October 2010 International Diary

Czech Republic

• 8 October 2010 | Gala concert to celebrate 85th birthday of Sir Charles Mackerras | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivan Kusnjer (baritone), Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) | • Dvořák: Overture “In Nature’s Realm (V přírodě)”, Op 91 (B 168) | • Martinů: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano & Timpani (H 271) | • Janáček: Sinfonietta | • Smetana: Šárka, symphonic poem from cycle Má vlast | • Suk: Asrael, symphony in C minor Op 27 (Scherzo) | • Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, finale of opera | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
• 11 October 2010 | Pražák Quartet | • Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op 74 No 3 “Rider” | • Martinů: String Quartet No 6, H312 | • Smetana: String Quartet No 1 in E minor “From My Life” | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm, | Web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
• 19 & 20 October 2010 | Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Tomáš Netopil (conductor), Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno (choir master Petr Fiala), Simona Houda-Šaturová (soprano), Jana Sýkorová (alto) | • Mahler: Symphony No 2 in C minor “Resurrection” | Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.fok.cz
• 20 October 2010 | Czech Chamber Music Society | Kocian Quartet, Jan Pěruška (viola), Josef Klusoň (viola) | • Mozart: String Quintet No 3 in C major, K515 | • Zdeněk Šesták: String Quintet No 2 “Conscientia tempori” | • Mendelssohn: String Quintet No 3 in B major, Op 87 | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
• 21 & 22 October 2010 | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal (conductor) | • Mahler: Symphony No 9 | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
• 23 & 31 October 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 (4.00pm on 31st) | Web site: www.narodni-divadlo.cz
• 26 October 2010 | Michael Schönheit (organ) | • Recital including music by Černohorský, Seger, Kopřiva, Brixi, Kuchař & Vaňhal | Church of St Simon & St Jude, Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.fok.cz
• 28 October 2010 | Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Jiří Kout (conductor) | Smetana: Má vlast (My Country) | Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.fok.cz | Please note: there is a public rehearsal on 27 Oct at 10.00am
• 28 & 29 October 2010 | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal (conductor) | • Mahler: Symphony No 6 in A minor | Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 7.30pm | Web site: www.ceskafilharmonie.cz

Finland

• 1 October 2010 | Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Petri Sakari (conductor), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Puolalanmäen Music College Choir | • Sibelius: Pohjula’s Daughter | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (B 191) | • Suk: A Summer’s Tale, Op 29 | Concert Hall, Turku, 7.00pm | Web site: www.turku.fi
• 1 October 2010 | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Olli Mustonen (piano) | • Dvořák: Overture “Carnival”, Op 92 (B 169) | • Martinů: Piano Concerto No 3 (H 316) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, 7.00pm | Website: yle.fi/rso
• 16 October 2010 | Members of Turku Philharmonic Orchestra | • Jacques Pillois: Five Haiku | • Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht | • Dvořák: String Quintet No 2 in G Major with double bass, Op 77 (B 49) | Turku Castle, Turku, 3.00pm | Web site: www.turku.fi

Germany

• 1 October 2010 | Munich Radio Orchestra (Münchner Rundfunkorkester), Bavarian Radio Choir, Tobias Haaks (tenor), Adrian Eröd (baritone), Sian Edwards (conductor) | • Martinů: The Prophecy of Isaiah (H 383) | • Gerhard Wimberger: Tagebuch 1942 – Jochen Klepper | • Britten: Cantata misericordium | Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Romanstraße 6, 80639 Munich, 8.00pm | Web site: www.br-online.de/br-klassik/muenchner-rundfunkorchester
• 1 October 2010 | HR (Frankfurt Radio) Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Troussov (violin), Krzysztof Urbański (conductor) | • Brahms: Tragic Overture | • Bartók: Violin Concerto No 1 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 5 in F Major, Op 76 (B 54) | Hessischer Rundfunk Sendesaal, Frankfurt am Main, 8,00pm | Web site: www.hr-online.de
• 1 & 2 October 2010 [also 30 September] | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Tomáš Netopil (conductor), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano) (Julietta), Steve Davislim Tenor (Michel) | • Martinů: Three Fragments from Julietta (H 253A) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (B 141) | Philharmonie, Berlin, 8.00pm | Web site: www.berliner-philharmoniker.de
• 23, 26, 28 & 31 October 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] | National Theatre, Munich, 7.00pm | Web site: www.bayerische.staatsoper.de
• 24 October 2010 | Frankfurt String Sextet, Andrea Reuter (soprano) | • d’Indy: String Sextet in B flat major, Op 92 | • Marius Lange: | “Drei Liebeslieder” for soprano & String Sextet (texts by Rilke and Nietzsche) | • Zemlinsky: “Maiblumen blühten überall” for soprano & String Sextet (text by Richard Dehmel) | • Martinů: String Sextet (H224) | Foyer of the Hessicher Rundfunk Sendesaal, Frankfurt am Main, 6.00pm | Web site: www.hr-online.de
• 28, 29 & 30 October 2010 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Kate Royal (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Hanns Zischler (speaker), Rundfunkchor Berlin | • Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw | • Mahler: Symphony No 2 in C minor “Resurrection” | Philharmonie, Berlin, 8.00pm | Web site: www.berliner-philharmoniker.de
• 29 October 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

Poland

• 8 & 9 October 2010 | Wrocław Opera (Opera Wrocławska) | • Martinů: The Miracles of Mary (Hry o Marii) (H236) [Co-production with National Theatre/Narodní divadlo, Prague] | Opera House, Wrocław, 7.00pm | Web site: www.opera.wroclaw.pl

Slovakia

• 1 October 2010 | Third Indian Summer in Levoča Festival | Stamic Quartet | Dvořák: String Quartet No 9 in D minor, Op 34 (B 75) | • Ives: String Quartet No 1 | • Schumann: String Quartet in A, Op 41 No 1 | Theatre, Levoča, 7.00pm | Web site: www.lblfestival.eu
• 2 October 2010 | Third Indian Summer in Levoča Festival | Stamic Quartet, Ivo Kahánek (piano) | • Smetana: String Quartet No 2 in D minor | • Schulhoff: String Quartet No 2 | • Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op 44 | Theatre, Levoča, 7.00pm | Web site: www.lblfestival.eu
• 3 October 2010 | Third Indian Summer in Levoča Festival | Ivo Kahánek (piano) | Recital to include • Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op 15 | • Chopin: 4 Scherzi | Congress Hall, Levoča, 3.00pm | Web site: www.lblfestival.eu
• 3 October 2010 | Third Indian Summer in Levoča Festival | Aperta Trio – Ronald Šebesta (clarinet), Jozef Lupták (cello) and Nora Skuta (piano) | • Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B-flat, Op 11 | • Peter Zagar: Clarinet Trio | • Zemlinsky: Trio in E-flat, Op 4 | Theatre, Levoča, 7.00pm | Web site: www.lblfestival.eu
• 4 October 2010 | Third Indian Summer in Levoča Festival | Jonathan Powell (piano) | • recital to include music by Eugen Suchoň and Mahler/Friedmann Menuetto from the 3rd Symphony | Congress Hall, Levoča, 3.00pm | Web site: www.lblfestival.eu
• 5 October 2010 | Third Indian Summer in Levoča Festival | Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Košice, Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Zbyněk Müller (conductor) | • programme to include Elgar Cello Concerto and Schumann 2nd Symphony | Congress Hall, Levoča, 7.00pm | Web site: www.lblfestival.eu
• 8 October 2010 | Third Indian Summer in Levoča Festival | Holywell Ensemble | • Hummel: Piano Trio in E flat | • Mahler: Quartetsatz (1876) | • Ireland: Trio No 2 | • Suk: Elegy | • Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A, Op 114 | Congress Hall, Levoča, 7.00pm | Web site: www.lblfestival.eu
• 9 October 2010 | Third Indian Summer in Levoča Festival | Monica Melcová (organ), Olivier Benichou (flute) | • Music of the Bach Family | Evangelical Church, Levoča, 3.00pm | Web site: www.lblfestival.eu

Switzerland

• 17 October 2010 | Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Hervé Klopfenstein (conductor), Edouard Jaccottet (violin) | • Mozart: Violin Concerto No 2 in D major (K 211) | • Dvořák: Czech Suite (Suite in D Major), Op 39 (B 93) | Salle Métropole, Lausanne, 11.15am | Web site: www.ocl.ch

United States of America

• 21, 22 & 23 October 2010 | Philadelphia Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Renaud Capuçon (violin) | • Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin | • Dutilleux: L’Arbre des songes | • Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88 (B 163) | Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, 8.00pm (2.00pm on 22nd), | Web site: www.philorch.org
• 21 & 23 October 2010 | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robert Spano (conductor), Twyla Robinson (soprano), Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano), John McMaster (tenor), Jan Martiník (bass) | • Ligeti: Atmosphères | • Bartók: Suite “The Miraculous Mandarin” | • Janáček: Glagolitic Mass | Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, 8.00pm | Web site: www.atlantasymphony.org