FSP 2007 Schedule

MUSIC FOREIGN STUDY PROGRAM IN LONDON — SPRING 2007

WEEK ONE

Sun., 25 Mar

MANDATORY ORIENTATION MEETING (ISH, 11:00 a.m.)

Mon., 26 Mar

Adès, The Tempest (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)

Wed., 28 Mar

QEH

LPO w/ Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

           HONEGGER Pastorale d’été

           DEBUSSY Rhapsody for alto saxophone and orchestra

                   Martin Robertson, alto saxophone

           SAINT-SAENS Piano Concerto No. 5 (Egyptian)

                   Artur Pizarro, piano

           DEBUSSY Danse sacrée et danse profane

                   Rachel Masters, harp

           HONEGGER Symphony No. 4

Thurs., 29 Mar

Barbican

LSO w/ Valery Gergiev, conductor

London Symphony Chorus

           STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments

           DEBUSSY La mer

           PROKOFIEV Seven, They are Seven

           DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

           STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

Fri., 30 Mar

EXCURSION TO GOLDSMITHS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (leave ISH at 1 p.m.)

Sat., 31 Mar

Gilbert and Sullivan, The Gondoliers @ London Coliseum, Trafalgar Square: N.B.: 6:30 p.m.!!!

WEEK TWO

Sun., 1 Apr

St. Matthew Passion study day in the Purcell Room (QEH) (11 a.m. and 2 p.m.)

Mon., 2 Apr

QEH

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment w/ Ivàn Fischer, conductor

           JS BACH St. Matthew Passion

                   Rufus Müller, Evangelist

                   Peter Harvey, Christus

Wed., 4 Apr

Barbican

BBC SO w/ Jiri Belholavek, conductor

           MAHLER Symphony No. 3

                   Jane Irwin, mezzo-soprano

                   BBC Symphony Chorus

                   The Choristers of Westminster Cathedral

Thurs., 5 Apr

Barbican

Collegium Vocale Gent w/ Phillippe Herreweghe, conductor

           JS BACH St. John Passion

                   Christoph Prégardien, Evangelist

                   Konrad Jarnot, Christus

                   Camilla Tilling, soprano; Ingeborg Danz, mezzo-soprano; Jan Kobow, tenor; Peter Kooij, bass

WEEK THREE

Mon., 9 Apr

Kenneth MacMillan, Mayerling (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) (N.B.: 7 p.m.!!!)

Tues., 10 Apr

DAVID PIPE, organist, in a lecture/recital @ Southwark Cathedral (2 p.m.)

Thurs., 12 Apr

Barbican

LSO w/ Daniel Harding, conductor

           PIERRE BOULEZ Mémoriale

           RAVEL Piano Concerto in G

                   Lang Lang, piano

           BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

Fri., 13 Apr

Barbican

BBC SO w/ Thomas Adès, conductor

           BERLIOZ Overture: Les Francs-juges

           SIBELIUS Luonnotar

                   Rebecca von Lipinski, soprano

           IVES Orchestral Set No. 2

           STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms

                   BBC Singers

           ADES America: A prophecy

                   Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano

WEEK FOUR

Sun., 15 Apr

QEH

LPO w/ Marin Alsop, conductor

           BRAHMS Tragic Overture

           BRITTEN Violin Concerto

                   Anthony Marwood, violin

           DVORAK Symphony No. 7

Tues., 17 Apr

Cadogan Hall

RPO w/ Garry Walker, conductor

           GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

           SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1

                   Robert Cohen, cello

           SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

Wed., 18 Apr

Royal Albert Hall

Barts Choir, Leicester Philharmonic Choir, and the Capital Arts Children’s Choir

William Whitehead, Organist

New Queen’s Hall Orchestra w/ Ivor Setterfield, conductor

           BERLIOZ Te Deum

           SAINT-SAENS Symphony no. 3 in C minor (“Organ”)

Thurs., 19 Apr

QEH

Philharmonia O w/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor

           ELGAR Alassio

           ELGAR Cello Concerto

                   Truls Mørk, cello

           ELGAR Symphony No. 1

Fri., 20 Apr

midterm recital in the Gulbenkian Room, ISH (2 p.m.)

Fri., 20 Apr

QEH

LPO w/ Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

           SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht

           STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments

                   Marc-André Hamelin, piano

           BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4

WEEK FIVE — TRAVEL WEEK

WEEK SIX

Mon., 30 Apr

QEH

London Sinfonietta w/ Diego Masson, conductor & Sound Intermedia

           SIMON BAINBRIDGE new work inspired by the architecture of Daniel Libeskind (London premiere)

           BERIO Laborintus II (Homage to Dante)

           ANNA MEREDITH new work (world premiere)

Tues., 1 May

Glass, Satyagraha @ London Coliseum

Thurs., 3 May

Eddie Palmieri y su Orquesta @ the Jazz Café, Camden Town (dinner incl.)

Fri., 4 May

Barbican

BBC SO w/ Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

           KANCHELI Noch einen Schritt (UK premiere)

           SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1

                   Sarah Chang, violin

           SCRIABIN Symphony No. 2

Sat., 5 May

King’s College Choir, Cambridge, w/ Fretwork @ St. John’s, Smith Square

           Festival of Baroque Music

WEEK SEVEN

Sun., 6 May

AN EXCURSION TO FINCHCOCKS (all day)

Tues., 8 May

The Music of Gerald Barry @ Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s

Wed., 9 May

Barbican

LSO w/ Daniel Harding, conductor

           WOLFGANG RIHM In-Schrift

           MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Thurs., 10 May

Cadogan Hall

RPO w/ Janusz Piotrowicz, conductor

           BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8

           BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

                   Anna Leese, soprano; Louise Poole, alto; Shaun Dixon, tenor; Krzysztof Szumanski, bass

                   London Concert Choir

Fri., 11 May

AN EXCURSION TO OXFORD (all day) (pending)

WEEK EIGHT

Sun., 13 May

Philharmonia Elgar Study Day @ British Library (11 a.m.)

Sun., 13 May

QEH

London Philharmonic Choir w/ Neville Creed, conductor

LPO w/ †Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

           JS BACH Lobet den Herrn

           BRUCKNER Locus iste; Os justi; Christus factus est; Virga Jesse, floruit; Ave Maria

           †MOZART Requiem

                   Katie van Kooten, soprano; Liora Grodnikaite, mezzo soprano; James Edwards, tenor; Krzysztof Szumanski, bass-baritone

Mon., 14 May

Barbican

LSO w/ Valery Gergiev, conductor

           STRAVINSKY Symphony in C

           DEBUSSY Nocturnes

                   Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus

           PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet - Suite

Tues., 15 May

Barbican

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment w/ Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

           DVORAK Cello Concerto

                   Steven Isserlis cello

           DVORAK Symphony No. 6

Thurs, 17 May

AN EXCURSION TO CAMBRIDGE (all day)

Fri., 18 May

QEH

Takács Quartet w/ Stephen Hough, piano

           DVORAK String Quartet in F, Op. 96 (American)

           SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122

           BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Sat., 19 May

QEH

London Sinfonietta w/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor

John Constable & Shelagh Sutherland, pianos

Barbara Hannigan, soprano

Mary King, mezzo-soprano

Omar Ebrahim, baritone

           LIGETI Self-portrait

           LIGETI Chamber Concerto

           REICH Sextet

           LIGETI Aventures & Novelles Aventures

WEEK NINE

Sun., 20 May

QEH

Philharmonia O w/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor

           ELGAR Serenade for Strings

           ELGAR Violin Concerto

                   James Ehnes, violin

           ELGAR Symphony No. 2

Tues., 22 May

Barbican

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

           12 Etudes by composers including Chopin, Debussy, Ligeti, Liszt, Messiaen and Rachmaninov; and Schumann Etudes Symphoniques

Thurs., 24 May

Philharmonia O w/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor @ Westminster Cathedral (NOT the Abbey)

           ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius

                   Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano; James Gilchrist, tenor; Peter Sidhom, bass-baritone

Sat., 26 May

The Lord of the Rings, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

WEEK TEN

Mon., 28 May

Mingus Big Band @ Ronnie Scott’s (TBA)

Tues., 29 May

final concert chez David Ward (@ 6 p.m.)

Wed., 30 May

Beethoven, Fidelio (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)

Thurs., 31 May

tour of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (@ 2:30 p.m.)

Thurs., 31 May

final dinner