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Titolo: Musikverein - Vienna - in Dicembre

Ciao a Tutti!
Ecco la lista di concerti in programma per il mese di Dicembre. Ve la
copio, casomai qualche fortunato vada in quel di Vienna per Natale o
giù di lì!!!
Baci,
Lulu
Dear Newsletter Subscribers!
Christmas is the season of Oratorios.  Here at the Musikverein, the
festive table is decked not only with Handel's "Messiah" but also
with Arther Honneger's far too rarely played "Cantate de Noel". In
addition to these, two great works of Mozart appear on the programme,
as a prelude to the upcoming Mozart year: the C Minor Mass with
Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Requiem with Zubin Mehta.
+++ Selected Concerts in December +++
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Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 8.00 p.m. Gläserner Saal/Magna
Auditorium
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"We Got Rhythm"
Uni Big Band
Band leader: Fritz Ozmec
Compositions by Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Bob Mintzer, Thad Jones,
Peter Herbholzheimer and others
The Four New Halls make it possible to renew old bonds and to refresh
old relationships.  The connection between the Musikverein and the
Vienna Musikuniversität is one such friendship of long standing. It
was of course the Society of Friends of Music which, by founding its
music conservatory in 1812 laid the foundation stone for today's
Musikuniversität. Naturally, jazz was not a relevant topic at that
time, although the concept of "music in all its forms" was. So
there are good reasons why the Musikuniversität has chosen to present
a new (to the university) musical form with the "Uni Big Band" at
the Musikverein. The band was formed by Fritz Ozmec in 1988: an
ensemble of academic excellence, but without academic ballast, proves
that "We Got Rhythm".
Tickets can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=13066
Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 8.00 p.m. Gläserner Saal/Magna
Auditorium
Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 6.00 p.m. Gläserner Saal/Magna Auditorium
Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 3.00 p.m. Gläserner Saal/Magna
Auditorium
Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 6.00 p.m. Gläserner Saal/Magna Auditorium
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Stemberger & Schwertsik
Christa Stemberger · Julia Stemberger · Katharina Stemberger · Kurt
Schwertsik
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado or the Town of Titipu
Tickets for 03 December 2005 can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=13067
Tickets for 04 December 2005 can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=13068
Tickets for 10 December 2005 can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=13069
Tickets for 11 December 2005 can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=13070
Tuesday, December 06, 2005 - 7.30 p.m. Brahms-Saal
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Wiener Concert-Verein
Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor
Julia Stemberger, narrator
Christian Altenburger, violin
Krzysztof Penderecki: Sinfonietta
Helmut Schmidinger: Das letzte Kapitel. Rondo nach dem gleichnamigen
Gedicht von Erich Kästner für Violine, Sprecher, kleine Trommel und
Streichorchester (World premiere)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber symphony, op. 110a
Walter Bannert's 1984 teen film "Herzklopfen" marked the beginning
of Julia Stemberger's rapid rise to stardom as a film and stage
actress. When she takes to the stage on 6 December in the Brahms Saal
for Helmut Schmidinger's latest work "Das letzte Kapitel", the
world premiere performance is only one of the many fascinating
milestones in a professional career that is continually developing. Her
performing capabilities seem to be limitless, while music, which has
always been a deep interest of hers, draws Julia Stemberger beyond the
usual boundaries of acting itself.  In this context she makes four
further appearances at the Musikverein as one of the family quartet of
talents: together with her mother Christa, sister Katharina and
stepfather Kurt Schwertsik, she presents Schwertsik's spirited and
whimsical adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan "The Mikado". Five
treats for Stemberger fans to look forward to in December.
Read more in the portrait by Thomas Gabler: Schillernd unverwechselbar.
Julia Stemberger (available in German language):
http://www.musikverein.at/monatszeitung/monatszeitungEintrag.asp?index=659
Tickets can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=9673
Monday, December 05, 2005 - 7.30 p.m. Großer Saal
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Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Moscow
Vladimir Fedosejev, conductor
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Georges Bizet: Symphony No. 1 in C major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 3 · Violin concerto: 3rd
movement
Sergei Rachmaninov: Vocalise (arranged for solo violin and orchestra)
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Suite from the ballet "The Nutcracker"
"As President of the Republic of Austria I should like to thank
Maestro Fedosejev for his valuable contribution to understanding
between peoples through the medium of music." Thus wrote Austrian
President Heinz Fischer in his opening address for the Musikverein
programme. "At the same time, I am pleased to offer congratulations
to the world famous Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Moscow on their 75th
anniversary and am very proud that the anniversary celebrations will
take place at the gala concert in Vienna." Both the anniversary and
the celebratory concert are indeed special occasions. Of the 75 years
which Moscow's greatest orchestra recalls here, more than 30 have been
influenced by Vladimir Fedosejev. Under his leadership, the former
orchestra of Moscow Radio has developed into an ensemble of uniquely
high standards. The orchestra possesses, as much as an Amati or a
Guarneri, an entirely individual and sumptuous sound. The Tchaikovsky
Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 75th anniversary in the Musikverein
in truly generous style, with a programme covering an impressive
musical spectrum from Bizet to Beethoven, from Rachmaninov to
Tchaikovsky. In all this however, the musical conjuror of Moscow,
Vladimir Fedosejev, is absolutely in his element.
Tickets can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=9223
Monday, December 05, 2005 - 8.00 p.m. Gläserner Saal/Magna Auditorium
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"Gulda for Four"
An Evening with Friedrich Gulda
Roland Batik, piano
Wolfram Berger, vocals
Irene Suchy, dramaturgy and presentation
"Gulda for Four" is the title of this very special evening
programme, yet why "Four"? Simply because Gulda himself is present
when his music is played and his art and life portrayed. Irene Suchy,
who presents the evening concert, has just written a book about Gulda,
Roland Batik was Gulda's pupil and Wolfram Berger, a visionary explorer
among actors, is a performer with a great affinity to Gulda himself.
It remains to be seen how the man himself makes his presence felt
during this evening with the motto "Gulda for Four".
Read the prologue which Irene Suchy composed for our magazine: Grüße
von Gulda. Eine Hommage. (available in German language):
http://www.musikverein.at/monatszeitung/monatszeitungEintrag.asp?index=663
Tickets can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=13071
Thursday, 8 December 2005
A Mozart Day in the Musikverein
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Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 11.00 a.m. Großer Saal
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Vienna Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzosoprano
Dieter Flury, flute
Charlotte Balzereit, harp
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in E flat major, KV 16 · Concerto
for flute, harp and orchestra in C major, KV 299 · Selected Arias ·
Symphony in C major, KV 551 ("Jupiter Symphony")
Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 3.00 p.m. Brahms-Saal
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Chamber Music with Members of the Vienna Philharmonic
Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, René Staar (world premiere) and
Bruno Hartl (world premiere)
Zubin Mehta in conversation with Clemens Hellsberg and Thomas Angyan
Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 7.30 p.m. Großer Saal
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Vienna Philharmonic
Wiener Singverein
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Ildikó Raimondi, soprano
Marjana Lipovsek, alto
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Robert Holl, bass
Rainer Küchl, violin
Heinrich Koll, viola
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and
orchestra in E flat major, KV 364 · Requiem in D minor, KV 626
(Fragment) · Ave verum, KV 618
For Zubin Mehta, Mozart is quite simply a "Viennese affair". And so
nothing seems more appropriate than to allow him, a Viennese from
India, to open the Mozart Year in Vienna with a day of pure Mozart in
the Vienna Musikverein. One could call it a "Mozart marathon", were
the term not so unmozartian in its emphasis on quantity and sheer
effort. This is not what the day's programme on 8 December is about.
The Society of Friends of Music and the Vienna Philharmonic, with Mehta
as Spiritus rector have planned a day of pure Mozartian pleasures. Two
concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic, one at 11 a.m. and the second at
the usual time in the evening, with works which draw on a broad
spectrum from Mozart's first symphony to his very last notes. In
between, from 3-6 p.m. in the Brahms Saal, there is the chance to hear
the finest chamber music, in which Mozart's works are contrasted with
two new works of philharmonic composition. In conversation with Clemens
Hellsberg and Thomas Angyan, Zubin Mehta will talk about himself and
his art and will certainly provide an answer to why Mozart is and
remains quite simply a "Viennese affair". Lebensglück,
Mozartglück. Zubin Mehta und ein Mozart-Tag im Musikverein.
Read this article from our monthly magazine (available in ENGLISH
language):
http://www.musikverein.at/monatszeitung/monatszeitungEintrag.asp?index=675
Tickets for 11.00 a.m. can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=9674
Tickets for 3.00 p.m. can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=10079
Tickets for 7.30 p.m. can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=9675
Friday, December 09, 2005 - 7.30 p.m. Großer Saal
Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 7.30 p.m. Großer Saal
Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 7.30 p.m. Großer Saal
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Concentus Musicus Wien
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
Roberta Invernizzi, alto
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Florian Boesch, bass
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, KV
243 · Mass in C minor, KV 427
It is one of the most fascinating fragments of musical history:
Mozart's gigantic and incomplete C Minor Mass, KV 427. We do not know
why Mozart failed to complete the work, and not all the parts of the
fragment itself have survived the passage of time. Thus the C Minor
Mass remains a fragment in more ways than one, as an uncompleted work -
and yet, how complete it is as a work of art! Perfection in the guise
of an imperfect whole. This paradox not only explains the artistic
fascination this work exerts but it also encompasses a large measure of
philosophy. This dimension is sure to make its presence felt when
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the C Minor Mass in this foretaste of the
Mozart Year. Benjamin Gunnar-Cohrs describes the complex history of
this work in an essay for the "Musikfreunde" magazine: Torso mit
Fragezeichen. Mozarts c-Moll-Messe.
Read this article (available in German language):
http://www.musikverein.at/monatszeitung/monatszeitungEintrag.asp?index=672
Tickets for 9 December can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=11049
Tickets for 10 December can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=11055
Tickets for 11 December can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=11056
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 6.30 p.m. Großer Saal
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Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Marko Simsa, presenter
Classical Hits in the Golden Hall
A concert with narration (for everyone aged 11 to 99)
Works by Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Georges Bizet, Peter
Ilich Tchaikovsky, Edvard Grieg, Modest Mussorgsky and Johann Strauß
Fabio Luisi began the concert series at the Musikverein marking his new
role as chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony with the Brahms Requiem.
Now he returns to the podium to conduct "his" orchestra in an
entirely different matter: a cool and sassy mix of classics for the
young and young-at-heart. This choice of scheduling has a symbolic
power, since this project is of enormous importance to the new chief of
the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. The Society of Friends of Music and the
presenter, Marko Simsa, also support the evening with great enthusiasm,
since all involved believe that if classical music is presented in the
right way, it can persuade even the coolest kids on the block to
listen. As Fabio Luisi says in the interview in the "Musikfreunde"
magazine, "They will realise that this music is first of all anything
but boring, and secondly that it can be great fun, because it is
exciting, and thirdly that it can be just as loud as the music they
usually listen to through their headphones."
Klassik-Hits - nicht nur für Kids. Ein Jugendkonzert mit Fabio Luisi
und Marko Simsa. Read this article from the monthly magazine (available
in German language):
http://www.musikverein.at/monatszeitung/monatszeitungEintrag.asp?index=668
Tickets can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=11229
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 7.30 p.m. Großer Saal
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Hilary Hahn, violin
Natalie Zhu, piano
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in G minor, op. 27/1
George Enescu: Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in A minor, op. 25
Nathan Milstein: Paganiniana
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for piano and violin in G major, KV 301
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano and violin in E flat major, op.
12/3
"I'm a 25-year-old classical violinist and I spend much of the
concert season on the road." It would be hard to find a more humble
way of describing life as a star of the classical music scene. Yet this
succinct form of self-presentation fits Hilary Hahn exactly as someone
who has managed to retain a truly open manner and compelling
naturalness. In the context of her art, however - as Albert Hosp
explains in his essay for the "Musikfreunde" magazine - Hahn aims
to produce an interpretation which is not only "personally true"
but which is "true" in itself. Her earnestness, clarity and
lucidity are captivating. On 14 December in the Großer
Musikvereinssaal you may hear the young American once more in the
"Große Solisten" concert series. Freiheit der Verletzlichkeit.
Hilary Hahn.
Read the article from our monthly magazine (available in German
language):
http://www.musikverein.at/monatszeitung/monatszeitungEintrag.asp?index=658
Tickets can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=9683
Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 7.30 p.m. Großer Saal
Monday, December 19, 2005 - 7.30 p.m. Großer Saal
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Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Sängerknaben
Adam Fischer, conductor
François Le Roux, baritone
Joseph Haydn: Symphony in D major, Hob. I:93
Arthur Honegger: Une cantate de Noël
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68
One of the dearest wishes of Marcello Viotti, the conductor who died so
unexpectedly in February of this year, was to perform Arthur Honegger's
"Weihnachtskantate" in Vienna. That wish is now fulfilled in his
absence: the performance, on the 50th anniversary of Honegger's death,
is simultaneously a memorial for Marcello Viotti, a passionate musician
and a devout artist. The work itself is overshadowed to some extent as
Honegger's last work before his death, since intimations of death
approaching lend this Christmas music a very dark underlying mood.
This, however, throws the lightheartedness of the polyphonic quodlibet
and its shimmering musical presence into even stronger relief.
Sibylle Ehrismann has explored the work and its history in great
detail: Weihnachtsbotschaft auf dunklem Grund. Arthur Honeggers
,,Cantate de Noël". Read this article (available in German
language):
http://www.musikverein.at/monatszeitung/monatszeitungEintrag.asp?index=661
Tickets for 18 December can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=9686
Tickets for 19 December can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=11052
Friday, December 23, 2005 - 7.00 p.m. Großer Saal
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Armonico Tributo Austria
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Erwin Ortner, conductor
Diana Damrau, soprano
Matthias Rexroth, altus
James Taylor, tenor
Florian Boesch, bass
George Frideric Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
You should really have your Christmas tree all prepared for decorating
by 7 p.m. on 23 December at the latest. Not in order to avoid the
stress of last-minute preparations but rather to give yourself time to
prepare for Christmas in the most enjoyable way imaginable, by
attending the performance of Handel's "Messiah". Erwin Ortner
conducts the work - following performances on 21 and 22 December - on
the day before Christmas Eve. His partners include not only an
exquisite quartet of soloists and one of the most well-known and
original ensembles but of course the Arnold Schoenberg Choir too.
Oliver Láng has interviewed Erwin Ortner about "his" choir. Musik
zum Sprechen bringen. Erwin Ortner und der Arnold Schoenberg Chor.
Read this article (available in German language):
http://www.musikverein.at/monatszeitung/monatszeitungEintrag.asp?index=670
Tickets can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=11259
Friday, December 30, 2005 - 7.30 p.m. Brahms-Saal
Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 4.00 p.m. Brahms-Saal
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Wiener Ring Ensemble
New Year's Concert
With works from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Strauß, Joseph Lanner,
Franz Lehár, Carl Michael Ziehrer and Carl Millöcker
The Wiener Ring Ensemble begin their New Year's Concert with the
overture from the "Entführung aus dem Serail", to free you from
the baggage of the old year and transport you in elegant fashion into
the new year of 2006. The "Kleine Neujahrskonzert", produced by the
top players of the Vienna Philharmonic in the smaller of the
Musikverein's concert halls, has long become a tradition of the house.
Vienna remains Vienna. Only here can one experience transition
expressed with such artistry.
Tickets for 30 December can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=13051
Tickets for 31 December can be ordered at:
http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertBestellen.asp?index=13052

 Hilary Hahn, violin
aaaaaahhh

 aaaaaahhh
Mi sono dimenticato di dirti che l'ultima volta che sono andato a trovarla, 
moeck mi ha fatto vedere la registrazione di un concerto in cui la Nostra 
suona il Primo di Prokofiev con la NHK SO diretta da Paavo Jarvi. Lei con 
un'enorme gonna verde smeraldo, lui monacale, tutto nero. Impressionante la 
sua presenza scenica: quando inizia a suonare sei obbligato a guardarla, ed 
è come se tutto, intorno a lei, scomparisse. E dire che l'orchestra suona 
molto bene, ma lei è semplicemente magnetica.
Ciao     Mr Duffy 


State rigirando il coltello nella piaga... Non solo a fine ottobre
*lei* era qui a Berkeley per un concerto, ma avrebbe anche incontrato i
fan per autografi e chiacchiere varie. Ovviamente mi sono ricordato del
concerto il giorno dopo... :-(((((((((((((
Ciao
A.

 molto bene, ma lei è semplicemente magnetica.
Il 17 suona a Ferrara... mi ci fiondo (sempre che i posti disponibili 
siano buoni... quelli che ho visto non mi soddisfano)

 molto bene, ma lei è semplicemente magnetica.
Direi che non e' SOLO magnetica! :-))
http://www.skanfest.org/images/media/Hilary6.jpg
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Marco Marcelli - Genova
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"Ci sono solo due cose infinite: l'Universo
e la stupidita' umana. Ma sul primo non
sono completamente sicuro" (A.Einstein)


http://www.skanfest.org/images/media/Hilary6.jpg
diamagnetica direi
questa violinista invece é ferromagnetica :
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. a l l E g r i !
Claudio Chiani
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La musica, sotto qualsivoglia suono
o struttura si presenti, non è altro
che rumore senza significato finché
non raggiunge una mente capace a riceverla.
Hindemith