Who are You Going to See?

[austinpop]

Cool thread!

 

My tastes run to classical, and this spring my travel schedule is aligning nicely with concerts in several cities:

• Seattle: Dausgaard - Brahms 2 (tentative)
• DC: Runnicles - Mahler 10
• Seattle: Beethoven & Brahms
• Chicago (Axpona): Muti - Dvořák (tentative)

[austinpop]

Nice!

 

I will be in DC end of month, so going to the National Symphony Orchestra performing Mahler 10.

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11 minutes ago, rando said:

The coming month's are looking better than I'd expected.  Sharon Bezaly giving a world premiere with the Minnesota Orchestra in May.  Carolyn Sampson with the same orchestra performing Mahler's 4th in June.  Then Igor Levit, Nicola Benedetti, and Gautier Capuçon with Yuga Wang this Fall.  

 

Just got back from once again being surprised at a local concert series with exceptional live music.  This one an all female Wind Quintet in celebration of International Women's Day.  The French horn's bell was no more than 2' from a solid wood wall.  I'm still trying to figure out if this was a planned event.  Always something surprising that works out very well.  

 

I need to make it up to MSP for a performance or three. Big fan of Osmo, especially his Sibelius cycle with the Minnesota Orchestra.

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2 hours ago, Johnseye said:

 

Salonen was unchained last night.  What an incredible event.  After the first movement a woman yelled out, "that was amazing!".  At the end of the Adagio Salonen brought the symphony down to where you could hear a pin drop.  The crowd was in awe.  He has a vibrant, animated and emotional style which the orchestra locked into.  Quite a bit different from Muti who tends to be reserved.

 

Wow, wish I could have attended!

 

I've always thought Salonen esa-betta Mahlerian than Mutti. OK - you try making a pun with Esa-Pekka.  

 

That said, I really enjoyed Mutti conducting Dvorak's 9th the weekend of AXPONA. I hear you about "reserved." By his body language, Mutti seems to think the audience is to be tolerated, at best.

[austinpop]

5 minutes ago, mansr said:

Look at this guy, 'e's a pecka'. (Sorry, you asked for it.)

(By J.M.Garg - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2824148)

 

He seems to be more a head-banger than a Mahlerian, wouldn't you say?

[austinpop]

I have a quick trip to San Francisco in June, so will be going to...

 

June 24: Daniil Trifonov with MTT and the SF Symphony performing Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3, and Sibelius Symphonies 6 & 7.

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44 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

Here’s the report:

 

https://musicophilesblog.com/2018/05/24/lisa-batiashvili-playing-brahms-at-tonhalle-zurich-fantastic/

 

Great report! I agree with you that we live in a golden age of outstanding female violin virtuosi.

 

While not female, and as easy on the male eye, what's your view of Leonidas Kavakos? I have only seen him on the Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert performing Sibelius, I believe, but this guy is amazing.

[austinpop]

I agree Dudamel can perhaps be overexpressive. I'm picky about Mahler conductors, but Dudamel and his Simón Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela really won me over with this performance. Excellent sonics, and the orchestra's playing is inspired and exquisite.

 

[austinpop]

• Sun June 24, San Francisco:             Sibelius Symphonies 6 & 7, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3, MTT & SF Symphony
• Sat July 21, London:                           BBC Prom No. 9: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (while attending CanJam)
• Sun July 22, London:                          BBC Prom No. 11: Mahler Symphony No. 8 (while attending CanJam)

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Visiting my daughter in Seattle in October, and will be seeing Thomas Dausgaard conducting the Seattle Symphony, playing a program of Bach and Mozart.

[austinpop]

April 18: Symphonie Fantastique - Chicago Symphony (during AXPONA)

May 2: Haydn: The Creation - Seattle Symphony, Thomas Dausgaard

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Just booked a weekend getaway to Atlanta on Oct 8th.

 

We'll see Nathalie Stutzmann's debut as the music director of the Atlanta Symphony with a program including Beethoven's 9th symphony. Very exciting to see a woman appointed to lead a major American orchestra.

 

https://www.aso.org/announcements/announcing-nathalie-stutzmann

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Nov 11 - Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra, Mahler 3rd.

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22 minutes ago, Jud said:

Jordi Savall next week. He’s a world treasure, and I’m very much looking forward to it.

Nice! Where?