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Salzburg Festival 2011
Sundays at 4:00 pm
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.
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
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.
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).
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
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).
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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