Gramophone – September 2019

40 GRAMOPHONE SEPTEMBER 2019 gramophone.co.uk

EUROPE SEASON PREVIEW 201920

bringsMahler’sSymphonyNo 9

totheGothenburgConcertHall

andtheorchestraembarksupon

a majortourofJapan.

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GranTeatredelLiceu

SeasonhighlightsatBarcelona’s

LiceuincludetheCatalanpremiere

ofJonathanDove’sTheMonster

intheMaze, a concertversionof

Rossini’sSemiramidefeaturing

OperalialaureateLeviSekgapane

alongsideJoyceDiDonato,and

KatharinaWagner’snewproduction

ofhergreat-grandfather’sLohengrin.

DamianoMichieletto’sCav& Pag

transfersfromCoventGarden

viaGothenburg.

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HungarianStateOpera

Highlightsofthenewseason

includeTheMagicFlute(November

817)ina production,inHungarian,

byMiklósSzinetár,Rigoletto

(November724)andLafanciulla

delWest(November1324)– both

inItalian;andPorgyandBess, sung

inEnglish.TheChristmastreatis

Labohème, whileDieFledermaus

ushersinthenewyear.More

Mozart,plusWagner’sParsifal,

follows,whileStrauss’sDiefrauohne

Schatten, sunginGerman,is oneof

theinaloperasoftheseason.

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IcelandSymphonyOrchestra

A tantalisingprospectinthe

IcelandSymphonyOrchestra’s

new season is a performance

of Daníel Bjarnason’s new Piano

Concerto Processions, conducted

by the composer and featuring

Víkingur Olafson as soloist. Sibelius

is a strong thread in the season,

with the First and Fifth Symphonies,

Violin Concerto (featuring Augustin

Hadelich) and Lemminkäinen Suite,

the latter oering a sneak peek at

the orchestra’s Chief Conductor

from 2020, Finn Eva Ollikainen.

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Insula Orchestra

Insula Orchestra presents a feast

of music inspired by Scotland

from the pens of composers Gade,

Mendelssohn and Beethoven before

inviting the Royal Scottish National

Orchestratoplayasa guest.Other

highlightsfromtheorchestraitself

includea concertperformanceof

Weber’sDieFreischütz, Beethoven

symphoniesandhisMassinC,and

a cabareteveningonthetheme

of‘MagicMozart’.

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PhilharmoniedeLuxembourg

‘Grandsrendez-vous’is theseason’s

themeatthePhilharmoniewhere

concertsfromitshomeorchestra,

theLuxembourgPhilharmonic,

includeBruckner’sEighth

SymphonyunderPaavoJärvi,

Mahler’sFifthwithDanielHarding

andRossini’sStabatmaterfrom

GustavoGimeno.Visitingensembles

includetheNewYorkPhilharmonic,

theChamberOrchestraofEurope

andthePhilharmonicOrchestraof

LaScala,Milan.

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MariinskyTheatre

TheseasonopenswithTchaikovsky’s

TheEnchantressinDavidPountney’s

productionconductedbyValery

Gergievandendssevenmonths

laterwitha concertperformanceof

Rimsky-Korsakov’sMlada, marking

175 yearssincethecomposer’s

birth.Inbetweenarerevivalsof

thecompany’sclassicLohengrin,

Iolanta,WarandPeace,Turandot,

Rigoletto,AdrianaLecouvreur,

Elektra,Betrothalina Monastery,

TheGoldenCockerelandmore.

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MunichPhilharmonic

Themajorfeatureoftheseason

is ValeryGergiev’sBrucknercycle,

destinodirectedbyFrankCastorf,
A MidsummerNight’sDreamfrom
TedHumanandTheQueen
ofSpadesfromGrahamVick.
Butoneeventstandsheadand
shouldersaboveallothers:the
commencementofStefanHerheim’s
newRing, withMusicDirector
DonaldRunniclesin thepit.
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Elbphilharmonie
A hostofbignamesarecomingto
Hamburg,includingYujaWang,Jan
LisieckiandGrigorySokolovinthe
pianorecitalseries,andChristian
Gerhaher,AnnaProhaskaandAnne
Schwanewilmsinthesongrecital
series.Inadditiontoconcerts
fromAlanGilbert’sresidentNDR
ElbphilharmonieOrchestrathereare
spotlightsonGreatBritain(featuring
theCBSO)andMieczysławWeinberg.
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FlandersSymphonyOrchestra
KristiinaPoskamakesherdebut
asChiefConductoratthe
ConcertgebouwBruggeon
October3, 2019,openingthe
newseasonwithBrahms’sDouble
ConcertoandSecondSymphony.
TheEstonianconductorpresides
overotherconcerts,too,including,
inMay,a programmefeaturing
Schumann’sCelloConcertowith
soloistJohannesMoser.Theseason
endsinJunewithRavel’sPiano
ConcertoinG,withsoloistPavel
KolesnikovunderValentinUryupin.
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FreiburgBaroqueOrchestra

AndreasStaiergetstheseason

goingwithHaydn,beforeKristian

Bezuidenhoutdirectsanall-English

programmeofPurcellandHandel

fromtheharpsichord,Trevor

Pinnockis atthehelmofaMessiah

andGottfriedvonderGoltz

celebratesBeethovenintheformof

theSeventhSymphonyandmusic

forTheCreaturesofPrometheus.

Theseasonendswitha celebration

ofAscensionwithBach,Telemann

andBiber.Mostconcertstourfrom

FreiburgtoStuttgartandBerlin.

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GewandhausOrchestra,Leipzig

A focusonWeinbergwillinclude

chamberworks,hisviolinand

trumpetconcertosanda visitfrom

WeinbergchampionsKremerata

Baltica.GewandhausKapellmeister

AndrisNelsonstakeschargeof

Stravinsky’sTheFirebird, Bruckner’s

SymphonyNo8 anda majornew

workbytheFranco-American

composerBetsyJolas.

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GothenburgSymphonyOrchestra

Santtu-MariasRouvali’sseason

beginswithShostakovich’s

SymphonyNo5, continuing

withNielsen’sSymphonyNo 5

andSibelius’sSymphonyNo3.

Elsewhere,LeifOveAndsnesplays

anddirectsaneveningofMozart,

NicolaBenedettichampions

WyntonMarsalis’snewViolin

Concerto,Jukka-PekkaSaraste

Pianist Yuja Wang is just one of many big names performing at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie during the forthcoming season

PHOTOGRAPHY:

JULIA WESELY