Posts Tagged ‘Shostakovich’
The indefatigable Valery Gergiev
I came across this interview http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/11/12/f-valery-gergiev.html?cmp=rss that CBC news conducted with Valery Gergiev when he was in Canada to give a performance with the Mariinsky Theatre Stradivarius Ensemble. With his indefatigable work ethic, juggling several full-time and guest conducting jobs, he has become the face of Russian classical music. So much so, that Russian officials are using […]
Tuesday 09/04/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Riccardo Muti Prokofiev: The Meeting of the Volga and the Don Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Ildar Abdrazakov, bass) Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C Minor, Op 67 Prokofiev: Three Scenes from Romeo and Juliet (CSO Brass)
Tuesday 07/24/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductors: Jaap van Zweden, Antonio Pappano Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op 110a Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto in F Minor (Gene Pokorny, tuba) Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A Major, Op 92 Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 2, Op 126 (Han-Na Chang, cello)
Wednesday 06/06/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Roman Kofman Trumpeter: Håkan Hardenberger GERSHWIN: An American in Paris FRANCESCONI: Hard Pace SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 6 Fill: George Gershwin: “Cuban Overture”
Thursday 04/12/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Susanna Mälkki Violinist: Leila Josefowicz STRAVINSKY: Scherzo Fantastique SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 7 SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1 SIBELIUS: Finlandia Fill: SIBELIUS: Tapiola SIBELIUS: Incidetnal music to “The Tempest”
Wednesday 03/07/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Conductor: Semyon Bychkov Violinist: Joshua Bell Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 1 Fill: Frank Martin: Concerto for 7 wind instruments & timpani
Tuesday 02/21/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Charles Dutoit Pianist: Kirill Gerstein Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor, Op 18 Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 in G Minor, Op 103, The Year 1905 Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Wednesday 11/02/11 Live! At The Concertgebouw
Conductor: Sakari Oramo Violinist: Janine Jansen Lindberg: chorale Janacek: Taras Bulba Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77
