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1. December 2020

Omer Meir Wellber’s debut with the Wiener Symphoniker (December 2020)

With their “Living Room Concerts”, the Wiener Symphoniker present concerts “at home” for their audience. Omer Meir Wellber will lead the traditional Vienna orchestra for the first time on this occasion. The Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, and Music Director of the Teatro Massimo Palermo, will conduct works by Mozart and Kodály as well as tangos by Piazzolla, and will also play the accordion.

Friday, December 4, 2020, 20.15
OMER MEIR WELLBER, conductor & accordion
WIENER SYMPHONIKER

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ouvertüre zur Oper „Die Zauberflöte“ KV 620
Zoltán Kodály: „Tänze aus Galanta“
Astor Piazzolla: „Libertango“ und „Oblivion“

You can watch the “Living Room Concerts” on the Facebook page of the Wiener Symphoniker and on the streaming page of the website.

20. November 2020

Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” conducted by Kent Nagano published as an audiobook (November 2020)

In connection to the World Children’s day, PENTATONE is delighted to announce the release of its most important classical music children’s album as audiobooks.

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, in which a young boy catches a wolf and brings him to the zoo, is arguably the most famous children’s story with classical music. Once designed to introduce young audiences to the workings of an orchestra and its instruments, it showcases the composer’s superb ability to bring a simple story to life, giving each character a recognizable motive and instrumental colour. This Grammy-winning recording was made in 2003, as a charitable work for orphanages, performed by the Russian National Orchestra under the baton of Kent Nagano. We are now releasing the English and Spanish versions as audiobooks narrated respectively by star actors Sophia Loren and Antonio Banderas.READ MORE

20. November 2020

Metropolitan Opera announces New Year’s Eve Gala “Met Stars Live in Concert” (November 2020)

Met Stars Live in Concert: New Year’s Eve Gala
with Angel Blue (Soprano), Javier Camarena (Tenor), Matthew Polenzani (Tenor) and Pretty Yende (Soprano) on December 31st at 16:00 EST/22:00 CET live from the Parktheater in Augsburg, Germany

The Metropolitan Opera announced plans today to live-stream a pay-per-view New Year’s Eve Gala, featuring performances by Met stars Angel Blue, Javier Camarena, Matthew Polenzani, and Pretty Yende, from the Parktheater, a stunning example of neo-Baroque architecture situated in Augsburg, Germany. The concert, part of the Met Stars Live in Concert series, will be streamed live on the Met’s website at 4pm EST/10pm CET, and then be available on demand for 14 days.

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13. November 2020

Omer Meir Wellber’s livestream concerts (November 2020)

Omer Meir Wellber will conduct livestream concerts with the orchestra of the Teatro Massimo Palermo on November 14 and 19.

The program on November 14 will include Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande, suite op. 80 and Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B flat minor. The livestream concert on November 19 will feature Haydn’s Symphony No. 45 and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D major.

Both concerts start at 7 pm and can be viewed on Teatro Massimo TV and YouTube.

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10. November 2020

Mari Kodama’s Album Launch (November 2020)

Mari Kodama will release the new CD “MON AMI, Mon amour – French Repertoire for Cello and Piano” together with Matt Haimovitz on November 6, 2020 on PENTATONE. The works of Francis Poulenc, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Darius Milhaud.

The vibrant musical palette of cellist Matt Haimovitz and the graceful insight of pianist Mari Kodama exquisitely meld in MON AMI, Mon amour.

The Virtual Album Launch will take place on Friday November 13th at 16.00 – LIVE on Facebook.

Here you can also listen to the album.

 

2. November 2020

Kent Nagano in Hamburg – current livestreams (November 2020)

On November 5, 6 and 7, 2020, at 8 p.m., concerts will take place in Hamburg with Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, without an audience due to the current pandemic. These concerts will be streamed live via the orchestra’s website and YouTube. The first performance will include the clarinet concerto “Adrift” by Matthew Ricketts with Philharmonic clarinettist Rupert Wachter as soloist and under the direction of Kent Nagano.

Further information about the programs and the possibility to attend the concert live can be found here.

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