gramophone.co.uk GRAMOPHONESEPTEMBER 201941EUROPESEASONPREVIEW2019 20which launches with the Sixth
Symphony and takes in the rest
in rapid succession. Rafael Payare,
Susanna Mälkki, Semyon Bychkov,
Karina Canellakis and Andrew Manze
are among the guest conductors at
the Gasteig, the latter taking charge
of three performances of Handel’s
Messiah just in time for Christmas.
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Müpa Budapest
There will be Mahler from both
the Berlin and Israel Philharmonics
at Müpa this season, while
Rudolf Buchbinder appears with
the Staatskapelle Dresden, and the
Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich is joined
by clarinettist Martin Fröst. The Vocal
Cords series includes recitals from
Rolando Villazón and Waltraud Meier.
And no Müpa season is complete
without a new account of The Ring.
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Opéra de Paris
New productions include
Borodin’s Prince Igor from Barrie
Kosky, Massenet’s Manon, Verdi’s
La traviata and a new Ring from
Calixto Bieito conducted by Music
Director Philippe Jordan. There are
revivals of Reimann’s Lear, Bellini’s
Il pirata, Verdi’s Don Carlo and
O enbach’s Les contes d’Ho man.
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Orchestre Philharmonique
Royal de Liège
The season opens on September 27
with Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring,
conducted by Gergely Madaras.
This is followed by an unmissable
all-Vivaldi programme, including
the Gloria and the Magni icat, from
Le Concert Spirituel under Hervé
Niquet. There’s also a recital by
Simon Trpčeski and a Mahler 7 from
Alexandre Bloch and his Orchestre
National de Lille, both in October
and worth catching. Rounding up
the close of the season in May
2020 are performances of Brahms’s
German Requiem and Tchaikovsky’s
Symphony No 6, Pathétique.
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Orchestre de Paris
The season begins under Karina
Canellakis’s baton with Ravel’s
Daphnis et Chloé Suite No 2 and
Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.
Evgeny Kissin joins the orchestra
and Robert Trevino for Liszt’s Piano
Concerto No 2 while there are also
visits from Sakari Oramo conducting
Magnus Lindberg’s Accused and
former chiefs Paavo Järvi and
Daniel Harding conducting Strauss
and Mendelssohn respectively.
orchestredeparis.comOrchestre de la Suisse Romande
Artists ranging from Asmik
Grigorian and Sergey Khachatryan
to Leonidas Kavakos and Renaud
Capuçon join the OSR this season,
with Chief Conductor Jonathan Nott
leading a pack that includes Kazushi
Ono, Lionel Bringuier, Betrand
de Billy and rising star Andris
Poga. Yann Robin is Composer-in-
Residence for the duration of the
season at Victoria Hall in Geneva.
osr.chOslo Philharmonic
The Oslo Philharmonic’s centenary
season launches with a new work
by Øyvind Torvund after which
Vasily Petrenko will conduct
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 5.
Norwegians Lise Davidsen,
Truls Mørk and Leif Ove Andsnes are
all soloists for the birthday concert on
September 28. In February, Petrenko’s
future successor Klaus Mäkelä
takes the orchestra though Ravel’s
La valse and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s
Cello Concerto with Mørk as soloist.
ofo.noPalau de la Música
The centrepiece of the Catalan
venue’s season is a complete
Beethoven symphony cycle
from John Eliot Gardiner and
his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et
Romantique. There will also be visits
from the LSO under Simon Rattle,
the NDR Elbphilharmonie
Orchestra under Alan Gilbert,
the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
under Gustavo Dudamel and the
Gabrieli Consort and Players under
Paul McCreesh. There is plenty more
to savour, too, from the resident
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra.
palaumusica.catPalazzetto Bru Zane
In celebration of its 10th anniversary,
the Palazzetto Bru Zane kicks o the
season in Venice with a concert of
chamber music and art songs from
Véronique Gens and the I Giardini
ensemble, as well as in Paris with
a gala of orchestral music and operaGergely
Madaras,
Music
Director
The Rite of the Spring
Eroica Symphony
Shostakovich 11
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Renaud Capuçon
Balkan Fever
Boléro
Romeo & Juliet
Philip Glass / Steve Reich
October Revolution
Pathétique Symphony
La La Land
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