Week of Events
Toronto SO: Spanish suites
In a program called Spanish Reflections, the Toronto Symphony will give two North American premieres on Feb. 28-29. The first is Francisco Coll’s Ciudad sin sueño: Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra, featuring Javier Perianes. The other is Coll’s orchestration of Falla’s piano work Fantasia Baetica. The program concludes with two suites from Falla’s The Three-Cornered […]
‘Emigré’ Expresses Jewish Pain
On Feb. 29-March 1, Long Yu will conduct the New York Philharmonic orchestra and chorus in the U.S. premiere of Émigré, a semi-staged oratorio by Aaron Zigman and Mark Campbell about Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai to escape the Holocaust. The work was co-commission by the NY Phil and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Soloists […]
Oratorio Rarity In Dallas
It is rare to hear a performance of Franz Schmidt’s 1938 religious oratorio, The Book with Seals. Dallas Symphony patrons will get that chance when Fabio Luisi conducts the work on March 1-3. Soloists will include tenor Paul Appleby, soprano Meghan Kasanders, mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor, and bass Hadleigh Adams. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/the-book-with-seven-seals/
‘Ligeia’ Concerto Premieres In Dublin
Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Wilson, will present the European premiere of Ligeia, a trombone concerto by Joe Chindamo, with Peter Moore as soloist. The March 1 program will also include Holst’s The Planets. https://bit.ly/3tAbDoI
Scriabin Program Uses All The Senses
Alexander Scriabin’s symphonic poem Prometheus, The Poem of Fire celebrates synesthesia and cosmic unity. San Francisco Symphony music mirector Esa-Pekka Salonen has partnered with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Cartier in-house perfumer Mathilde Laurent to create a multisensory production of Prometheus that aims to realize Scriabin’s vision of a truly synesthetic work of art. March 1-3. https://www.sfsymphony.org/Discover-the-Music/Prometheus
Rattle Conducts Premiere Of Adams’ ‘Frenzy’
On March 3 the London Symphony Orchestra will present the world premiere of John Adams’ Frenzy. Simon Rattle conducts this all-American program, which includes Roy Harris’ Symphony No. 3 and Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, featuring Kirill Gerstein. https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/sir-simon-rattle-listening-to-america/
‘Hercules’ Muscles Into Berlin
Directed by Barrie Kosky, Komische Oper Berlin’s new production of Handel’s Hercules demonstrates that oratorios can, in fact, be staged. Mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy sings the lead role of Dejanira, long-suffering wife of Hercules (March 3-April 5). https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/en/what/a-z/hercules/
World Music Inspires Chamber Program
Pieces that take their inspiration from world folk musics is the theme for the March 3 concert from the San Antonio Chamber Music Society. The Jupiter String Quartet will play Su Lian Tan’s Life in Wayang, selections from Wynton Marsalis’ Quartet No. 1, At the Octoroon Balls, and Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, […]
