New Season Guide 2016/17 by Carl Kill

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2016/2017

NEW SEASON GUIDE A look ahead to the very best in live performance for the upcoming season

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CELLO UNWRAPPED AT KINGS PLACE DURING 2017

Sasha Gusov

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BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY HALL

Yuri Temirkanov, the principal conductor of the St Petersburg Philharmonic

Kings Place celebrates the cello truly, madly, deeply, with more than 40 concerts featuring international cellists in an array of contexts and styles

Birmingham Classical offers a distinctive programme of internationally renowned orchestras, recitals and chamber concerts

ow many people wish they’d learned the cello? Huggable, warmly sonorous, with a range that encompasses every human voice-type, the cello has inspired composers for five centuries. Cello Unwrapped boasts an incomparable line-up, from Pieter Wispelwey, Christophe Coin, Alban Gerhardt, Antonio Meneses, Maya Beiser and Natalie Clein, through to Gautier Capuçon, Laura van der Heijden, Nicolas Altstaedt and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, recent winner of BBC Young Musician. And this series presents the instrument in new and unusual contexts. Rediscover the cello in Hall One’s ideal acoustic with orchestra, choir, tango band, folk duo, jazz ensemble, flamenco guitar, lap-top, solo, looped, amplified and transformed.

irmingham Classical offers a distinctive programme of internationally renowned recitals, orchestral and chamber concerts featuring some of the world’s biggest classical music stars. The 2016/17 programme also aims to showcase the UK’s key orchestral talent, inviting national orchestras to share their work with us. Highlights of the international season, meanwhile, include the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra with Pavel Kolesnikov at the piano, the Bergen Philharmonic under Edward Gardner, Yuri Temirkanov leading the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Philharmonia conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Tenor Juan Diego Flórez and pianist Murray Perahia are also appearing.

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Perahia Plays Beethoven with Murray Perahia is the centrepiece of the Academy’s season

7 JAN 2017 ALBAN GERHARDT WITH AURORA ORCHESTRA Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations and Kodály’s Solo Sonata launch the series. 11 JAN, 2 NOV, 8 DEC 2017 BACH THROUGH TIME Christophe Coin, Natalie Clein and Pieter Wispelwey present Bach’s Six Cello Suites. 10 FEB 2017 MAYA BEISER: NEW YORK CELLO Beiser performs the works written for her by Steve Reich and the Bang on a Can composers. 24 SEP 2017 ZOE KEATING: ONE CELLO X 16 The groundbreaking composer and performer creates a universe of music with cello and laptop.

ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS

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Colston Hall’s new season promises colour, vitality and outstanding quality

Colston Hall raises the bar once again with a season bursting with colour, passion and outstanding musical quality

nown around the world for its distinctive style and sound, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields brings the best of its international touring programme to London. Academy music director and violin superstar Joshua Bell play-directs Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto in E minor; the electric Martin Fröst is soloist for Copland’s Clarinet Concerto; and in one of the highlights of the 2016/17 classical calendar, the incomparable Murray Perahia celebrates the genius of Ludwig van Beethoven in ‘Perahia Plays Beethoven’, performing all five of the brilliant German composer’s piano concertos.

fter an explosive season opening from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, ‘Tallis meets Tchaikovsky’ with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and violinist Jennifer Pike in October. November sees Miloš, ‘the hottest guitarist in the world’ (The Sunday Times), journey from Bach to Beatles. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra joins up with soloists including pianist Sunwook Kim and cellist Johannes Moser, and presents symphonies by Bruckner, Mahler and Elgar. Colston Hall is also part of Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Monteverdi 450 celebrations during which he’ll be bringing three of the composer’s operas to Bristol in Spring 2017.

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BRISTOL INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL SEASON 2016/17

Murray Perahia, Joshua Bell and Martin Fröst headline another stellar season from one of the world’s leading chamber orchestras

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26 JAN 2017 ST PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC PERFORMS PROKOFIEV Temirkanov, Lugansky and the St Petersburg Philharmonic perform a thrilling concert of Prokofiev and Rimsky-Korsakov. 21 FEB 2017 JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ IN RECITAL Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez has one of the greatest voices our our age – this rare solo recital offers a chance to hear his extraordinary vocal range and incredible versatility. 5 JULY 2017 IGOR LEVIT PERFORMS SHOSTAKOVICH’S 24 PRELUDES AND FUGUES Shostakovich’s homage to Bach, his stunningly crafted 24 Preludes and Fugues, are performed by one of today’s finest young pianists.

21 NOV 2016 BARBICAN Acclaimed pianist Murray Perahia performs Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 3 in the opening concert of ‘Perahia Plays Beethoven’, a four-concert series celebrating Beethoven at the Barbican. 19 JAN 2017 CADOGAN HALL Academy music director Joshua Bell returns to London to play-direct Mendelssohn’s iconic Violin Concerto in E minor, Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, and continue his survey of the Beethoven Symphonies with the Pastoral Symphony No. 6. 2 FEB 2017 CADOGAN HALL The sensational clarinettist Martin Fröst performs Copland’s jazz-influenced Clarinet Concerto, an exciting selection of Eastern European-inspired dances, and three thrillingly virtuosic traditional Klezmer dances.

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15 OCT 2016 THE HALLÉ Sir Mark Elder and his orchestra meet the electrifying pianist Benjamin Grosvenor for Liszt’s barnstorming Piano Concerto No. 2 before journeying to Dvorˇ ák’s New World. 16 DEC 2016 LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conductor/violinist Nikolaj Znaider plays two of Mozart’s youthful violin concertos. After sunny Salzburg, clouds appear when Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony wrestles with fate. 24 JAN 2017 ST PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Russia’s oldest symphony orchestra tells tales of Spartacus and Arabian Nights via Khachaturian and Rimsky-Korsakov. Nikolai Lugansky plays Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto.

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Cadogan Hall presents the tenth Zurich International Orchestra Series with 16 concerts performed by 11 international orchestras and an array of renowned conductors and critically-acclaimed soloists

OPERA NORTH TOURS AN EXCITING NEW SEASON Clive Barda

CADOGAN HALL’S ZURICH INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA SERIES

Opera North’s acclaimed orchestra perform the Ring cycle at Leeds Town Hall

O Cadogan Hall, right in the heart of Chelsea

T Stephen Vaughn

Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra present all of Prokofiev’s Symphonies over three nights in September

ver the last decade the Zurich International Concert Series has presented nearly 100 concerts from over 40 orchestras. This years, it welcomes back nine of those orchestras including the Mariinsky Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Tonkünstler, Dresden Philharmonic and Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. The Spanish Symphony Orchestra and Norwegian Chamber Orchestra make their series debuts. The 2016-17 series also sees an exciting variety of soloists joining the orchestras, including five previous finalists and winners of BBC Young Musician of the Year: Natalie Clein (9 November), Alison Balsom (28 November), Alexander Sitkovetsky (28 February), Emma Johnson (2 March) and Freddy Kempf (18 May). Guitarist Craig Ogden joins forces with the Spanish Symphony Orchestra on 4 October for a Spanish-inspired programme. Edward Gardner conducts the Bergen Philharmonic in works by Grieg, Elgar and Bartók. The Brussels Philharmonic and chief conductor Stéphane Denève appear twice in the series, on 29 September and 9 April, presenting programmes which explore the works of lesser-known contemporary French composer Guillaume Connesson.

‘This is a Rosenkavalier to delight the seasoned Straussian, to convince the sceptical, and to beguile the uninitiated.’ Daily Telegraph

SEP-NOV 2016 DER ROSENKAVALIER – STRAUSS A sumptuous staging of Strauss’s great human comedy OCT-DEC 2016 IL TABARRO/SUOR ANGELICA – PUCCINI DOUBLE-BILL Two intense operas, one evening of vintage Puccini OCT-DEC 2016 BILLY BUDD – BRITTEN A gripping psychological drama set aboard a warship adrift on the high seas JAN-MAR 2017 THE SNOW MAIDEN – RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Opera North’s first ever staging of this delightful Russian opera FEB-MAR 2017 HANSEL AND GRETEL – HUMPERDINCK Perhaps the best-loved operatic fairy tale of them all, this classic story reveals the perils of growing up FEB-MAR 2017 CINDERELLA (LA CENERENTOLA) – ROSSINI A new production of Rossini’s sparkling comedy performed by an exciting international cast APR-MAY 2017 TURANDOT – PUCCINI Including the famous ‘Nessun Dorma’ this is the latest in Opera North’s acclaimed series of concert stagings

26-28 SEP 2016 MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA Conducted by Valery Gergiev, the orchestra performs the complete Prokofiev Symphonies, in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the composer’s birth, across three nights. 26 & 28 FEB, 2 MARCH 2017 VIENNA TONKÜNSTLER Three fantastic guest soloists – Angela Hewitt (piano), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) and Emma Johnson (clarinet) – perform along this fantastic orchestra in three concerts. 17 MARCH 2017 LEIF OVE ANDSNES The Norwegian pianist performs at Cadogan Hall with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. 18 MAY 2017 MOSCOW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA The series ends with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yuri Simonov and featuring pianist Freddy Kempf, with a programme of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich.

The Vienna Tonkünstler welcomes three guest soloists

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his September, Aleksandar Markovic makes his debut with a sumptuously-staged revival of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. Perfectly poised between comedy and pathos, it supplies an evening of gorgeous music, delightful costumes and romantic intrigue. Discover the dramatic tale of Billy Budd, a young sailor who radiates beauty and goodness, and the failure of Captain Vere to save him from the destructive forces of envy. This gripping new production is made up of a stellar cast of today’s leading Britten interpreters, including Roderick Williams in the title role and Alan Oke as Captain Vere. Puccini fans can experience two intense operas in one evening of vintage Puccini as Il tabarro and Suor Angelica – two of the three Il trittico pieces – are performed in a double-bill in which themes of jealousy, desire, sin and redemption are all explored with theatrical effect. Soprano Anne Sophie Duprels stars in Suor Angelica, while Giselle Allen takes on the role of Giorgetta in Il tabarro, alongside David Butt Philip as Luigi and Ivan Inverardi as Michele. Opera North tours to Leeds, Newcastle, Nottingham, Salford Quays and more in 2016-17.

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Opera North returns following a triumphant Ring cycle tour. The nationally-acclaimed chorus and orchestra are back for an exciting 2016-2017 season with new music director Aleksandar Markovic at the helm

Music director Aleksandar Markovic makes his debut this autumn

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Venice, the Italian city of fabulous wealth, learning, trade and sensuality, was the birthplace of opera as we now know it

BBC NATIONAL ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF WALES

Benjamin Ealovega

Richard Hubert Smith

TALES FROM THE SERENISSIMA

The orchestra and chorus welcome new principal guest conductor Xian Zhang, and explore the power of musical storytelling

livier Award-winning opera company English Touring Opera (ETO) and its highly praised period orchestra The Old Street Band invite you to discover the best of Venetian opera in this season of works inspired by the City of Masks’ dolce vita, originality and brilliance. And, in a first for the company, English Touring Opera will also tour a new, semi-staged production of JS Bach’s St John Passion, sung in partnership with over 30 cathedral, community and gospel choirs, and performed in some of the most iconic cathedrals and concert halls around the country. Directed by James Conway and conducted by Jonathan Peter Kenny, it tours nationally from October until December 2016.

n the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales’s 2016-17 season they’ll be exploring some of the great stories in classical music, from Stravinsky’s interpretations of Russian folk tales, to Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé set in ancient Greece and JS Bach’s St John Passion. Principal conductor Thomas Søndergård returns to continue his Mahler cycle with the composer’s intense Sixth Symphony, and new principal guest conductor Xian Zhang joins for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. And on home ground in BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, the orchestra celebrates three influential Welsh composers in a concert series entitled Welsh Foundations.

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‘Everything that Classical Opera puts on will be worth seeking out.’ The Arts Desk

Principal guest conductor Xian Zhang

OCT & NOV 2016 XERXES Jealousy, desire, despair, comedy and genial warmth: Handel’s famous Venetian-style opera has it all. ETO’s acclaimed production recasts the Persian king as a prince-turned-pilot during the Battle of Britain. OCT & NOV 2016 ULYSSES’ HOMECOMING The tenderest of Monteverdi’s operas tells the final chapter of Ulysses’s epic journey as he is reunited with his family after a 20-year absence. OCT & NOV 2016 LA CALISTO Cavalli’s mythological fantasy is the Venetian opera par excellence: saucy, fun and bubbly. Expect memorable tunes, comic misadventures and plenty of light-hearted humour.

CLASSICAL OPERA’S MOZART 250

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Classical Opera continues its ground-breaking MOZART 250 series, bringing its trademark freshness to music written exactly 250 years ago

The groundbreaking Pelléas Trilogy combines live orchestral music played by the Cincinnati Symphony with visuals by director James Darrah

OZART 250, the ambitious 27-year exploration and contextualisation of Mozart’s music, comes into its element this season as Classical Opera celebrates the 250th anniversary of the 11-year-old composer’s first stage works. Under the direction of Ian Page, the company will present new productions of The First Commandment (Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots), sung in English translation, and Apollo et Hyacinthus. Both productions will be directed by Thomas Guthrie. Three concerts at the Wigmore Hall in London also offer the chance to hear Haydn’s La canterina, a retrospective of 1767, and Kristian Bezuidenhout playing Mozart’s first four keyboard concertos.

he Pelléas Trilogy is a three-year exploration of playwright Maurice Maeterlinck’s drama through the music of three composers with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, music director Louis Langrée and director James Darrah. Part I: Smoke (2015) featured Schoenberg’s interpretation of this evocative tale of love, jealousy and heartbreak. Part II: Water (30 September – 1 October at Cincinnati’s Taft Theatre), will feature Fauré’s interpretation – incidental music with theatre and spoken word. Part III: Stone will take place in autumn 2017 with Debussy’s opera, and will be part of the CSO’s grand re-opening of the renovated, historic Music Hall.

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19 SEP 2016 HAYDN’S LA CANTERINA (WIGMORE HALL) A vivacious comedy about love, deception and singing lessons. 21 & 22 MARCH 2017 MOZART’S THE FIRST COMMANDMENT (ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE) A rare new production of Mozart’s first stage work. 16 MAY 2017 KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT (WIGMORE HALL) Award-winning keyboard player Kristian Bezuidenhout joins Ian Page and Classical Opera. 12 & 13 JUNE 2017 MOZART’S APOLLO ET HYACINTHUS (ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE) A colourful story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, directed by Thomas Guthrie.

27 SEP 2016 XIAN ZHANG New principal guest conductor Xian Zhang conducts her inaugural concert at BBC Hoddinott Hall with music by Tchaikovsky and Barber’s Violin Concerto, played by Chloë Hanslip. 20 JAN 2017 MAHLER WITH THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD Principal conductor Thomas Søndergård continues his Mahler cycle with the intense Sixth Symphony, paired with four of Bruckner’s motets conducted by Adrian Partington. 18 OCT, 25 NOV 2016 & 27 JAN 2017 WELSH FOUNDATIONS BBC NOW celebrate three Welsh greats – William Mathias, Alun Hoddinott and Daniel Jones – exploring their influence on contemporary composers.

CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Quinn Wharton

Clint van der Linde (Arsamenes) and Laura Mitchell (Romilda) in Xerxes

The Pelléas Trilogy comes to Cincinnati

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NOV 25-26 2016 ONE CITY ONE SYMPHONY: HOME Former CSO creative director Branford Marsalis returns for One City, One Symphony. This programme features works by three musical storytellers: Bernstein, Copland and Williams. JAN-APRIL 2017 BRAHMS FEST Louis Langrée concludes his acclaimed Brahms Fest in performances of Symphonies Nos 3 and 4. Experience Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with dazzling pianist Hélène Grimaud. JAN 13-14 2017 MUSICNOW The MusicNOW Festival under artistic director Bryce Dessner returns in its fourth year of collaboration with the CSO. This contemporary music festival is an intriguing, genre-melding experience.

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THE BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Biff Henrich

Experience heart-pounding programmes of pure musical intensity in the acoustical splendor of Kleinhans Music Hall. A spectacular array of guest artists, multimedia events and performances you won’t soon forget await you in Buffalo!

TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Join the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at the intersection of live music, education, and innovation. With over 100 concert programmes, the 2016/17 season is not to be missed!

Pianist Yuja Wang plays Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3

M Michelle Day

Kleinhans Music Hall in beautiful Buffalo

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

usic director JoAnn Falletta brings you a season filled with drama, theatrics, superstars and rising stars. From Bach and Tchaikovsky to Gershwin and Penderecki, the season spotlights classics old and new, opening with celebrated violinist Joshua Bell. The M&T Bank Classics Series features a Tchaikovsky Festival including many of his most beloved works. The series includes lots of Beethoven and the Brahms Requiem, but also music less often heard like Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast and orchestral highlights from Wagner’s Ring cycle. The Buffalo Philharmonic calls Kleinhans Music Hall home – a National Historic Landmark designed by Eliel and Eero Saarinen that combines elegant simplicity with vibrant acoustics. The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) and JoAnn Falletta have released 37 recordings worldwide – this season performing and recording music by Kodály. New principal pops conductor John Morris Russell offers a dynamic KeyBank Pops series, and BPO Rocks puts a new spin on classic rock with full orchestra! Come experience all Buffalo has to offer and make the BPO the centerpiece of your visit.

Soprano Renée Fleming returns to Roy Thomson Hall

ith the 2016/17 season, the future of the TSO looks brighter than ever,’ says TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian. ‘A brilliant roster of guest artists along with our unique programming offers something for all the senses.’ The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s 2016/17 season is an all-star slate, with performances from soprano Renée Fleming, violinist Itzhak Perlman, pianist Yuja Wang, conductor Gianandrea Noseda and more. Concert programmes range from the classical masterworks of Beethoven, Mozart, and Mahler to the 13th annual New Creations Festival – curated this year by composer Owen Pallett and featuring genre-bending performances by vocalist Tanya Tagaq and violinist James Ehnes – to three film screenings with live orchestral accompaniment. Enhanced by ancillary events such as informative chats, lobby activities, and post-concert parties, TSO concerts provide a uniquely immersive experience. Also in 2016/17, the TSO will celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, showcasing commissions and collaborations with orchestras nationwide that pay homage to Canada’s rich musical past, present, and future. The 2016/17 season follows a year of unprecedented success for the TSO that included 44 sold-out shows and more than 23,000 first-time attendees.

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28 & 29 OCT 2016 STEWART COPELAND Percussion superstar Stewart Copeland presents his Tyrant’s Crush. From the Police to the classics, his creativity delivers! 20, 21 & 22 JAN 2017 AMADEUS The BPO collaborates with Irish Classical Theatre for Peter Shaffer’s tale of jealousy, ambition and murder, Amadeus. 25 FEB 2017 ITZHAK PERLMAN Cinema Serenade features music from the violinist’s favorite films: Casablanca, Out of Africa, Schindler’s List, and more. 10 & 11 MAR 2017 CAMERON CARPENTER Virtuoso Cameron Carpenter brings his custom-designed touring organ to perform Saint-Saën’s Organ Symphony and Poulenc’s Organ Concerto. 25 & 26 MAR 2017 ANGELA HEWITT Leading Bach interpreter, Angela Hewitt, performs two piano concertos, in D major, BWV 1054 and D minor, BWV 1052.

21 SEP 2016 OPENING NIGHT: RENÉE FLEMING The world’s most enchanting soprano returns! Renée Fleming will fill Roy Thomson Hall with radiant vocal magic, in a fabulous programme showcasing her wide-ranging repertoire. 28 & 29 SEP 2016 MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 3 On the vast canvas of Mahler’s most all-embracing symphony, he painted a soul-stirring hymn to nature in all its miraculous facets. 13 & 15 OCT 2016 YUJA WANG Keyboard virtuoso Yuja Wang channels the genius of Bartók’s final piano concerto while conductor Krzysztof Urbański conducts Dvorák’s glorious ‘New World’ Symphony. 22 NOV 2016 ITZHAK PERLMAN’S CINEMA SERENADE Master violinist Itzhak Perlman headlines a very special concert with connections to immortal films. He performs familiar themes from Casablanca, Cinema Paradiso, Out of Africa, Schindler’s List and much more. 15 & 16 FEB 2017 JAN LISIECKI PLAYS SCHUMANN Canadian piano sensation Jan Lisiecki performs Robert Schumann’s ardent concerto. Conductor Jakub Hruša frames it with two arresting tone poems by Strauss and Scriabin. Music Director Peter Oundjian conducts the Toronto Symphony Orchestra

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Toronto Symphony Orchestra

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