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| 25 April 2024 | |
| 7.30pm Claire Tow Theatre, Brooklyn College 2920 Campus Road Brooklyn 11201 United States of America Details: Web site | James Whitbourne's Annelies is scored for soprano, chorus, and chamber ensemble. With Melanie Challe |
| 26 April 2024 | |
| 8pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass Avenue Boston 02110 United States of America Details: Web site | Boston Philharmonic Orchestra performs Mozart & Bruckner with pianist Alessandro Deljavan |
| 28 April 2024 | |
| 4pm Minnie Petrie Synagogue, Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th St, Manhattan New York United States of America Details: Web site | James Whitbourne's Annelies is scored for soprano, chorus, and chamber ensemble. With Melanie Challe |
| 4 May 2024 | |
| 7.30pm Holy Apostles Church 296 Ninth Avenue, bet W27th & W. 28th Streets, NY, NY 1000 New York City 1000 United States of America Details: Web site US$17+ | A Tapestry of Song Melodia Women’s Choir conducted by Cynthia Powell. Instrumentalists: Jules Biber, cello; Rita Costanzi, harp; Janet Sora Chung, piano and organ Your Children, Emily Mason, world premiere commission Mass in A Major, Op. 126, Josef Gabriel Rheinberger Mass in A Major, Op. 126 Hymns from the Rig Veda, Group 3, Gustav Holst Jubilee, Sally Lamb McCune The Skye Boat Song, Bob Chilcott Wayfarin’ Stranger, Reginald Unterseher |
| 9 May 2024 | |
| 7.30pm St James Garlickhythe Garlick Hill London EC4V 2AF United Kingdom Details: Web site £17, £15 concessions | England's Lanes Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir Greg Morris, conductor Parry: My soul, there is a country (from Songs of Farewell) Parry: At the round earth's imagined corners (from Songs of Farewell) Parsons: Ave Maria Willis: I sing of a maiden Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing Purcell: Music for a while (arranged by Greg Morris) Treseder: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Byrd: Haec dies Taverner: Dum transisset Sabbatum Traditional: The Ash Grove (arranged by Greg Morris) Elgar: My love dwelt in a northern land Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea Lennon & McCartney: When I'm Sixty-Four Rutter: Dashing away with the smoothing iron This spring, Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir celebrates our country’s rich and diverse heritage of song. With an eclectic programme of tunes, ranging from Byrd to The Beatles, by way of Taverner, Purcell, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Rutter and others, the choir takes a journey through the varied landscape of English song – with a few surprises along the way. Join Collegium Musicum in the choir’s home – Christopher Wren’s historic and elegant St James Garlickhythe in the City of London – for a fun and wide-ranging midweek a cappella concert. |
| 11 May 2024 | |
| 5pm St Cuthbert's church 50 Philbeach Gardens London SW5 9EB United Kingdom Details: Victor Ruiz Web site +44 (0)20 7101 4479 £19.90 | WKMT May Piano Festival |
| 17 May 2024 | |
| 7.30pm St Cuthbert's Church 50 Philbeach Gardens London SW5 9EB United Kingdom Details: Victor Ruiz Web site +44 (0)20 7101 4479 £29 | London Piano Recital by Juan Rezzuto Juan Rezzuto, piano Haydn: Piano Sonata Hob XVI 52 Mozart: Piano Sonata K 332 Chopin pieces Juan Rezzuto is an Argentinian pianist trained on Scaramuzza piano technique and a pupil of Bruno Gelber. |
| 30 June 2024 | |
| 7.30pm Performing Arts Center, Western Washington University 516 High Street Washington 98225 United States of America Details: Erika Block Web site +1 360 201 6621 | Season Opening Concert- Bellingham Festival of Music Sarah Chang, violin Bellingham Festival of Music Marcelo Lehninger, conductor John Corigliano: Promenade Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 Bellingham Festival of Music Opening night performance of new Artistic Director, Marcelo Lehninger's tenure with the Bellingham Festival of Music |
| 26 June 2024 until 30 June 2024 | |
| Budapest Hungary Details: Web site | International choir and orchestra festival in Budapest Budapest – a city with one of the best locations in the world: No visitor of the Hungarian capital can resist its beauty. The city enchants, impresses, and fascinates at the same time. The Danube divides the city into the hilly Buda and the flat Pest. The most interesting attractions of Budapest are the Fishermen's Bastion, the Mathias Church, the Royal Castle, the Citadel, and the Parliament building. It is here, “by the beautiful blue Danube,” that the Budapest Music Festival takes place. |
| 17 July 2024 until 21 July 2024 | |
| Tuscany Italy Details: Web site | Toscana Music Festival Tuscany - country of cypress trees and soft hills. Italy's most popular holiday region is renowned for its joy of life, culinary delights and rich culture. Take part in the International festival of choirs and orchestras in Tuscany. |
| 30 June 2024 until 21 July 2024 | |
| Performing Arts Center, Western Washington University 516 High Street Washington 98225 United States of America Details: Web site | Bellingham Festival of Music |
| 25 September 2024 until 29 September 2024 | |
| Cracow 00100 Poland Details: Web site | International Choir and Orchestra Festival CRACOW – one of the twelve most important towns in the world. The former capital of Poland is one of Europe's last undiscovered destinations by mass tourism. Here the Holy Father Pope John Paul II served as a Bishop for more than twelve years. Centre of the old town is Rynek (main market place), one of Europe's most beautiful and largest market places. This market place is divided by huge cloth halls as well as the gothic St Mary's Basilica. At the south edge of the old town rises the Wawelburg with the famous King’s castle. In these historic surroundings, in the renowned churches of Krakow as well as in the concert hall with its appealing acoustics, the concerts of the Cracovia Music Festival take place. |
| 17 October 2024 until 21 October 2024 | |
| Lake Garda Lake Garda Italy Details: Web site | Lago di Garda Music Festival 2023 International choir and orchestra festival on Lake Garda (Italy) LAKE GARDA (Italian: Lago di Garda) - the most mediterranean lake of all Italian Alpine lakes. To the alert eye the lake offers a spectacle of natural brightness and colours which makes this place a unique holiday destination for all seasons. Visitors are impressed by places like Riva del Garda or Limone sul Garda with historic buildings and ancient traces of old Roman settlements as well as by imposing palaces and patrician villas that create a fascinating surrounding area for the Lago di Garda Music Festival. This magnificent backdrop provides the opportunity for amateur choirs and orchestras to experience an unforgettable musical event. |
| 31 October 2024 until 4 November 2024 | |
| Vienna Austria Details: Web site | Wien Music Festival International festival of choirs and orchestras in Vienna (Austria) VIENNA - one of the greatest metropolises of the world There are few cities with as wide a cultural offer as that of Vienna which includes the Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna State Opera, and countless museums. The city also boasts astounding architecture with a plethora of historic buildings, e.g. the St. Stephen's Cathedral built in 12th century and the baroque Schönbrunn Palace. The vicinities of Vienna are also attractive to visitors. There are the Wachau valley on the Danube river and the Benedictine Melk Abbey. For many people Vienna is the most important music center of Europe where the famous Wien Music Festival takes place. |
| 9 April 2025 until 13 April 2025 | |
| Porec Istria Croatia Details: Gregor Laskowski Web site | Istra Music Festival International festival of choirs and orchestras in Porec (Istria, Croatia) ISTRIA - the country by the sea The largest peninsula of the Adriatic is Croatia's most popular holiday destination. Despite the relatively small surface of Istria it offers an unbelievable multitude of impressive sceneries to be discovered. The combination of natural beauties, the healing powers of air, sun and the ocean, as well as the hospitality of the local inhabitants are like magic. Besides gorgeous parks, a picturesque stone coast and long beaches the Croatian Riveria provides many superb cultural events, such as the Istra Music Festival with performances from choirs and orchestras from all over the world. |
| 30 April 2025 until 4 May 2025 | |
| Calella Costa Barcelona Spain Details: Web site | Costa Barcelona Music Festival 9th International choir and orchestra festival in Calella on the Costa Barcelona (Spain) |
| 14 May 2025 until 18 May 2025 | |
| Venice and Jesolo Venezia Italy Details: Web site | Venezia Music Festival VENICE – city of channels and gondolas Since 1987 Venice and its lagoon have been on the UNESCO-list of cultural heritage. For many people it is the most beautiful city in the world, and is especially fascinating due to its architectural wealth. The heart of Venice - Piazza San Marco with the gorgeous Basilica - is one of the beautiful places in the world. In the proximity, at famous locations, the concerts of the Venezia Music Festival take place. |
| 20 August 2025 until 24 August 2025 | |
| Paris France Details: Web site | International choir and orchestra festival in Paris Paris - city of love, dreams and senses. Nobody can think of Paris without various associations and a multitude of pictures crossing their mind: the river Seine, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Napoleon, the Arc de Triumphe, the Champs-Elysees. No other city exalts the imagination like this metropolis, which is also particularly popular for its musical events. As of late these also include the Paris Music Festival. |
| 13 June 2024 | |
| 8.00pm Roulette Intermedium 509 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn 11217 United States of America Details: Web site 20-30 | Die Grösste Fuge (The Greatest Fugue) Elliott Sharp composer, electronics Nicholas Isherwood bass/baritone Janene Higgins projection design DGF STRING QUARTET: Sara Salomon, Concetta Abbate violins Ron Lawrence viola Hao Jiang cello Die Grösste Fuge (The Greatest Fugue), Elliott Sharp |
| 2 May 2024 | |
| 8.00pm Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall 154 W. 57th St. New York, NY 10019 New York 10019 United States of America Details: Caleb Hathaway Web site +1 561 288 0046 45 | Sparring Sonatas Misha Quint, Cello Dmitry Rachmanov, Piano Boccherini: Sonata No.6 in A Major, 8” Brahms: Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 99, 30” Intermission Rachmaninoff: Sonata in g minor for Cello and Piano, Op.19 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY Sparring Sonatas: InterHarmony’s Misha Quint and Dmitry Rachmanov Battle Rachmaninoff and Brahms at Carnegie Hall on May 2 at 8PM Cellist Misha Quint and pianist Dmitry Rachmanov will perform in “Sparring Sonatas” and battle 3 larger-than-life sonatas with virtuosic cello and piano parts by Rachmaninoff, Brahms, and Boccherini at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall on May 2, 2024 at 8 PM as part of the InterHarmony Concert Series. Uniquely, all 3 sonatas were originally performed by the composers themselves, and all three composers were outstanding performers. Tickets are available for purchase online at www.carnegiehall.org or by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800. More information can be found at http://www.interharmony.com/. ABOUT THE PROGRAM An aperitivo of Boccherini's Sonata No.6 in A Major will begin the concert. As the most popular of Boccherini’s sonatas, it is meant to showcase the composer-cellist’s ability to present something raucously difficult yet appear deceptively simple and elegantly pleasing to the audience. In Sonata, Quint and Rachmanov will cooperate before the real battle begins, a collaboration where both performer fighters are on the same side, taking on their “enemy” with grace and symmetric sincerity, at the same time staying within the bounds of the traditional sonata form. After their classical Italian warm-up, Quint and Rachmanov will take on the Brahms Sonata No. 2 in F Major. Feverishly intense, the two fighters will spar together with the harmonic dissonance or conflict emerging as a seeming epic battle, oftentimes triumphant and others dark and brooding. Compared to the composer’s earlier Sonata in e minor, this one exudes the feeling of geniality and warmth, its melodies expressed by both instruments move through forms as a fighter or dancer with haunting themes or as a competition of emotional expression in the thicker, fast passages with remembrance of love lost or of past conquests. Brahms himself premiered Sonata in 1886 with his friend Robert Hausman, for whom the piece was written. “In the Cello Sonata, passion rules, fiery to the point of vehemence, now defiantly challenging, now painfully lamenting,” the critic Eduard Hanslick wrote of Brahms’s Sonata. Following a brief respite for the fighters (a.k.a. performers), the final battle you’ve all been waiting for ensues. Quint and Rachmanov will take the stage in the fierce brawl that is Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano. (Actually, the 3rd slow movement is quite gorgeous, and considered by many to be one of the most beautiful and meaningful additions to the cello repertoire, used as an encore by many a soloist. But we’ll get to that.) You’ve probably heard that Rachmaninoff was a piano virtuoso, who toured the world touting his own compositions. He was known for his huge hands and ability to reach THIRTEENTHS on the piano. (Most pianists are happy with a ninth or tenth.) Chords with many notes are strewn throughout his pieces that many pianists struggle to play. Following a huge disappointment with the adverse reaction to the premiere of his First Symphony, Rachmaninoff fell victim to a nervous breakdown for three years, and (in addition to his Second Piano Concerto) his only cello sonata served as his triumphant return and one of the final contributions to the collaborative realm of chamber music. After that he would focus solely on piano and orchestral compositions for the rest of his life. Perhaps Sonata reflects Rachmaninoff’s creative struggle in the raging conflict between cello and piano: in its dramatic and elegiac first movement, dark second movement scherzo, the bittersweet lyricism of the third movement with its seemingly obsessive repetition of single notes in its main theme, and the triumphant fanfares in the finale fourth movement. Will you imagine a battle or a dance, a friendly spar, or joyful collaboration? There’s only one way to find out. Come see “Sparring Sonatas: Quint and Rachmanov Battle Rachmaninoff and Brahms” at Carnegie Hall. More information can be found at www.interharmony.com. |
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