pm | Web site: www.concertgebouworkest.nl
• 26 & 28 November 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 [Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 on 28th] | Dr Anton Philipszaal, The Hague, 8.15pm (2.15pm on 28th) | Web site: www.residentieorkest.nl

Switzerland

• 12 November 2010 | Aargauer Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock (conductor), Oliver Schnyder (piano) | • Dvořák: Overture “Othello”, Op 93 (B 174) | • Heinrich Sutermeister: Suite from opera “Romeo & Juliet” | • Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat Major, Op 83 | Trafo-Halle, Baden, 8.00pm | Web site: www.aso-ag.ch
• 14 & 16 November 2010 | Aargauer Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock (conductor), Oliver Schnyder (piano) | • Dvořák: Overture “Othello”, Op 93 (B 174) | • Heinrich Sutermeister: Suite from opera “Romeo & Juliet” | • Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat Major, Op 83 | Kultur & Kongresshaus, Aarau, 5.00pm (8.00pm on 16th) | Web site: www.aso-ag.ch
• 25 & 26 November 2010 | Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Hilevi Martinpelto (soprano), Roman Trekel (baritone) | • Mahler: Totenfeier | • Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony, Op 18 | Tonhalle, Zurich, 7.30pm | Web site: www.tonhalle-orchester.ch

United States of America

• 4 & 6 November 2010 | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman (conductor & violin) | • Mozart: Adagio in E Major for Violin & Orchestra | • Mozart: Rondo in C Major for Violin & Orchestra | • Mozart: Symphony No 25 in G minor | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, 8.00pm | Web site: www.atlantasymphony.org