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Mozart Week in Salzburg
Many European cities devote several weeks during their tourist season dedicated to specific composers. It is easy to imagine that the birthplace of Mozart is no exception. And the series of concerts during such weeks are sold out months in advance. Pianist Andras Schiff is the subject of this recording made during the Mozart Week of 2015: András Schiff at Mozartwoche The recorded selections are as follows: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K482 Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485 Performed by András Schiff (piano and conductor), with the Orchestra Cappella Andrea Barca About Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto the Salzburg press wrote admiringly: “Sensitively supported by the rich and supple tone of the strings, Schiff’s pianistic virtuosity explores the length and breadth of Beethoven’s early work, from […]
2015-12-21 16:00:59
[…] “Musiktage Mondsee” chamber music festival near Salzburg. In 1995, he co-founded the “Ittinger Pfingstkonzerte” in Kartause Ittingen, Switzerland, together with the famed oboist Heinz Holliger. From 2004 to 2007 he was Artist in Residence of the Kunstfest Weimar. In the 2007-08 season he was Pianist in Residence of the Berlin Philharmonic. In 2011-12 he was one of the “Perspectives Artists” of Carnegie Hall. In 1999, he formed an occasional chamber orchestra, which he named the Cappella Andrea Barca, with the name coming from an Italian translation of his last name (Barca and Schiff both mean “boat”), although he has provided a humorous pseudo-biography of the fictional Barca. He has appeared as a conductor with several major orchestras, including regular appearances with Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and recent ones with the San Francisco Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Schiff is one of the most renowned […]
2015-09-07 02:00:00
Summer Nights #11
[…] G András Schiff, Piano & Conductor Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI RAI Digital Archives – Turin, 31 May 2001 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Op. 58 in G Daniel Barenboim, Piano Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta RAI Digital Archives – Florence, 18 May 2007 Franz-Joseph Haydn Piano Concerto H. XVIII:11 in D Major Cello Concerto H. VIIb:1 in C Major András Schiff, Piano Miklós Perényi, Cello Cappella Andrea Barca András Schiff RAI Digital Archives – Vicenza, 28 April 2006 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 5 Op. 107 in D Minor ‘Reformation’ Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Roma Charles Munch RAI Digital Archives – Rome, 29 April 1966 + ‘Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt’ Op. 27 Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino István Kertész RAI Analog Tapes – Turin, 16 September 1959 Wolfgang […]
2015-01-20 13:00:26
A personal selection of the most interesting concerts in Vienna and Lisbon on the week starting on 19 January 2015. Vienna It is ball season around here so the Musikverein does not present any concerts this week. Porgy and Bess 20 Jan : Terje Rypdal Trio Konzerthaus 22 Jan : London Symphony Orchestra / Ticciati / Cargill / Trpceski (Hosokawa, Ravel, Mahler) Check out also the various events of the very interesting Resonanzen festival at the Wiener Konzerthaus. For opera see here , here , and here . Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation 21 and 22 Jan : Cappella Andrea Barca / Schiff (Schubert, Mozart, Dvorák, Beethoven) Centro Cultural de Belém 23 Jan : Brad Mehldau Solo Gulbenkian Foundation 23 Jan : Gulbenkian Orchestra / McCreesh / Lewis (Schubert, Mozart) Centro Cultural de Belém 25 Jan : Jorge Moyano, piano (Chopin, Frank, Schumann) For opera see here . […]
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