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20. February 2016

Jan Vogler: new Tchaikovsky-CD by Sony (February 2016)

On 4 March 2016 Jan Vogler’s new CD with works by Tchaikovsky will be released by Sony. Together with Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by their Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Moritzburg Festival Ensemble the CD was recorded in Frankfurt in autumn 2015.

With his Stradivari cello Jan Vogler explores new sound territory for cello – this time in the elegant and poetic style of the famous Rokoko Variations for cello and Orchestra. For the present recording Jan Vogler has chosen his own version of the work, a version that combines the original with that of the cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen.
Both works, Rokoko Variations and Souvenir de Florence, inspired by architecture, were completed by the pieces Serenade melancholique and Meditation, originally composed for violin (recorded here for cello and Orchestra for the first time). Those big “sound poems” communicate well with the slower Rokoko Variations.

20. February 2016

Omer Meir Wellber conducts in Antwerpen (February 2016)

Omer Meir Wellber will be conducting the Royal Flemish Orchestra in Antwerpen this week on Saturday, 27 February:

On the programm will be Haydn’s Symphony No. 44, Strauss’ Serenade op. 7 and Brahms Symphony No. 2.

Please read here more about the concert.

20. February 2016

Omer Meir Wellber’s Stockholm debut (February 2016)

On 19 and 20 February Omer Meir Wellber will give his debut with Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester in Stockholm with works by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

Pianist Jonathan Biss will be soloist of these concerts and play Beethoven’s piano concerto No. 1.

Find here more information.

20. February 2016

Omer Meir Wellber conducts Gewandhausorchestra (February 2016)

On 11, 12 and 14 February Omer Meir Wellber will be guest at the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig. Works by Strauss, Mendelssohn and Schubert will be performed, next to Beethoven’s piano concerto No. 4 with pianist Nelson Freire.

After his successful debut at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in April 2015 Omer Meir Wellber is now again invited.

Find here more details.

25. January 2016

Midori and Omer Meir Wellber on tour in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands (January 2016)

Violinist Midori and conductor Omer Meir Wellber will go on tour together with Filarmonico del Teatro La Fenice from 8 until 11 January 2016.

They will perform in Venice, Baden-Baden, Dortmund and Eindhoven.

Dates and programmes are the following:

8 January
Venedig, Teatro La Fenice
Filarmonica del Teatro La Fenice
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan”

9 January
Baden-Baden, Festspielhaus
Filarmonica del Teatro La Fenice
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 D major op. 73

10 January
Dortmund, Konzerthaus
s. 9 January

11 January
Eindhoven, Muziekgebouw Frits Philips
Filarmonica del Teatro La Fenice
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 c minor op. 67

20. January 2016

Jan Vogler and Martin Stadtfeld on Duo Tour (January 2016)

From 16 – 25 January cellist Jan Vogler and Pianist Martin Stadtfeld will tour together through Germany. Together they will present works by Bach, Beethoven and Mendelssohn:

Bach: Sonata c major BWV 1028

Beethoven: Variations from Judas Maccabäus g major WoO 45

Mendelssohn: Sonata No. 2 d major op. 58

Beethoven: Sonata a-major op. 69

The dates are the following:

16 January                             11 am, Schloss Elmau
17 January                             6 pm, Aalen, Stadthalle
20 January                             8 pm, Nienburg, Giebelsaal, Albert Schweitzer-Schule
22 January                             8 pm, Osnabrück, OsnabrückHalle, Europa-Saal
23 January                             8 pm, Bremen, Glocke, Großer Saal
24 January                             8 pm, Ahrensburg, Eduard-Söring-Saal
25 January                             8 pm, Braunschweig, Stadthalle

Both musicians have been duo partners for many years and have recorded a CD with Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas for gambas in 2000 (Sony).

21. December 2015

Concert broadcast on Classic.fm of the PSO and Manfred Honeck (December 2015)

On 3 December at 8 pm (GMT) British radio channel classic.fm broadcasts a concert of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted Manfred Honeck, that was played in Heinz Hall / Pittsburgh in September 2015.

Find here the link with the announcement of the concert. For interested listeners outside the UK we recommend a mobile app with international radio channels.

21. December 2015

Grammy Nomination Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck / Bruckner 4 (December 2015)

The SACD of Symphony No. 4 by Anton Bruckner, recorded by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Manfred Honeck has received a Grammy nomination (published in February 2015 at Reference Recordings). The award ceremony will take place on 15 February 2016.

This release is the third in a series of multi-channel hybrid SACD recordings on the FRESH! label by Reference Recordings with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck.Find here the list of nominations and at No. 74 “Best orchestral performance”.

Finden Sie hier die Liste der Nominierungen und unter Punkt 74 “Best orchestral Performance”.

20. December 2015

Portrait about Kent Nagano in German NDR TV (December 2015)

On 10 December at 6.15 pm (CET) a 30 minute portrait will be broadcast about Kent Nagano in North German NDR TV.

The film is about Kent Nagano’s start as General Music Director at the Hamburg State Opera and Chief Conductor at the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg since September 2015.

Watch the film live on NDR live-Stream.

After broadcasting the film can still be seen in the media gallery.

20. December 2015

Premiere “La Forza del Destino” with Omer Meir Wellber (December 2015)

On Sunday, 13 December 2015 the production “La Forza del Destino” celebrates its Premiere in Teatro Filarmonico di Verona.

At the rostrum of Filarmonico di Verona will be conductor Omer Meir Wellber. The production is staged by Pier Francesco Maestrini.

Further performances are on 15, 17, 20 and 22 December 2015. Please find here more information on the production.

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