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      Salzburg Festival 2011

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      The world's first international music festival, and its most renowned, Salzburg in 2011 continued its decades-long history of producing and presenting great orchestras, soloists, opera, and theater in the historic, picturesque Austrian town where Mozart was born.

      Salzburg 2011

      One of the focuses of last summer's festival was the music of Gustav Mahler, and our broadcasts include works by Mahler and his contemporaries Richard Strauss, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Johann Strauss Jr. In addition, we bring you a brilliant recital of works by Kurt Weill, sung by soprano Angela Denoke; chamber music performances by pianist Mitsuko Uchida and others; the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in two performances, including the prize concert for the 2011 Nestlé Young Conductors Award; a solo recital by cellist Yo-Yo Ma; and Riccardo Muti conducting the opera Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi.

      Program Schedule

      Salzburg 2011

      February 5, 2012

      CONDUCTOR: Franz Welser-Möst
      SOLOISTS: Christina Schäfer, soprano; Michael Volle, baritone
      ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic

      Title: Vienna Philharmonic
      Schubert-Mahler: Quartet #14 in D Minor, D 810, Op Posth, Death and the Maiden
      Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony in Seven Songs, Op 18, for Soprano, Baritone and Orchestra.

      Salzburg 2011

      February 19, 2012

      Mahler Scenes

      J Strauss Jr: Roses from the South, Op 388, arr Arnold Schönberg (Renaud Capuçon, 1st violin; Katja Lämmermann, 2nd violin; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Clemens Hagen, cello; Herbert Schuch, piano; Gereon Kleiner, harmonium)

      J Strauss Jr: Wine, Women and Song, Op 333, arr Alban Berg (Renaud Capuçon, 1st violin; Katja Lämmermann, 2nd violin; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Clemens Hagen, cello; Herbert Schuch, piano; Gereon Kleiner, harmonium)

      J Strauss Jr: Sweetheart Walzes, Op 418, on motives from The Gypsy Baron, arr Anton Webern (Renaud Capuçon, 1st violin; Katja Lämmermann, 2nd violin; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Clemens Hagen, cello; Herbert Schuch, piano; Gereon Kleiner, harmonium)

      J Strauss Jr: Emperor Waltzes, Op 437, arr Arnold Schoenberg (Renaud Capuçon, 1st violin; Katja Lämmermann, 2nd violin; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Clemens Hagen, cello; Herbert Schuch, piano; Gereon Kleiner, harmonium)

      Mahler: Symphony #4 in G Major, arr for chamber ensemble and soprano by Erwin Stein (Christiane Karg, soprano; Magel Mosnier, flute & piccolo; Albrecht Mayer, oboe & English horn; Sebastian Manz, A and B-Flat clarinets and bass clarinet; Renaud Capuçon, 1st violin; Katja Lämmermann, 2nd violin; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Clemens Hagen, cello; Alois Posch, bass; Leonhard Schmidinger, percussion; Martin Grubinger, percussion; Herbert Schuch, piano; Gereon Kleiner, harmonium).

      Salzburg 2011

      February 26, 2012

      CONDUCTOR: Trevor Pinnock
      SOLOISTS: Emmanuel Pahud, flute;
      Marie- Pierre Langlamet, harp
      ORCHESTRA: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

      Title: Mozart Matinee

      Mozart: Symphony in E-Flat Major, K 184
      Six German Dances, K 571
      Concerto in C Major for Flute
      and Harp, K 299 (297c)
      Symphony in E-Flat Major, K 543

      Salzburg 2011

      March 4, 2012

      Title: Chamber Concert

      Schubert: Notturno (Adagio) in E-Flat Major, Op Posth 148/D 897 (Mitsuko Uchida, piano; Mark Steinberg, violin; Clemens Hagen, cello).
      Schumann: Song-cycle, Dichterliebe, Op 48 (Ian Bostridge, tenor; Mitsuko Uchida, piano).
      Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op 21, for speaker and five instruments (Barbara Sukowa, speaker; Marina Piccinini, flute/piccolo; Anthony McGill, clarinet/bass clarinet; Mark Steinberg, violin/viola; Clemens Hagen cello; Mitsuko Uchida, piano).

      Salzburg 2011

      March 11, 2012

      CONDUCTOR: Ainars Rubikis (2011 Young Conductors Award Honoree)
      SOLOISTS: Alisa Weilerstein, cello
      ORCHESTRA: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra

      Title: Young Conductors Award Concert

      Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of A Faun; Shostakovich: Cello Concerto #2, Op 126; Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; Stravinsky: The Firebird, orchestral suite of 1919

      Salzburg 2011

      March 18, 2012

      Title: Kurt Weill, Two Lives to Live

      SOLOISTS: Angela Denoke, soprano; Tai Balshai, piano; Norbert Nagel, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, flute.

      Weill:

      Jenny’s Song (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)
      Ich bin eine arme Verwandte (The Silver Sea)
      Der Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit (The Threepenny Opera)
      Alabama Song (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)
      Barbara’s Song (The Threepenny Opera)
      Nana’s Lied (Die Rundköpfe und die Spitsköpfe)
      Siehst du den Mond über Soho? (The Threepenny Opera)
      Surabaya Johnny (Happy End)

      Two pieces from Café Bauer
      Song of Eliza Elliot (Lady in the Dark )
      Speak Low (One Touch of Venus)
      Lonely House (Street Scene)
      At Night When Ev’ry thing is Quiet (Street Scene)
      Sing Me Not a Ballad       –Song of the Duchess (The Firebrand of Florence)
      September Song
      Is It Him Or Is It Me? (Love Life)
      Stay Well (Lost in the Stars)
      My Ship (Lady in the Dark)
      I’m a Stranger Here Myself (One Touch of Venus)

      Encores:
      Weill:

      All At Once (Where Go We Go From Here?)
      Don't Look Now (One Touch of Venus)
      Peter

      Salzburg 2011

      March 25, 2012

      Title: Solo Recital

      SOLOISTS:


      Schubert:

      Shostakovich:

      Piazzolla:
      Gismonti:

      Franck:
      Morricone:
      Falla:

      Saint-Saens:

      Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano

      Sonata in A Minor, D 821, Arpeggione
      Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op 40
      Le Grand Tango
      Boda de prata and Quatro cantos
      Sonata in A Major
      Gabriel's Oboe
      Polo (Seven Popular Spanish Songs)
      The Swan from Carnival of the Animals

      Salzburg 2011

      April 15, 2012

      CONDUCTOR: Sir Colin Davis
      SOLOISTS: Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
      ORCHESTRA: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra

      Title: Guest Orchestra

      Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements; Ravel: Song-cycle, Shéhérazade; Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4 in F Minor, Op 36

      Salzburg 2011

      April 22, 2012

      CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Muti
      ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
      CHORUS: Concert Chorus of the Vienna Philharmonic

      Title: Opera

      Verdi: Macbeth (four acts in Italian)
      Cast:
      Macbeth Zeijko Lucic, baritone
      Lady Macbeth Tatiana Serjan, soprano
      Banquo Dmitry Belosselskiy,
      bass
      Lady-in-Waiting Anna Malavasi, mezzo
      soprano
      Macduff Giuseppe Filianott,
      tenor
      Malcolm Antonio Poli, tenor
      Squire Gianluca Buratto, bass
      Servant André Schuen, bass
      Murderer Livio Gheorghe, bass
      Herald Ion Tibrea, bass

      Salzburg 2011

      April 29, 2012

      Title: Salzburg Contemporary

      SOLOIST: Marino Formenti, piano; Christian Dierstein, percussion

      Stockhausen: Piano Pieces 1-10
      Vivier: Cinq chansons pour percussion (Balinese instruments)