Concerts booked for the season

[bonzo75]

Proms at Royal Albert Hall
At Barbican
At Royal Festival Hall
At Cadogan Hall


16 Aug, Proms - Sibelius 3, 4 and Violin concerto
3 Sep, Handel Arias at the Proms
7 Sep, Schehrezade at the Proms
10 Sep, Vienna Philharmonic at the Proms
15 Sep – Bernard Haitink/LSO, Bruckner 9
20 Sep - Bernard Haitink/LSO, Mahler 4
Wed 23 Sep - Mahler 7, London Philharmonic
Thu 24 Sep BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mahler 3
Sun 27 Sep – Beethoven 9, again
Sep 29 - Operatic Arias
Sep 30 - Operatic Arias
Oct 2 - Natalie Dessay Arias
Oct 4 - Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1
Oct 9 Valery Gergiev/LSO Stravinsky Rite of Spring
Wed Oct 14 – Bostridge sings Handel arias
Thu 15 – Rachamaninov Piano Concerto 2
Thu 12 Nov Beethoven 3, Philharmonia
Fri 20 Nov Academy of Ancient Music, Loads of baroque arias
Tue 24 Violin Concertos, Bach, Telemann, etc
Wed 25 Mahler 1, London Philharmonic
Joseph calleja Friday 22 Jan
Thu 3 Mar Sibelius Violin Concerto
Tue 12 April Mahler 2
Thu 14 April Rachamninov Symphonic Dances


Have to get a slot in there somewhere to watch Carmen at the Royal Opera House

 

[bonzo75]

I had to book concerts in different halls because Keith (Purite) told me that all concerts in Barbican sound the same, as they have the same frequency response. Festival Hall sounds different to Barbican, as different frequency response. And so on. So I effectively have 4 concerts

 

[Kingsrule]

Nice list!
IYO, which hall sounds best?
I thought the Barbican was pretty bad

 

[bonzo75]

The cost of those tickets is still less than my used High Fidelity RCA

 

[bonzo75]

Nice list!
IYO, which hall sounds best?

Albert Hall sucks for acoustic (good for rock), Barbican and Festival Hall are good if you have center seats (though I doubt they will be as good as some of the halls in other countries).

 

[Kingsrule]

I sat dead center, maybe 15 rows up....Boston is my fav followed by Kleinhans

 

[bonzo75]

I sat dead center, maybe 15 rows up....Boston is my fav followed by Kleinhans

Yeah I try center, around 10th row.

 

[spiritofmusic]

How many concerts can you book for the cost of your B7 (Lampi, not Ludwig Van)?

 

[es347]

Kirk Whalum Friday and Saturday night at The Jazz Kitchen here in Indy...a very small venue seating maybe 100. We've seen some big names there normally during the week when performers are headed elsewhere. Great fun!

 

[astrotoy]

K, nice choices. London has more great classical music than any other place on the planet. I have to fit all mine into the 3-4 weeks we are in London in the late Spring. Have you done any at Wigmore? They are all chamber - but great music and the acoustics are the best in London.

PS. London's classical music is still subsidized, though not as much as it used to be. So tickets are a great bargain compared to the major cities in the US. Opera is the exception, expensive as most top cities.

Larry

 

[bonzo75]

Larry, yes Ihave been to Wigmore a few times. For some reason filled my schedule up with these right now. Might add some Wigmore later next year. Let me know your list.

What I would like to do is listen to each of these pieces a bit before I go to the concert, then listen live at the concert, then come back and listen to them again, to properly understand the music. But that before and after takes a lot of commitment

 

[astrotoy]

Larry, yes Ihave been to Wigmore a few times. For some reason filled my schedule up with these right now. Might add some Wigmore later next year. Let me know your list.

What I would like to do is listen to each of these pieces a bit before I go to the concert, then listen live at the concert, then come back and listen to them again, to properly understand the music. But that before and after takes a lot of commitment

That is a very good, but time consuming way to get the most from the concert. Some of the venues, like the LSO, put their programs on-line a few days before the concert - that also helps to get some background.

I'll check on the Wigmore schedule. We'll be back in May next year and I'm going to try to book most of the concerts we'll be attending during the next few months.

Larry

 

[bonzo75]

Updating recent peformances as I OCDed a bit this month, all at the Barbican:

Sunday 10th, Debussy Opera - Pelléas et Mélisande (semi-staged performance) - Sir Simon Rattle conductor

Tuesday 12th Detlev Glanert Brahms Fantasie (London Premiere)

Haydn Cello Concerto in C major
Brahms Symphony No 1

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Paul Watkins cello

Wednesday 13th,

Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Leonidas Kavakos violin
Julia Bullock soprano
London Symphony Orchestra

Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin - Loved this
Dutilleux L'arbre des songes *
Delage Four Hindu Poems - Awesome too


Friday 15th

Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
Anna Clyne The Seamstress (UK Premiere)
Elgar Symphony No 2 in E flat major

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Jennifer Koh violin
Dutilleux Métaboles
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2


Thursday 21st

Wagner Prelude to Act I from 'Parsifal'
Berg Seven Early Songs
Mahler Symphony No 5

François-Xavier Roth conductor
Camilla Tilling soprano
London Symphony Orchestra

 

[Jazzhead]

Proms at Royal Albert Hall
At Barbican
At Royal Festival Hall
At Cadogan Hall



16 Aug, Proms - Sibelius 3, 4 and Violin concerto
3 Sep, Handel Arias at the Proms
7 Sep, Schehrezade at the Proms
10 Sep, Vienna Philharmonic at the Proms
15 Sep – Bernard Haitink/LSO, Bruckner 9
20 Sep - Bernard Haitink/LSO, Mahler 4
Wed 23 Sep - Mahler 7, London Philharmonic
Thu 24 Sep BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mahler 3
Sun 27 Sep – Beethoven 9, again
Sep 29 - Operatic Arias
Sep 30 - Operatic Arias
Oct 2 - Natalie Dessay Arias
Oct 4 - Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1
Oct 9 Valery Gergiev/LSO Stravinsky Rite of Spring
Wed Oct 14 – Bostridge sings Handel arias
Thu 15 – Rachamaninov Piano Concerto 2
Thu 12 Nov Beethoven 3, Philharmonia
Fri 20 Nov Academy of Ancient Music, Loads of baroque arias
Tue 24 Violin Concertos, Bach, Telemann, etc
Wed 25 Mahler 1, London Philharmonic
Joseph calleja Friday 22 Jan
Thu 3 Mar Sibelius Violin Concerto
Tue 12 April Mahler 2
Thu 14 April Rachamninov Symphonic Dances


Have to get a slot in there somewhere to watch Carmen at the Royal Opera House

Sep 23 - 27 seems a good time to visit . Tickets still available ?

 

[bonzo75]

Sep 23 - 27 seems a good time to visit . Tickets still available ?

Ho those were last year's. This year's is only the Jan. There were some more last year I did as well, towards the end

 

[Jazzhead]

Oops , thought they were upcoming . Do give me a heads up for any Mahler performances , this year .

 

[bonzo75]

Oops , thought they were upcoming . Do give me a heads up for any Mahler performances , this year .

Mahler 2, Daniel harding, LSO June 5.

You can go here and search on Mahler https://www.barbican.org.uk/general/search.asp

 

[Jazzhead]

Mahler 2, Daniel harding, LSO June 5.

You can go here and search on Mahler https://www.barbican.org.uk/general/search.asp

Cheers !