Leeds International Orchestral Season 2012/13 by Leeds International Concert Season

Leeds International Orchestral Season

2012/13 Leeds Town Hall

Leeds International Orchestral Season

2012/13 Leeds Town Hall

Welcome to Leeds International Concert Season’s 2012/13 Orchestral Season. We are excited to be opening the 2012/13 season with a performance of Shostakovich’s immense Leningrad Symphony in the 70th anniversary year of its premiere. This visit by the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by esteemed Chief Conductor Alexander Dmitriev, is a not-to-be-missed highlight of our foreign tours. We are also delighted to welcome the Prague Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic (for the ﬁrst time in over twenty years), Polish National Radio Symphony and the Moscow State Symphony.

All concerts start at 7.30pm, unless otherwise stated. Free Pre-Concert Talks Discover more about the music at one of our free pre-concert talks, usually at 6.45pm on the night of each concert – an opportunity to learn more about the music you are about to hear, background to the composers and tips on what to listen out for.

Explore & Learn Visit www.leedsconcertseason.com to read programme notes on the music, view biographies of key performers and learn more about the lives of the great composers.

Following the Leeds International Piano Competition in September we look forward to hearing one of the prize-winners perform with the Orchestra of Opera North in April 2013. We also welcome back to Leeds two previous prize-winners – Igor Tchetuev and Tatiana Kolesova.

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As always, we enjoy hearing from some of the ﬁnest British orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with world renowned Chopin expert Janina Fialkowska and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with cellist Natalie Clein.

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The City’s two great choral societies continue to play an important role in the season. Leeds Festival Chorus performs Rachmaninov’s The Bells in November, Leeds Philharmonic Chorus presents Haydn’s The Creation in March, whilst both choirs join forces for a concert of American greats including Adams Harmonium to bring the season to a resounding close next May. Leeds’ International Orchestral Season continues to be one of the ﬁnest orchestral programmes in the country. We look forward to welcoming you to Leeds Town Hall during the 2012/13 season.

Be the ﬁrst to hear about the latest music events by signing up to our e-bulletin service at www.leedsconcertseason.com. You can also follow Leeds Town Hall at twitter.com/LeedsTownHall and facebook.com/LeedsTownHall. Treat your loved one, friend or colleague to a special night out – gift vouchers are available from the Box Oﬃce in denominations of £5, £10 and £20.

Subscribe & Save Money Save up to 25% on the cost of your tickets by booking ﬁve or more concerts. See page 24 for further details.

Under 26? Hear Great Music for a Fiver If you’re under 26, you can buy tickets in Rows 1 – 7 for £5 in the seven days before a concert (subject to availability).

St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

Sat 6 October 2012 Free pre-concert talk by Simon Lindley at 6.45pm

Manchester Camerata

Sat 20 October 2012 Free pre-concert talk by Clive McClelland at 6.45pm

Alexander Dmitriev

Gábor Takács-Nagy

Freddy Kempf

Francesco Piemontesi

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

Holst St Paul’s Suite

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Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini

ALEXANDER DMITRIEV

GÁBOR TAKÁCS-NAGY

Shostakovich Symphony No 7 (Leningrad)

Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 Elgar Sospiri Haydn Symphony No 92 (Oxford)

FREDDY KEMPF

FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI

He did not write about this war and that revolution, but about war and revolution in general, the state of mind and emotion, not facts.

I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original.

Haydn

Maxim Shostakovich on his father, Dmitri Shostakovich

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The Hallé

Sat 27 October 2012

Prague Symphony Orchestra

Sat 17 November 2012

Free pre-concert talk by Julian Rushton at 6.45pm

Free pre-concert talk by Brian Newbould at 6.45pm

Markus Stenz

Heiko Mathias Förster

Miklós Perényi

Igor Tchetuev

Dvořák Cello Concerto

Smetana Overture: The Bartered Bride

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cello

MARKUS STENZ

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Beethoven Symphony No 3 (Eroica)

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1

HEIKO MATHIAS FÖRSTER

Janáček Adagio Dvořák Symphony No 8

MIKLÓS PERÉNYI

IGOR TCHETUEV

Music should strike ﬁre from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. Beethoven

Conﬁdent yet unaggressive, shining, colourful, structured without being rigid, the work of Igor Tchetuev makes every piece’s vital force emerge. Le Monde

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Sat 24 November 2012 Free pre-concert talk by Judy Blezzard at 6.45pm

BBC Philharmonic

Orchestra of Opera North

Sat 1 December 2012

Leeds Festival Chorus

Free pre-concert talk by David Fligg at 6.45pm

Simon Wright

Richard Farnes

Sarah Tynan

Jack Liebeck

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soprano

violin

Daniil Shtoda

Sibelius Finlandia

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Neal Davies bass

SIMON WRIGHT

RICHARD FARNES

Rachel Kolly d’Alba

Kodály Suite: Háry János

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Schumann Nachtlied Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 Rachmaninov Vespers (a selection) Rachmaninov The Bells

RACHEL KOLLY D’ALBA

Glass Violin Concerto No 1

Sibelius Symphony No 5

JACK LIEBECK

Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music. Rachmaninov

Sibelius is so concentrated and exact. With Sibelius you feel that if one drop touches your skin it would burn right through the bone. Simon Rattle

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European Union Chamber Orchestra

Sat 8 December 2012 Free pre-concert talk by Simon Lindley at 6.45pm

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Sat 5 January 2013 Free pre-concert talk by Catherine Tackley at 6.45pm

Gergely Kuklis

John Wilson

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Nicola Benedetti

Adams Guide to Strange Places

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Leonard Elschenbroich

Britten Four Sea Interludes: Peter Grimes

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NICOLA BENEDETTI

LEONARD ELSCHENBROICH

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Holst The Planets

Corelli Concerto Grosso Op 6, No 8 (Christmas Concerto) Vivaldi Cello Concerto RV416 Manfredini Concerto Grosso Op 3, No 12 (Christmas Concerto) Vivaldi Concerto for Violin & Cello RV 544 Torelli Concerto Grosso Op 8, No 6 (Christmas Concerto) Handel Pastoral Symphony: Messiah Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Autumn, Winter

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JOHN WILSON

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisﬁed love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony. Britten

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Sat 12 January 2013 Free pre-concert talk by Peter Whitﬁeld at 6.45pm

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sat 26 January 2013, 7pm Free pre-concert talk by Judy Blezzard at 6.15pm

Alan Buribayev

Fabien Gabel

Alice Sara Ott

Janina Fialkowska

Brahms Hungarian Dances

Brahms Tragic Overture

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ALAN BURIBAYEV

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Liszt Piano Concerto No 1

FABIEN GABEL

Prokoﬁev Suite No 1: Cinderella

Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 Beethoven Symphony No 6 (Pastoral)

Ravel La Valse

ALICE SARA OTT

JANINA FIALKOWSKA

Music, I feel, must be emotional ﬁrst and intellectual second. Ravel

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine. Beethoven

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Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Sat 2 February 2013 Free pre-concert talk by Brian Newbould at 6.45pm

BBC Philharmonic

Sat 9 February 2013 Free pre-concert talk by Julian Rushton at 6.45pm

Andrew Litton

Yan Pascal Tortelier

Christian Ihle Hadland

Augustin Hadelich

Grieg Suite: Peer Gynt

Beethoven Violin Concerto

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Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3

ANDREW LITTON

YAN PASCAL TORTELIER

Prokoﬁev Suite: Romeo and Juliet

Webern Passacaglia Brahms Symphony No 4

CHRISTIAN IHLE HADLAND

AUGUSTIN HADELICH

It was clear from the start that Prokoﬁev had a special gift for ballet music which placed him in the big league alongside Tchaikovsky, Ravel and Stravinsky, but it was a gift directed towards satire and social comment rather than romance.

Straight-away the ideas ﬂow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind’s eye, but they are clothed in the right forms, harmonies, and orchestration.

Frank Granville Barker

Brahms

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Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Sat 23 February 2013 Free pre-concert talk by Peter Whitﬁeld at 6.45pm

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Sat 2 March 2013 Free pre-concert talk by Julian Rushton at 6.45pm

Jacek Kaspszyk

Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Mikhail Rudy

Klara Ek

Bernstein Overture: Candide

Mozart Symphony No 38 (Prague)

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Penderecki Chaconne

JACEK KASPSZYK

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4

Mozart Deh vieni, non tardar: The Marriage of Figaro Geme la tortorella: La Finta Giardinera Padre, germani, addio: Idomeneo

Schubert Symphony No 9 (The Great)

Mahler Symphony No 4

ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA

MIKHAIL RUDY

KLARA EK

Truly, the spark of divine genius resides in this Schubert!

O Mozart, immortal Mozart, how many, how inﬁnitely many inspiring suggestions of a ﬁner, better life have you left in our souls!

Beethoven

Schubert

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BBC Philharmonic

Sat 9 March 2013

Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

Free pre-concert talk by Clive McClelland at 6.45pm

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Sat 23 March 2013 Free pre-concert talk by Judy Blezzard at 6.45pm

David Hill

Kees Bakels

Sarah Fox

Natalie Clein

conductor

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Nicholas Mulroy

Beethoven Overture: Coriolan

tenor

Neal Davies DAVID HILL

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Elgar Cello Concerto

KEES BAKELS

Sibelius Symphony No 2

Haydn The Creation

NEAL DAVIES

NATALIE CLEIN

I was never so devout as when I was at work on The Creation; I fell on my knees each day and begged God to give me the strength to ﬁnish the work.

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require. Elgar

Haydn

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Orchestra of Opera North

Sat 13 April 2013 Free pre-concert talk by Anastasia Belina at 6.45pm

The Hallé

Sat 4 May 2013 Free pre-concert talk by Julian Rushton at 6.45pm

Michail Jurowski

Cristian Mandeal

Prize-winner: Leeds International Piano Competition 2012

Lynsey Marsh

conductor

conductor clarinet

piano

Beethoven Overture: Egmont

Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain Prokoﬁev Piano Concerto No 3

Mozart Clarinet Concerto

CRISTIAN MANDEAL

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5

MICHAIL JUROWSKI

LYNSEY MARSH

A complete resignation before fate, which is the same as the inscrutable predestination of fate.

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love.

Tchaikovsky on the introduction to the Fifth Symphony

Berlioz

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Moscow State Symphony Orchestra

Sat 18 May 2013 Free pre-concert talk by Anastasia Belina at 6.45pm

The Hallé

Sat 25 May 2013

Leeds Festival Chorus Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

Free pre-concert talk by Catherine Tackley at 6.45pm

Pavel Kogan

David Hill

Tatiana Kolesova

Joseph McDermott

Khachaturian Adagio: Spartacus

Copland Fanfare for the Common Man

conductor

piano

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Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2

PAVEL KOGAN

DAVID HILL

Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 (Pathétique)

Bernstein Chichester Psalms Bernstein Symphonic Dances: West Side Story Adams Harmonium

TATIANA KOLESOVA

JOSEPH McDERMOTT

He had the secret of the golden, living tone which comes from the heart... I was always under the spell of his glorious and inimitable tone.

To stop the ﬂow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable. Copland

Arthur Rubinstein on Rachmaninov

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