John Axelrod conducted the monumental Mass by Bernstein at the Duesseldorfer Tonhalle: "The daring mixture of amber typical musical vocals and "West Side Story" sound, from romantic symphonic passages and gospel, jazz and soul, from acting, opera and worship, is a challenge for all. For symphonic composer, music club, street and youth choir, all of whom put on a sparkling show. Conductor John Axelrod succeeds in making the impossible possible for a "normal" concert performance. He has all the players, singers and musicians in the sights and makes the symphonic in some places even really beautiful bloom." wrote the Westdeutsche Zeitung

At his third title in the prestigious German Opera house, Tito Ceccherini is back to the Frankfurt Oper to conduct the new production of Bellini's I Puritani staged by Vincent Boussard.

Performances on:
02.12.2018 So. 18:00  / 06.12.2018 Do. 19:30
08.12.2018 Sa. 19:30 / 14.12.2018 Fr. 19:30
16.12.2018 So. 19:30 / 21.12.2018 Fr. 19:30
26.12.2018 Mi. 19:00 / 28.12.2018 Fr. 19:30
04.01.2019 Fr. 19:30 / 12.01.2019 Sa. 19:30 / 18.01.2019 Fr. 19:30

Most recent productions have been:

- Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Théatre du Capitole de Toulouse (February 2017)

- Stravinsky Rake’s Progress at the Frankfurt Opera (April 2017)

- Ligeti Le Grand Macabre at the Teatro Argentino in La Plata (July 2017)

- Janacek From the house of the dead at the Frankfurt Opera (April 2018)

- Battistelli Riccardo III at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice (June-July 2018)

An intense November of important debuts awaits Stanislav Kochanovsky:

• on November 14 he is on the podium of the City of Birmingham Symphony (Janáček Taras Bulba, Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 with Krylov, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5).
• on November 28 and 29 he conducts the Stokholm Royal Philharmonic (Borodin Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor, Tobias Broström Cello Concerto (sol. Amalie Stalheim), Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 "Winter Daydreams").

After the huge success on tour in the UK with the State Academy Svetlanov Orchestra in October (The Rachmaninov Second Symphony was a grand, sweeping account nonetheless, one that showcased the ensemble’s velvety strings and piquant wind and brass. Its slow movement was tender in its restraint, its finale delivered as great swelling waves of music crashing over the enthusiastic audience... scrive the Scotsman), on November 8th Valentin Uryupin makes his debut at the LAC with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana di Lugano.

Program:
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto (sol. Sergej Khachatryan)
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony n. 2 "Little Russia"

First review of Gabriele Carcano new Schumann album for Rubicon Classics: CD du jour on Artalinna!
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