Coming Up Live This Week

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I have a hunch that Abbado's recording of the 3rd may be one of the best, but I've not heard enough of it to be sure.

I really must listen to this again, but I really disliked this recording when it first appeared: stunningly well played, very good recording, but so much unnecessary (IMO) and precious biggering around with the tempi and momentum of the Music. Walter, Cantelli and Fürtwangler are all absolutely superb.

(Abbado's recording of the Second, on the other hand, is the best since Fürtwangler: just such a shame neither included the Expo repeat! )

[Thropplenoggin]

I really must listen to this again, but I really disliked this recording when it first appeared: stunningly well played, very good recording, but so much unnecessary (IMO) and precious biggering around with the tempi and momentum of the Music. Walter, Cantelli and Fürtwangler are all absolutely superb.

(Abbado's recording of the Second, on the other hand, is the best since Fürtwangler: just such a shame neither included the Expo repeat! )

"biggering"

[amateur51]

"biggering"

It's non-U

[Nick Armstrong]

It's non-U

Avoids the tuk-tuks running amok while ff's recuperating

[Thropplenoggin]

This was a gem this week:

Trio Zimmemann playing Beethoven's String Trio in G Major Op.9 No.1. An absolute lovely piece brilliantly played here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p9hkl

It's at the start of the programme. Their disc of the same repertoire is now on my wishlist.

[Hornspieler]

(Hornspieler’s Picks)

Wednesday 9 January 2013 at 7.30 *Live from Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Andris Nelsons continues the CBSOs cycle of Beethoven programmes. The orchestra are joined by Carolyn Sampson for the composer's most famous concert aria Ah, Perfido! between performances of his cheery and exuberant 4th and iconic 5th Symphonies.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat
Beethoven: Ah, Perfido! Scene and Aria
INTERVAL
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor

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Friday 11 January 2013 at 7.30 * Live from the Barbican in London

Anna Clyne: Night Ferry (UK Premiere)
Britten: Piano Concerto
INTERVAL
Elgar: Symphony Nº 1 in A flat
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Andrew Litton, conductor

Two leading lights in a new generation of British artists grace this evening: Benjamin Grosvenor, in 2011 the youngest soloist ever to open the Proms, performs Britten's brilliant, youthful Piano Concerto, while composer Anna Clyne, whose dazzlingly inventive Rewind was such a hit for the BBC SO, returns with a major new work commissioned by the Chicago SO, Night Ferry. The transatlantic theme continues when well-loved American champion of British music, Andrew Litton takes on Elgar's monumental First Symphony. Widely hailed as 'the first great English symphony', this rich and poetic work is a complex weave of nobility, aching sadness and, in the composer's words, 'massive hope'

* Interested? Post a new thread on the Performance Forum (or join in on one existing) to comment or review this programme.

Two picks from me this week, but I shall endeavour to highlight live concerts on Sunday every week and then the posting of a new thread for that performance (if one does not already exist) is up to the individual

HS

[BBMmk2]

Both of the programmes seem very attreactive indeed! Thank you HS for this marvelous service!

[Hornspieler]

BBC Philharmonic - Ireland, Walton, Vaughan Williams

Monday 14 January 2013

Live from MediaCityUK in Salford
The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by John Wilson

Ireland: A London Overture
Walton: Cello Concerto

Interval

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5

After John Ireland's effervescent portrait of London, the BBC Philharmonic are joined by Guy Johnston to perform Walton's colourful Cello Concerto. The second part of this evening's concert will feature Vaughan Williams' spiritual Fifth Symphony - a central work in his output, which embodied a return to the more romantic style of writing after his abrasively dissonant Fourth Symphony.

Last seen conducting his own "Hooray for Holywood" orchestra, it will be interesting to see how John Wilson copes with this attractive but challenging programme.

HS

[mercia]

VW 5 seems to be getting quite a few outings recently, not that I'm complaining

I do hope Elgar 1 won't be in A minor

[Hornspieler]

VW 5 seems to be getting quite a few outings recently, not that I'm complaining

I do hope Elgar 1 won't be in A minor

I did mean to write A flat - honest!

HS

[salymap]

Thanks HS, the concert on the 14th looks interesting - mustn't miss that one.

[salymap]

See #51 for details of tonight's concert. I hope to hear the interval talk about Elgar and his trusty bicycle. All cyclists should attempt the Malvern Hills on 2 wheels.

[Hornspieler]

Philharmonia - Mendelssohn, Dvorak, BrahmsDuration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

:Thursday 24 January 2013 Live from the Royal Festival Hall

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The Royal Philharmonic Society Bicentenary Concert: the Philharmonia, conducted by Tugan Sokhiev and with violinist Akiko Suwanai, play Mendelssohn, Dvořák & Brahms.

Mendelssohn: Overture, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Dvořák: Violin Concerto

Brahms: Symphony No. 1

Akiko Suwanai, violin
Philharmonia
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

On 24 January 1813 a group of musicians, music dealers and publishers met in London and founded the Philharmonic Society. For two hundred years the Royal Philharmonic Society has created a future for music by commissioning new music and supporting composers and musicians throughout the UK and abroad. In this concert, conductor Tugan Sokhiev's and the Philharmonia celebrate the Royal Philharmonic Society's Bicentenary with three composers closely associated with the Society's life and history.

Be sure not to miss this one.

HS

[Estelle]

Hello, Hornspieler,
I didn't find a mention in your thread or anywhere in Performance of the Monday evening Live from the Wigmore Hall, London Brahms violin sonatas with Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt and am just wondering why. (Not a highlight for you, perhaps?) Thanks.

[Hornspieler]

Hello, Hornspieler,
I didn't find a mention in your thread or anywhere in Performance of the Monday evening Live from the Wigmore Hall, London Brahms violin sonatas with Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt and am just wondering why. (Not a highlight for you, perhaps?) Thanks.

Greetings, Estelle.
Well the reason is that I am simply picking out live orchestral concerts which I think would be of general interest, from the BBC Schedule, being a former orchestral player myself, but the full Radio 3 Schedule is there for all to see and there is a helpful quick link on this forum's left hand side.

Hornspieler