I have just bought my tickets for the concerts below. It would be nice to know if anyone on the board is attending same. Would be nice to exchange notes ....
1 Gergiev Mikkelin (Finland) Festival with the Marinsky Orchestra on July 1 and 2
http://www.mikkelinmusiikkijuhlat.fi/2012/ohjelma_e.php
Really looking forward to this as I think Gergiev may be almost past his prime and would want to see him before he "goes". Everytime I try and book one of his concerts, it gets sold out immediately. So, I booked these concerts a long time ago. I saw Denis Matsuev perform Rach 3 at the Concertgebouw last Nov....whoa he is one powerful musician! And the second night on July 2 - all those pieces are blockbusters (even Sibelius is to me - since I am just starting to appreciate his music). Am really excited!
Sunday, 1. July
18 h, Mikaeli, Martti Talvela Hall
Valery Gergiev / Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra / Denis Matsuev, piano
Strauss: Don Juan
Strauss: Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra
Liszt: Totentanz - Paraphrase on Dies irae
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, op. 45
Monday, 2. July
12 h, Cathedral
Mariinsky Wind Quintet
Mozart: Fantasia in F minor, KV 608
Mozart: Fantasia in F major, KV 616
Barber: Summer Music for Wind Quintet
Milhaud: La cheminée du roi René
Haydn: Divertimento B major for wind instruments
Tickets 25 €
19 h, Mikaeli, Martti Talvela Hall
Valery Gergiev / Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra / Miroslav Kultyshev, piano
Sibelius: En Saga
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
2 On 13 July, at the Versailles (France) - Barenboim conducts the East-West Divan Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's 9th. Well...what can one say? No need for commentary on this I think
[url]http://www.chateauversaillesspectacles.fr/beethoven-la-9eme-symphonie-139.html[/URL]
Would love to know what others are going to see!
1 Gergiev Mikkelin (Finland) Festival with the Marinsky Orchestra on July 1 and 2
http://www.mikkelinmusiikkijuhlat.fi/2012/ohjelma_e.php
Really looking forward to this as I think Gergiev may be almost past his prime and would want to see him before he "goes". Everytime I try and book one of his concerts, it gets sold out immediately. So, I booked these concerts a long time ago. I saw Denis Matsuev perform Rach 3 at the Concertgebouw last Nov....whoa he is one powerful musician! And the second night on July 2 - all those pieces are blockbusters (even Sibelius is to me - since I am just starting to appreciate his music). Am really excited!
Sunday, 1. July
18 h, Mikaeli, Martti Talvela Hall
Valery Gergiev / Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra / Denis Matsuev, piano
Strauss: Don Juan
Strauss: Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra
Liszt: Totentanz - Paraphrase on Dies irae
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, op. 45
Monday, 2. July
12 h, Cathedral
Mariinsky Wind Quintet
Mozart: Fantasia in F minor, KV 608
Mozart: Fantasia in F major, KV 616
Barber: Summer Music for Wind Quintet
Milhaud: La cheminée du roi René
Haydn: Divertimento B major for wind instruments
Tickets 25 €
19 h, Mikaeli, Martti Talvela Hall
Valery Gergiev / Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra / Miroslav Kultyshev, piano
Sibelius: En Saga
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
2 On 13 July, at the Versailles (France) - Barenboim conducts the East-West Divan Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's 9th. Well...what can one say? No need for commentary on this I think
[url]http://www.chateauversaillesspectacles.fr/beethoven-la-9eme-symphonie-139.html[/URL]
Would love to know what others are going to see!