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2010: Oct Nov
SEPTEMBER
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SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.15
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No.2
ROSSINI William Tell: Overture
Mark Wigglesworth conductor
Bernd Glemser piano Rachmaninoff was the last of the great Romantic composer-pianists. There are no piano concertos quite like Rachmaninoff’s, and Bernd Glemser will bring to the second concerto the grandeur and distinction it demands. But don’t let the most popular piano concerto of all time distract you from the frame in which it sits. Shostakovich’s intriguing symphony is like a toy shop, with a riot of clever quotations from other composers – and himself!
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Time: 8:00 pm 22 September – 8:00 pm 25 September
Cost: See the web site
Venue: Sydney Opera House
Information: http://www.sydneysymphony.com/seasons/2010/productions/2010_rach_2/details/
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OCTOBER
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Alina Ibragimova, violin
Cédric Tiberghien, piano
The electrifying musical partnership of Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien has swiftly secured its reputation as the most accomplished and popular of duos, the pairs’ joie de vivre captivating audiences worldwide. What unites them most is simplicity and naturalness of musical line.
Born in Russia and trained at the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in England, Ibragimova is an artist of outstanding sensitivity and formidable technical command. Tiberghien, born and educated in France, has established an impressive international career dividing his time evenly between chamber music, solo recitals and concerto performances.
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Time: Sat 16 Oct 1:30PM; Mon 18 Oct, 7:00PM
Cost: See the web site
Venue: City Recital Hall Angel Place
Information: http://www.musicaviva.com.au/concertseason/performers/alinaibragimovaandcedrictiberghien
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NOVEMBER
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KHACHATURIAN Spartacus: Suite
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No.5 (Egyptian)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Alexander Lazarev conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
Let your imagination loose on the tender Adagio and thrilling dances that accompany Spartacus’s uprising. Surrender to the spinning violin solos and rich orchestral palette of Scheherazade’s nightly tales – a spirited heroine in an exotic world. And discover the charming panoramas of Saint-Saëns’ most evocative concerto, with its thudding steamship propellers and croaking frogs on the Nile.
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Time: 7.30 pm 4 November - 8 November
Cost: See the web ste
Venue: Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House
Information: http://www.sydneysymphony.com/seasons/2010/productions/2543-2010-Arabian-Nights/details/
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JANÁCEK (arr. Tognetti) String Quartet No.1, The Kreutzer Sonata
BEETHOVEN (arr. Tognetti) Violin Sonata in A, Kreutzer
Beethoven’s sonata is the psychological pivot of Leo Tolstoy’s novella “The Kreutzer Sonata”, about a man who kills his adulterous wife. That she and her violinist lover play the Kreutzer together is testament to its emotional power. Tolstoy was branded a moral pervert on publication of the novella and Janácek’s violent reaction to it inspired his first string quartet, itself a psychological drama bursting with passion.
The ACO has played Richard Tognetti’s arrangements of these two great works all over the world and here brings them together 100 years after the death of Tolstoy, whose still-controversial story connects these two wildly dramatic pieces.
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Time: 8:00 PM Saturday 20 Nov, 2:30 PM Sunday 21 November; 8:00 PM Tuesday 23 November, 7:00 PM Wednesday 24 November
Cost: See the web site
Venue: Sunday 21 November at Sydney Opera House; other dates - City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney
Information: http://www.aco.com.au/?url=/kreutzersonata
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