Over seven seasons as music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève helped to bring about what the media described as a ‘classical music revolution’ in Scotland.
Journalists and reviewers have written about the incredible audience growth, widespread critical acclaim and tremendous feel-good factor that have all been characteristics of what has been dubbed ‘the Denève effect’.
Michael Tumelty, The Herald (Scotland)
- In the beginning
- Championing New Music
- Audiences & Awards
- The Roussel Connection
- RSNO Concerts
- Au revoir…
The so-called ‘Auld Alliance’ between Scotland and France was musically rekindled in October 2003, when Stéphane Denève made his Scottish debut, guest conducting a programme of Ravel’s Mother Goose, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No1 and Dvořák’s Symphony No8 (a particular favourite with Scottish audiences). Impressed and intrigued by this new presence on the podium, the RSNO immediately invited Denève back for the following season, in the meantime squeezing in a performance of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique during its summer Scottish Proms. Within two months the Royal Scottish National Orchestra had secured its man, and Stéphane Denève was appointed as Music Director from the 2005-06 season.
The RSNO was formed in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra and has had a long and proud history as Scotland’s national orchestra. Well-known names to have conducted the RSNO have included Felix Weingartner, Serge Koussevitzky and even the composer Richard Strauss. Denève followed in a long line of illustrious RSNO Principal Conductors including Georg Szell, Walter Süsskind, Sir John Barbirolli, Walter Weller and Neeme Järvi and was the orchestra’s first conductor to be given the ‘Music Director’ title since the late Sir Alexander Gibson.
As national orchestra, the RSNO has a unique schedule of concerts. A typical week for Denève and the musicians might include a midweek concert in the north of the country (Aberdeen, Dundee or Inverness), a Friday evening at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, and a Saturday evening performance at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. But that’s not all – since Denève’s arrival in Scotland he has participated in all aspects of the orchestra’s life, conducting children’s concerts in small venues across the towns and villages of the nation, recording sessions, rush-hour concerts, free lunchtime events, chamber concerts, new audience development projects and much more.
Symbolic of his commitment to his new orchestra, and its huge range of activities, Stéphane Denève made the decision to leave France and make his home in Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, with his then-girlfriend, Åsa.
– Stéphane Denève
In the years that have followed, Stéphane Denève has taken the orchestra around Scotland and Europe, with annual performances at the Edinburgh International Festival and frequent appearances at the BBC Proms in London. He earned the orchestra its first invitation to the St Magnus Festival, Orkney and to the Festival Présences, Paris.
Denève and the RSNO have toured extensively in Europe, including in Spain (with Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti) and across central Europe (with violinist Hilary Hahn). Venues have included the celebrated Vienna Konzerthaus, Munich’s Philharmonie am Gasteig and the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.
In January 2010 the RSNO made its debut in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, peforming Fauré’s Requiem. For this special performance, Denève and the orchestra were joined by the RSNO Chorus and Junior Chorus, and soloists Lisa Milne (soprano) and Christopher Maltman (baritone).
– Kenneth Walton, The Scotsman
Guillaume Connesson
Stéphane Denève’s first week of concerts in September 2005 with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra took a programme featuring Ravel’s Suite No 2 from Daphnis et Chloé and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 Choral to Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
The program began with a new work, commissioned by the RSNO, dedicated to Stéphane Denève, by French composer Guillaume Connesson. With these performances of Connesson’s Une lueur dans l’âge sombre (A Glimmer in the Age of Darkness), Denève introduced Scottish audiences to a new and relatively unknown composer whose music they would soon grow to love.
It was not the first time, however, that Denève had championed the music of his fellow countryman, Connesson. Some years previously, Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington D.C.) asked Stéphane Denève to present a piece by a living French composer, suggesting a couple of familiar names. Denève had the idea to search out a brand new name, someone who would benefit from the publicity that a US première would garner. A huge response from French music publishers yielded nothing that grabbed Denève’s attention. And then Supernova arrived – a work by the 30-year old Paris-based composer Guillaume Connesson – a name unfamiliar to Denève. The concerts were a huge success with audiences, musicians and critics alike, and it marked the start of a hugely successful musical partnership – and friendship – between conductor and composer.
The RSNO’s 2005 commission Une lueur dans l’âge sombre was written as a natural follow-up to Supernova. As Connesson explained, ‘I felt the need to compose a new score that counterbalanced the freed energies of Supernova. With Une lueur we find ourselves 400,000 years after the Big Bang’.
In Guillaume Connesson’s mind, these two symphonic poems would only be complete with a third piece, creating a three-part lyric symphony: The Cosmic Trilogy. And so, the RSNO commissioned Aleph, in 2007, premiered by Stéphane Denève and the RSNO in September 2007, for the opening of the orchestra’s new 2007-08 season. The work was dedicated to Stéphane and Åsa Denève as a wedding present.
Since 2005, symphonic poems from the Cosmic Trilogy have been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, the Malaysian Philharmonic, the MDR Leipzig, the New World Symphony, and the orchestras of Toronto, Dallas, Cincinnati, Houston, St Louis and others.
The Denève-RSNO-Connesson musical partnership reached a new height in 2009, with the commissioning of another new work from the composer, a Piano Concerto, entitled The Shining One. It was premièred by the orchestra and Denève in March 2009, at the RSNO’s Springtime in Paris Festival, with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
The enthusiastic audience feedback from these concerts is testament to the skill and immediacy of Connesson’s music and to what can be achieved when a conductor and orchestra work together to champion a contemporary classical composer:
The most virtuosic composition with the most incredible virtuosic piano playing we have ever heard. Incredible stuff. Very, very exciting.
I have heard a few of his works now, thanks to Stephane, and have enjoyed all of them. This was no exception. Richness, vitality, rhythmic and forceful. Contrapuntal piano theme enforcing. A very complex work.
I’m already a huge fan of Connesson thanks to Stephane and the RSNO. Some wonderful moments for brass and percussion. I particularly loved the opening. Jean-Yves is very lucky to have such a piece dedicated to him. Please record this!
That audience member’s wish was in fulfilled in 2009, when Denève and the RSNO did record The Shining One and the Cosmic Trilogy. Click here for more details.
TEN out of 10
Ten years after unearthing Connesson’s Supernova in a search for new music, Stéphane Denève launched another appeal. This time he sought not one but TEN orchestral works – ten pieces of music from the first decade of this century that would, in his opinion, ‘truly stand the test of time’.
After consulting with colleagues, conductors, musicians, publishers and friends, Stéphane selected ten works and programmed them into the RSNO 2010-11 season, accompanied by an extensive promotional and audience engagement campaign.
In the following video, Stéphane introduces music journalist Edward Seckerson to the ‘TEN out of 10’ concept:
Stéphane recorded short videos for all ten of the pieces of music. You can watch them here.
… [Stéphane Denève] has established a unique rapport with Scottish audiences… – Michael Tumelty, The Herald
Perhaps the biggest impact of Stéphane Denève’s time in Scotland with the RSNO has been on the audiences for classical music. From his very first concert with the orchestra, Denève was concerned not only with the musical performances themselves but also with the concert hall experience as a whole. Michael Tumelty, classical music critic for The Herald wrote in 2006, “…the young French conductor is already hard at work establishing a whole new rapport between the RSNO’s principal conductor and his audience. His pre-concert chats from the stage have already become a minor culture in their own right.”
Very quickly a trust and loyalty was established between conductor and audience, which enabled Denève to take RSNO audiences on a musical journey, a journey that took in contemporary music (including Scotland’s James MacMillan, France’s Guillaume Connesson, Fabien Waksman and many others), less familiar French repertoire (Roussel, Poulenc, Dukas, Schmitt) and major projects such as Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, Grieg’s Complete Incidental Music to Peer Gynt and so on. It is testament to Stéphane Denève’s ability to connect with audiences, not only through the music but also through programme notes and personal on-stage introductions laced with Gallic humour and charm, that audiences grew dramatically in size through this period.
Whether it has been ‘rush-hour’ concerts at 6pm to attract shoppers and commuters, or a new series designed to introduce newcomers to orchestral masterworks (Naked Classics), Denève and the RSNO have never been afraid of experimenting with traditional formats. With Classic Bites, Stéphane introduced potential audiences to highlights from the concert season in short, digestible movements.
During 2009’s Springtime in Paris festival, Denève used video, presentations and staging to enhance the musical experience. He even went as far as to re-create the Paris salon of the 19th Century, joining Jean-Yves Thibaudet at the keyboard to peform a series of French piano duets.
Michael Tumelty had the following report on the Springtime in Paris concert:
For sheer entertainment value, with wall to wall music of idiosyncrasy, quirkiness, wackiness, sophistication and lashings of style that could only have been French, Stephane Deneve’s first large-scale concert in his six-part exploration of Parisian culture captured the imagination and, clearly, the spirit of the large audience. There has never been a concert like this one!
The RSNO’s statistics prove what is obvious to anyone attending an RSNO concert: During Stéphane Denève’s time with the RSNO audience numbers have increased year-on-year, with subscriptions in Glasgow doubling, and even trebling in Edinburgh. In addition, over 3,000 under 26-year-olds are now regular attendees and thousands of under-16s hear the orchestra every year through free ticket schemes and concerts for schools and families.
Stéphane Denève’s contribution to Scottish musical life has not gone unrecognised. He is an official music ambassador for Glasgow (alongside the composer Craig Armstrong, comedian and musician Billy Connolly and rock musician Alex Kapranos).
Denève holds honorary degrees from both Glasgow University (Doctor of Music) and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (Doctor of Letters), in recognition of his artistic achievements and contribution to the musical life of Scotland. The following short (8 minutes) video shows Stéphane Denève receiving his doctorate from Glasgow University in November 2011 and includes an informative and entertaining appraisal of his musical life:
Stéphane Denève has devoted much of his conducting career to promoting and celebrating the music of his countryman, Albert Roussel. With the RSNO he has conducted one of Roussel’s symphonies or ballet works in every season and the partnership recently completed the final volume of their acclaimed five CD survey of Roussel’s orchestral works.
Jeremy Siepmann explores the reasons for this composer-conductor connection in his article, Breaking the Mould (www.naxos.com):
Denève even studied at the Conservatoire in the northern French city of Tourcoing – the city of Roussel’s birth.
He describes to Siepmann how Roussel came to become a significant musical force in his life:
He suggests why Roussel has not received the same attention as his peers, Debussy and Ravel:
(the extracts above are from Breaking the Mould by Jeremy Siepmann – www.naxos.com)
Click to access Naxos_Key_Release_Kit_01.2012_STEPHANE-DENEVE-1.pdf
Concerts
Click below to display all Stéphane Denève’s concerts with the RSNO since January 2006:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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Sat, 9 April 2016 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Debussy Marche écossaise MacMillan The Death of Oscar (Scottish Premiere) Ravel Piano Concerto for Left Hand Richard Strauss Tod und Verklärung Ravel La Valse Piano: Steven Osborne |
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Fri, 8 April 2016 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Debussy Marche écossaise MacMillan The Death of Oscar (Scottish Premiere) Ravel Piano Concerto for Left Hand Richard Strauss Tod und Verklärung Ravel La Valse Piano: Steven Osborne |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 11:12 | |||
Sat, 12 May 2012 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0141 353 8000.
MacMillan Britannia R Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Ravel Daphnis et Chloé RSNO Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus |
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Fri, 11 May 2012 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0131 228 1155.
MacMillan Britannia R Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Ravel Daphnis et Chloé RSNO Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus |
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Sat, 5 May 2012 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0141 353 8000.
Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Barber Violin Concerto Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Violin: James Ehnes |
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Fri, 4 May 2012 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0131 228 1155.
Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Barber Violin Concerto Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Violin: James Ehnes |
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Thu, 3 May 2012 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 01224 641 122.
Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Barber Violin Concerto Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Violin: James Ehnes |
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Sat, 28 January 2012 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0141 353 8000.
Debussy Nocturnes Prokofiev Violin Concerto No1 Roussel Bacchus et Ariane Violin: Hilary Hahn Piano: Steven Osborne Trumpet: John Gracie |
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Fri, 27 January 2012 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0131 228 1155.
Debussy Nocturnes Prokofiev Violin Concerto No1 Roussel Bacchus et Ariane Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Sat, 3 December 2011 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0141 353 8000.
Debussy Printemps Shostakovich Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings Debussy Jeux Shostakovich Piano Concerto No2 Piano: Steven Osborne Trumpet: John Gracie |
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Fri, 2 December 2011 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0131 228 1155.
Debussy Printemps Shostakovich Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings Debussy Jeux Shostakovich Piano Concerto No2 Piano: Steven Osborne Trumpet: John Gracie |
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Sat, 8 October 2011 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0141 353 8000.
Debussy Images Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No3 Piano: Nikolai Lugansky |
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Fri, 7 October 2011 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0131 228 1155.
Debussy Images Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No3 Piano: Nikolai Lugansky |
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Thu, 6 October 2011 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 01224 641 122.
Debussy Images Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No3 Piano: Nikolai Lugansky |
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Sat, 1 October 2011 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0141 353 8000.
Debussy Marche écossaise Bruch Scottish Fantasy Waksman Le parfum d’Aphrodite WORLD PREMIERE Debussy La mer Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Fri, 30 September 2011 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Box office: 0131 228 1155.
Debussy Marche écossaise Bruch Scottish Fantasy Waksman Le parfum d’Aphrodite WORLD PREMIERE Debussy La mer Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Thu, 29 September 2011 | Dundee | Caird Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Debussy Marche écossaise Bruch Scottish Fantasy Waksman Le parfum d’Aphrodite WORLD PREMIERE Debussy La mer Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 10:11 | |||
Sat, 7 May 2011 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
John Adams On the Transmigration of Souls Beethoven Symphony No9 Choral Soprano: Sabina Cvilak Mezzo-Soprano: Catherine Wyn-Rogers Tenor: Charles Castronovo Bass: Tomás Tómasson |
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Thu, 5 May 2011 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
John Adams On the Transmigration of Souls Beethoven Symphony No9 Choral Soprano: Sabina Cvilak Mezzo-Soprano: Catherine Wyn-Rogers Tenor: Charles Castronovo Bass: Tomás Tómasson |
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Sat, 30 April 2011 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Alborada del gracioso Lieberson Neruda Songs Ravel Rhapsodie Espagnole De Falla Suites 1 and 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat Mezzo-Soprano: Kelley O’Connor |
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Fri, 29 April 2011 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Alborada del gracioso Lieberson Neruda Songs Ravel Rhapsodie Espagnole De Falla Suites 1 and 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat Mezzo-Soprano: Kelley O’Connor |
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Thu, 28 April 2011 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Alborada del gracioso Lieberson Neruda Songs Ravel Rhapsodie Espagnole De Falla Suites 1 and 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat Mezzo-Soprano: Kelley O’Connor |
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Concert Series: RSNO Naked Classics | |||
Fri, 18 March 2011 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Esa-Pekka Salonen Insomnia Herrmann Suite from Vertigo |
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Thu, 17 March 2011 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Esa-Pekka Salonen Insomnia Hermann Suite from Vertigo |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 10:11 | |||
Sat, 29 January 2011 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Oliver Knussen Violin Concerto Rachmaninov Symphony No2 Violin: Leila Josefowicz |
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Fri, 28 January 2011 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Oliver Knussen Violin Concerto Rachmaninov Symphony No2 Violin: Leila Josefowicz |
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Sat, 20 November 2010 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel La Tombeau de Couperin Mozart Piano Concerto No20 K466 Magnus Lindberg Graffiti Piano: Imogen Cooper |
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Fri, 19 November 2010 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel La Tombeau de Couperin Mozart Piano Concerto No20 K466 Magnus Lindberg Graffiti Piano: Imogen Cooper |
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Sat, 13 November 2010 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Helen Grime Virga Szymanowski Violin Concerto No2 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Violin: Frank-Peter Zimmermann |
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Fri, 12 November 2010 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Helen Grime Virga Szymanowski Violin Concerto No2 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Violin: Frank-Peter Zimmermann |
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Sat, 2 October 2010 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Guillaume Connesson Aleph, Symphonic Dances Roussel Symphonic Fragments from The Spider’s Feast Beethoven Piano Concerto No5 Emperor Piano: Paul Lewis |
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Fri, 1 October 2010 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Guillaume Connesson Aleph, Symphonic Dances Roussel Symphonic Fragments from The Spider’s Feast Beethoven Piano Concerto No5 Emperor Piano: Paul Lewis |
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Thu, 30 September 2010 | Dundee | Caird Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Guillaume Connesson Aleph, Symphonic Dances Roussel Symphonic Fragments from The Spider’s Feast Beethoven Piano Concerto No5 Emperor Piano: Paul Lewis |
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Sat, 25 September 2010 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
James MacMillan Three Interludes from The Sacrifice Ravel Piano Concerto for Left Hand Dvorák Symphony No9 From the New World Piano: Nicholas Angelich |
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Fri, 24 September 2010 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
James MacMillan Three Interludes from The Sacrifice Ravel Piano Concerto for Left Hand Dvorák Symphony No9 From the New World Piano: Nicholas Angelich |
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Thu, 23 September 2010 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
James MacMillan Three Interludes from The Sacrifice Ravel Piano Concerto for Left Hand Dvorák Symphony No9 From the New World Piano: Nicholas Angelich |
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Concert Series: BBC Proms 2010 | |||
Mon, 6 September 2010 | London | Royal Albert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:00pm.
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No5 Emperor James MacMillan Three Interludes from The Sacrifice Respighi The Pines of Rome Piano: Paul Lewis |
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Concert Series: Edinburgh International Festival 2010 | |||
Wed, 25 August 2010 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Chabrier Espagne Ibert Escales Ravel L’heure espagnole Mezzo-Soprano: Sophie Koch Tenor: Gordon Gietz Tenor: Keith Lewis Baritone: Johannes Weisser Bass-Baritone: Christopher Purves |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 09:10 | |||
Sat, 15 May 2010 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Schumann Symphony No4 Elgar Cello Concerto Janácek Taras Bulba Cello: Natalie Clein |
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Fri, 14 May 2010 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Schumann Symphony No4 Elgar Cello Concerto Janácek Taras Bulba Cello: Natalie Clein |
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Thu, 13 May 2010 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Schumann Symphony No4 Elgar Cello Concerto Janácek Taras Bulba Cello: Natalie Clein |
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Sat, 1 May 2010 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Britten War Requiem Soprano: Marina Rebka Tenor: Ian Bostridge Baritone: Audun Iversen RSNO Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus |
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Fri, 30 April 2010 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Britten War Requiem Soprano: Marina Rebka Tenor: Ian Bostridge Baritone: Audun Iversen RSNO Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus |
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Concert Series: RSNO Naked Classics | |||
Sat, 24 April 2010 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Shostakovich Symphony No5 |
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Fri, 23 April 2010 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Shostakovich Symphony No5 |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 09:10 | |||
Fri, 12 March 2010 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Mahler Symphony No6 Tragic |
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Thu, 11 March 2010 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Mahler Symphony No6 Tragic |
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Thu, 25 February 2010 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No3 Guillaume Connesson Une Lueur dans l’Âge Sombre Respighi The Pines of Rome Piano: Nikolai Lugansky |
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Wed, 24 February 2010 | Dundee | Caird Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No3 Guillaume Connesson Une Lueur dans l’Âge Sombre Respighi The Pines of Rome Piano: Nikolai Lugansky |
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Concert Series: RSNO European Tour 2010 | |||
Thu, 11 February 2010 | Belgrade | Philharmonic Hall | Serbia |
Time: 7:30pm.
Fauré Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande Prokofiev Violin Concerto No1 Dvorák Symphony No8 Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Wed, 10 February 2010 | Vienna | Grosser Saal, Vienna Konzerthaus | Austria |
Time: 7:30pm.
James MacMillan The Confession of Isobel Gowdie Prokofiev Violin Concerto No1 Dvorák Symphony No7 Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Tue, 9 February 2010 | Munich | Philharmonie Munich, Gasteig | Germany |
Time: 8:00pm.
Fauré Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande Sibelius Violin Concerto Dvorák Symphony No8 Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Mon, 8 February 2010 | Paris | Theatre Champs Elysees | France |
Time: 8:00pm.
Fauré Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande Sibelius Violin Concerto Dvorák Symphony No8 Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Sat, 6 February 2010 | Luxembourg | Philharmonie | Luxembourg |
Time: 8:00pm.
James MacMillan The Confession of Isobel Gowdie Sibelius Violin Concerto Dvorák Symphony No7 Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Fri, 5 February 2010 | Baden-Baden | Festspielhaus | Germany |
Time: 8:00pm.
Fauré Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande Prokofiev Violin Concerto No1 Dvorák Symphony No8 Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Sun, 17 January 2010 | Amsterdam | Concertgebouw | Netherlands |
Time: 8:15pm.
Fauré Requiem Roussel Symphony No3 Ravel La Valse Soprano: Lisa Milne Baritone Christopher Maltman RSNO Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 09:10 | |||
Fri, 15 January 2010 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Fauré Requiem Roussel Symphony No3 Ravel La Valse Soprano: Lisa Milne Baritone Christopher Maltman RSNO Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus |
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Sat, 12 December 2009 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Wagner Oveture to Die Meistersinger Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Sibelius Symphony No2 Violin: Renuad Capuçon |
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Fri, 11 December 2009 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Wagner Oveture to Die Meistersinger Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Sibelius Symphony No2 Violin: Renuad Capuçon |
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Sat, 24 October 2009 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Henri Dutilleux Symphony No1 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No4 Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919) Piano: Leif Ove Andsnes |
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Fri, 23 October 2009 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Henri Dutilleux Symphony No1 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No4 Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919) Piano: Leif Ove Andsnes |
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Thu, 22 October 2009 | Perth | Perth Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Henri Dutilleux Symphony No1 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No4 Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919) Piano: Leif Ove Andsnes |
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Sun, 18 October 2009 | Gateshead | The Sage | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte Berg Violin Concerto Dvorák Symphony No7 Violin: Ilya Gringolts |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 09:10 | |||
Sat, 17 October 2009 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte Berg Violin Concerto Dvorák Symphony No7 Violin: Leonidas Kavakos |
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Fri, 16 October 2009 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte Berg Violin Concerto Dvorák Symphony No7 Violin: Leonidas Kavakos |
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Sat, 3 October 2009 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Oliver Knussen Flourish with Fireworks Oliver Knussen The Way to Castle Yonder Mozart Piano Concerto No24 K491 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Piano: Lars Vogt |
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Fri, 2 October 2009 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Oliver Knussen Flourish with Fireworks Oliver Knussen The Way to Castle Yonder Mozart Piano Concerto No24 K491 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Piano: Lars Vogt |
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Thu, 1 October 2009 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Oliver Knussen Flourish with Fireworks Oliver Knussen The Way to Castle Yonder Mozart Piano Concerto No24 K491 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Piano: Lars Vogt |
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Sat, 26 September 2009 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
‘Classic Bites’ Excerpts from the RSNO Season 09:10 |
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Concert Series: Edinburgh International Festival 2009 | |||
Fri, 28 August 2009 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 8:00pm.
Berlioz Romeo and Juliet Mezzo-Soprano: Patricia Bardon Tenor: Loïc Félix Bass: Franz Hawlata Edinburgh Festival Chorus |
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Concert Series: St Magnus Festival 2009 | |||
Tue, 23 June 2009 | Kirkwall, Orkney | Pickaquoy Centre | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Fauré Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande Guillaume Connesson The Shining One Ravel Piano Concerto in G Henri Dutilleux Symphony No1 Piano: Eric Le Sage |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 08:09 | |||
Sat, 16 May 2009 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Prokofiev Suite from The Love for Three Oranges Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations for Cello Brahms Symphony No2 Cello: Sol Gabetta |
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Thu, 14 May 2009 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Prokofiev Suite from The Love for Three Oranges Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations for Cello Brahms Symphony No2 Cello: Sol Gabetta |
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Sat, 9 May 2009 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Wagner Preludes to Acts I and III and ‘Liebestod’ from Tristan und Isolde Vaughan Williams Symphony No1 Sea Symphony Soprano: Emma Bell Baritone Sir Thomas Allen RSNO Chorus |
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Concert Series: RSNO ‘Springtime in Paris’ Festival | |||
Sun, 29 March 2009 | Edinburgh | Festival Theatre | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
La première partie – un salon parisien included ‘salon’ music by Fauré, Satie and Massenet La deuxième partie – les nouveaux parisiens presenting new music from Thierry Pécou, Richard Dubignon, Fabien Waksman, Jérémie Rhorer and Bruno Mantovani Guillaume Connesson The Shining One (WORLD PREMIERE) La troisième partie – le jazz Ravel Piano Concerto in G Gershwin An American in Paris Piano: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Tenor: Ronan Debois Violin: Vesselin Gellev |
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Sat, 28 March 2009 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:00pm.
La première partie – un salon parisien included ‘salon’ music by Fauré, Satie and Massenet La deuxième partie – les nouveaux parisiens presenting new music from Thierry Pécou, Richard Dubignon, Fabien Waksman, Jérémie Rhorer and Bruno Mantovani Guillaume Connesson The Shining One (WORLD PREMIERE) La troisième partie – le jazz Ravel Piano Concerto in G Gershwin An American in Paris Piano: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Tenor: Ronan Debois Violin: Vesselin Gellev |
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Sun, 22 March 2009 | Edinburgh | Festival Theatre | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
Mozart Symphony No31 Paris Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Poulenc Concert champêtre for Harpsichord and Orchestra Offenbach Excerpts from Gaîté parisienne Pianos: Eric Le Sage, Frank Braley Harpsichord: Jory Vinikour |
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Sat, 21 March 2009 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:00pm.
Mozart Symphony No31 Paris Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Poulenc Concert champêtre for Harpsichord and Orchestra Offenbach Excerpts from Gaîté parisienne Pianos: Eric Le Sage, Frank Braley Harpsichord: Jory Vinikour |
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Thu, 19 March 2009 | Dundee | Caird Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Mozart Symphony No31 Paris Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Offenbach Excerpts from Gaîté parisienne Pianos: Eric Le Sage, Frank Braley |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 08:09 | |||
Sat, 7 February 2009 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Beethoven Violin Concerto Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Violin:Frank-Peter Zimmermann |
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Concert Series: RSNO Naked Classics | |||
Thu, 5 February 2009 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 08:09 | |||
Sat, 6 December 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Berlioz The Damnation of Faust Mezzo-Soprano: Jennifer Larmore Tenor: Gregory Kunde Bass: Nicolas Cavalier RSNO Chorus |
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Fri, 5 December 2008 | Perth | Perth Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Berlioz The Damnation of Faust Mezzo-Soprano: Jennifer Larmore Tenor: Gregory Kunde Bass: Nicolas Cavalier RSNO Chorus |
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Sat, 22 November 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Une barque sur l’ocean Debussy La mer Poulenc La voix humaine Soprano: Dame Felicity Lott |
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Sun, 2 November 2008 | Manchester | Bridgewater Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No2 R Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier R Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Piano: Steven Osborne |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 08:09 | |||
Sat, 18 October 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Roussel Symphony No1 Le Poème de la forêt Brahms Piano Concerto No2 Piano: Steven Osborne |
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Fri, 17 October 2008 | Edinburgh | Festival Theatre | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Roussel Symphony No1 Le Poème de la forêt Brahms Piano Concerto No2 Piano: Steven Osborne |
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Concert Series: RSNO Naked Classics | |||
Thu, 16 October 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Brahms Piano Concerto No2 Piano:Steven Osborne |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 08:09 | |||
Sat, 11 October 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Beethoven Leonora Oveture No3 Beethoven Piano Conerto No2 R Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier R Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Piano: Paul Lewis |
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Sat, 4 October 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Prokofiev Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet Szymanowski Sinfonia concertante Mahler Symphony No5 Piano: Piotr Anderszewski |
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Thu, 2 October 2008 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Prokofiev Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet Szymanowski Sinfonia Concertante Mahler Symphony No5 Piano: Piotr Anderszewski |
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Wed, 1 October 2008 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Prokofiev Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet Szymanowski Sinfonia Concertante Mahler Symphony No5 Piano: Piotr Anderszewski |
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Sat, 27 September 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
‘Classic Bites’ Excerpts from the RSNO Season 08:09 |
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Concert Series: BBC Proms 2008 | |||
Sat, 6 September 2008 | London | Royal Albert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Roussel Suite No2 from Bacchus et Ariane Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No2 Thea Musgrave Rainbow Debussy La Mer Piano: Stephen Hough |
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Thu, 4 September 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 1:00pm.
Thea Musgrave Rainbow Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No2 Piano:Stephen Hough |
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Concert Series: Edinburgh International Festival 2008 | |||
Mon, 18 August 2008 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 8:00pm.
Honegger Le Roi David Soprano: Geraldine McGreevy Mezzo-Soprano: Karen Cargill Tenor: Yann Beuron Actors: Silvia Berge, Andrzej Sewerin |
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Concert Series: RSNO Spain Tour 2008 | |||
Wed, 21 May 2008 | Pamplona | Auditorio Baluarte de Navarra | Spain |
Time: 8:00pm.
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Fingal’s Cave Sibelius Violin Concerto Debussy Iberia Ravel La Valse Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Mon, 19 May 2008 | Murcia | Auditorio de Murcia | Spain |
Time: 8:00pm.
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Fingal’s Cave Sibelius Violin Concerto Debussy Iberia Ravel La Valse Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 07:08 | |||
Sun, 4 May 2008 | Edinburgh | Festival Theatre | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Fingal’s Cave Szymanowski Violin Concerto No1 Beethoven Symphony No7 Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Fri, 2 May 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Fingal’s Cave Szymanowski Violin Concerto No1 Beethoven Symphony No7 Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Thu, 1 May 2008 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Fingal’s Cave Szymanowski Violin Concerto No1 Beethoven Symphony No7 Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Sun, 20 April 2008 | Edinburgh | Festival Theatre | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales Mozart Piano Concerto No23 K488 Stravinsky Rite of Spring Piano: Louis Lortie |
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Sat, 19 April 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales Mozart Piano Concerto No23 K488 Stravinsky Rite of Spring Piano: Louis Lortie |
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Concert Series: RSNO Naked Classics | |||
Thu, 17 April 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Stravinsky Rite of Spring |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 07:08 | |||
Sat, 12 April 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
John Corigliano Percussion Concerto Prokofiev Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet Percussion:Dame Evelyn Glennie |
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Thu, 10 April 2008 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
John Corigliano Percussion Concerto Prokofiev Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet Percussion:Dame Evelyn Glennie |
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Sat, 29 March 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Roussel Symphony No4 Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No1 Ravel Daphnis et Chloé (complete) Cello: Steven Isserlis |
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Fri, 28 March 2008 | Edinburgh | Festival Theatre | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Roussel Symphony No4 Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No1 Ravel Daphnis et Chloé (complete) Cello: Steven Isserlis |
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Sun, 10 February 2008 | Edinburgh | Festival Theatre | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
Debussy Iberia Mahler Symphony No4 Soprano:Lisa Milne |
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Sat, 9 February 2008 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Debussy Iberia Mahler Symphony No4 Soprano:Lisa Milne |
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Fri, 8 February 2008 | Inverness | Eden Court Theatre | United Kingdom |
Time: 8:00pm.
Debussy Iberia Mahler Symphony No4 Soprano:Lisa Milne |
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Concert Series: RSNO Germany/Austria/Croatia Tour 2008 | |||
Thu, 31 January 2008 | Zagreb | Lisinski Hall | Croatia |
Time: 8:00pm.
R Strauss Don Juan Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No1 Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Debussy La Mer Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Wed, 30 January 2008 | Vienna | Wiener Konzerthaus | Austria |
Time: 8:00pm.
R Strauss Don Juan Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No1 Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Debussy La Mer Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Tue, 29 January 2008 | Essen | Philharmonie | Germany |
Time: 8:00pm.
R Strauss Don Juan Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No1 Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Debussy La Mer Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Sun, 27 January 2008 | Regensburg | Audimax der Unversität | Germany |
Time: 8:00pm.
R Strauss Don Juan Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No1 Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Debussy La Mer Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Sat, 26 January 2008 | Baden-Baden | Festspielhaus | Germany |
Time: 8:00pm.
R Strauss Don Juan Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No1 Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Debussy La Mer Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Fri, 25 January 2008 | Bielefeld | Rudolf-Oetker-Halle | Germany |
Time: 8:00pm.
R Strauss Don Juan Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No1 Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Debussy La Mer Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 07:08 | |||
Wed, 23 January 2008 | Dundee | Caird Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
R Strauss Don Juan Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No1 Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Debussy La Mer Violin: Hilary Hahn |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 08:09 | |||
Tue, 8 January 2008 | Dundee | Caird Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Beethoven Leonora Oveture No3 Beethoven Piano Conerto No2 R Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier R Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Piano: Paul Lewis |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 07:08 | |||
Sat, 15 December 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Fauré Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande Grieg Piano Concerto Dvorák Symphony No8 Piano: Lars Vogt |
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Wed, 12 December 2007 | Gateshead | Sage | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:00pm.
Fauré Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande Grieg Piano Concerto Dvorák Symphony No8 Piano: Lars Vogt |
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Sat, 13 October 2007 | Leeds | Leeds Town Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Mother Goose Prokofiev Violin Concerto No1 Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Violin: Renuad Capuçon |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 07:08 | |||
Thu, 11 October 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Mother Goose Prokofiev Violin Concerto No1 Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Violin: Renuad Capuçon |
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Wed, 10 October 2007 | Dundee | Caird Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Mother Goose Prokofiev Violin Concerto No1 Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Violin: Renuad Capuçon |
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Sat, 6 October 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Mahler Symphony No3 Soprano: Irina Tchistyakova Chorus: Ladies of the RSNO Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus |
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Thu, 4 October 2007 | Perth | Perth Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Mahler Symphony No3 Soprano: Irina Tchistyakova Chorus: Ladies of the RSNO Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus |
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Sat, 29 September 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Guillaume Connesson Aleph, Symphonic Dances Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919) Beethoven Piano Concerto No5 Emperor Piano: Emanuel Ax |
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Fri, 28 September 2007 | Edinburgh | Festival Theatre | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Guillaume Connesson Aleph, Symphonic Dances Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919) Beethoven Piano Concerto No5 Emperor Piano: Emanuel Ax |
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Thu, 27 September 2007 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Guillaume Connesson Aleph, Symphonic Dances (WORLD PREMIERE) Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919) Beethoven Piano Concerto No5 Emperor Piano: Emanuel Ax |
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Sat, 22 September 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
‘Classic Bites’ Excerpts from the RSNO Season 07:08 |
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Fri, 21 September 2007 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
‘Classic Bites’ Excerpts from the RSNO Season 07:08 |
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Concert Series: Edinburgh International Festival 2007 | |||
Sat, 1 September 2007 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 8:00pm.
Poulenc Stabat Mater Poulenc Organ Concerto Poulenc Excerpts from Dialogue des Carmelites Soprano: Christine Brewer Soprano: Rosemary Joshua Tenor: Thomas Walker Soprano: Claire Booth Mezzo-Soprano: Tove Dahlberg Mezzo-Soprano: Liane Keegan Organ: Dame Gillian Weir Chorus: Edinburgh Festival Chorus and RSAMD Female Chorus |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 06:07 | |||
Sat, 28 April 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Berlioz Les Franc-Juges Schumann Piano Concerto R Strauss Ein Heldenleben Piano: Antti Siirala |
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Fri, 27 April 2007 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Berlioz Les Franc-Juges Schumann Piano Concerto R Strauss Ein Heldenleben Piano: Antti Siirala |
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Concert Series: RSNO Naked Classics | |||
Thu, 26 April 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
R Strauss Ein Heldenleben |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 06:07 | |||
Sat, 21 April 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Grieg Peer Gynt – complete incidental music Soprano (Solveig): Malin Christensson |
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Fri, 13 April 2007 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Wagner Prelude and Good Friday Music from Parsifal Higdon blue cathedral Shostakovich Symphony No5 |
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Wed, 14 March 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Wagner Prelude and Good Friday Music from Parsifal Higdon blue cathedral Shostakovich Symphony No5 |
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Sat, 10 February 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Bizet Suite from Carmen Massenet Meditation from Thaïs Chausson Poeme Legrand Concertino for Piano and Orchestra Legrand Umbrellas of Cherbourg Delarue Le Mepris Ravel Bolero Vioin: Edwin Paling Piano: Stéphane Denève |
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Fri, 9 February 2007 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Bizet Suite from Carmen Massenet Meditation from Thaïs Chausson Poeme Legrand Concertino for Piano and Orchestra Legrand Umbrellas of Cherbourg Delarue Le Mepris Ravel Bolero Vioin: Edwin Paling Piano: Stéphane Denève |
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Thu, 8 February 2007 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Bizet Suite from Carmen Massenet Meditation from Thaïs Chausson Poeme Legrand Concertino for Piano and Orchestra Legrand Umbrellas of Cherbourg Delarue Le Mepris Ravel Bolero Vioin: Edwin Paling Piano: Stéphane Denève |
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Sat, 3 February 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Beethoven Symphony No3 Eroica Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky Mezzo Soprano: Irina Tchistyakova |
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Fri, 2 February 2007 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Beethoven Symphony No3 Eroica Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky Mezzo Soprano: Irina Tchistyakova |
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Concert Series: RSNO Naked Classics | |||
Thu, 1 February 2007 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Beethoven Symphony No3 Eroica |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 06:07 | |||
Sat, 11 November 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Dukas La Peri Ravel Sheherazade Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Schmitt La Tragédie de Salomé – Suite Soprano: Dame Felicity Lott |
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Fri, 10 November 2006 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Dukas La Peri Ravel Sheherazade Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Schmitt La Tragédie de Salomé – Suite Soprano: Dame Felicity Lott |
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Fri, 3 November 2006 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
Franck Symphonic Variations Brahms Symphony No1 Schubert Fantasia in F minor for four hands Piano: Frank Braley |
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Thu, 2 November 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
Franck Symphonic Variations Brahms Symphony No1 Schubert Fantasia in F minor for four hands Piano: Frank Braley & Stéphane Denève |
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Tue, 31 October 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov Night on a Bare Mountain Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Berlioz Dream of a Witches Sabbath from Symphonie Fantastique Gordon Jacob The Barber of Seville Goes to the Devil Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre Arnold Tam O’ Shanter Overture Hermann Theme from Psycho John Williams Suite from Harry Potter Arr. Wendel Medley from The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
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Sat, 14 October 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Roussel Symphony No3 Ravel La Valse Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Fri, 13 October 2006 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Roussel Symphony No3 Ravel La Valse Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Wed, 11 October 2006 | Dundee | Caird Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Roussel Symphony No3 Ravel La Valse Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Sat, 7 October 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Smetana Vltava Britten Four Sea Interludes Oliver Knussen The Way to Castle Yonder Dvo?ák Cello Concerto Cello: Han-na Chang |
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Thu, 5 October 2006 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Smetana Vltava Britten Four Sea Interludes Oliver Knussen The Way to Castle Yonder Dvo?ák Cello Concerto Cello: Han-na Chang |
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Sat, 30 September 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Guillaume Connesson Supernova Mahler Symphony No2 Resurrection Soprano: Inger Dam-Jensen Mezzo-Soprano: Patricia Bardon |
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Fri, 29 September 2006 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Guillaume Connesson Supernova Mahler Symphony No2 Resurrection Soprano: Inger Dam-Jensen Mezzo-Soprano: Patricia Bardon |
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Sat, 23 September 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
‘Classic Bites’ Excerpts from the RSNO Season 06:07 |
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Fri, 22 September 2006 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 6:00pm.
‘Classic Bites’ Excerpts from the RSNO Season 06:07 |
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Concert Series: Edinburgh International Festival | |||
Tue, 22 August 2006 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 9:30pm.
Bruckner Bruckner Symphony No4 Romantic |
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Concert Series: BBC Proms 2006 | |||
Fri, 4 August 2006 | London | Royal Albert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:00pm.
Ravel Mother Goose Szymanowski Sinfonia Concertante No4 for Piano and Orchestra Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Piano: Piotr Anderszewski |
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Wed, 2 August 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 12:45pm.
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique |
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Concert Series: RSNO Scottish Proms 2006 | |||
Wed, 21 June 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Tchaikovsky Overture and Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No4 Tchaikovsky Trepak from The Nutcracker Piano: Nicholas Angelich |
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Thu, 8 June 2006 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Tchaikovsky Overture and Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No4 Tchaikovsky Trepak from The Nutcracker Piano: Nicholas Angelich |
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Concert Series: RSNO Spain Tour 2008 | |||
Fri, 26 May 2006 | Zaragoza | Auditorio de Zaragoza | Spain |
Time: 8:00pm.
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Fingal’s Cave Sibelius Violin Concerto Debussy Iberia Ravel La Valse Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Wed, 24 May 2006 | Madrid | Auditorio Nacional de Musica | Spain |
Time: 8:00pm.
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Fingal’s Cave Sibelius Violin Concerto Debussy Iberia Ravel La Valse Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Tue, 23 May 2006 | Leon | Auditorio Ciudad de Leon | Spain |
Time: 8:00pm.
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Fingal’s Cave Sibelius Violin Concerto Debussy Iberia Ravel La Valse Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Mon, 22 May 2006 | Salamanca | Centro de las Artes Escénicas y de la Musica | Spain |
Time: 8:00pm.
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Fingal’s Cave Sibelius Violin Concerto Debussy Iberia Ravel La Valse Violin: Nicola Benedetti |
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Concert Series: RSNO Season 05:06 | |||
Sat, 29 April 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Rautavaara Book of Visions Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No2 Debussy La Mer Piano: Jean-Yves Thibaudet |
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Fri, 28 April 2006 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Rautavaara Book of Visions Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No2 Debussy La Mer Piano: Jean-Yves Thibaudet |
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Thu, 27 April 2006 | Aberdeen | Music Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Rautavaara Book of Visions Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No2 Debussy La Mer Piano: Jean-Yves Thibaudet |
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Wed, 26 April 2006 | Perth | Perth Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Rautavaara Book of Visions (UK PREMIERE) Beethoven Piano Concerto No5 Emperor Debussy La Mer Piano: Jean-Yves Thibaudet |
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Sat, 22 April 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Verdi Requiem Soloists: Norma Fantini, Elena Manistina, Roberto Aronica, Ildar Abdrazakov |
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Fri, 21 April 2006 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Verdi Requiem Soloists: Norma Fantini, Elena Manistina, Roberto Aronica, Ildar Abdrazakov |
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Sat, 11 March 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin R Strauss Oboe Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No6 Pathétique Oboe: Alexei Ogrintchouk |
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Fri, 10 March 2006 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin R Strauss Oboe Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No6 Pathétique Oboe: Alexei Ogrintchouk |
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Wed, 8 March 2006 | Dundee | Caird Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin R Strauss Oboe Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No6 Pathétique Oboe: Alexei Ogrintchouk |
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Sat, 4 February 2006 | Paris | Auditorium de Radio-France | France |
Time: 8:00pm.
Penderecki Violin Concerto No2 Métamorphoses James MacMillan Brittania Guillaume Connesson Une Lueur dans l’Âge Sombre Roussel Suite No2 from Bacchus et Ariane Violin: Chantal Juillet |
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Thu, 2 February 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
James MacMillan Brittania Penderecki Violin Concerto No2 Métamorphoses Beethoven Symphony No7 Violin: Chantal Juillet |
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Fri, 27 January 2006 | Edinburgh | Usher Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
R. Strauss Don Juan Elgar Cello Concerto Roussel Bacchus et Ariane (complete ballet music) Cello: Ralph Kirshbaum |
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Thu, 26 January 2006 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | United Kingdom |
Time: 7:30pm.
R. Strauss Don Juan Elgar Cello Concerto Roussel Bacchus et Ariane (complete ballet music) Cello: Ralph Kirshbaum |
Only an “au revoir”…
C’est la vie, time flies and seven seasons with the RSNO and with you have passed by so quickly…Trying to summarise so many concerts, so many emotions, so many musical adventures, so many friendships, makes me speechless – which is very rare, as you know!
Only a great array, a rainbow of “MERCI” comes to my mind:
Merci to the music for bringing people together, inspiring us, helping and enriching our lives.
Merci to all the musicians, the singers of our choruses, the staff, present and past, of our wonderful RSNO for their talent, dedication, warmth and above all their passion for music.
Merci to each of YOU individually, our loyal RSNO audience, for sharing your love of music, for your enthusiasm, your applause and your encouragement.
Merci to all our active supporters, the Circle members and donors, and our corporate partners, for their continuous help, energy and generosity.
Merci to all the RSNO Board members, to our First Minister, Culture Minister, Lord Provost, and various executives and cultural institution directors for their support, for sharing our visions and allowing our dreams to happen.
Merci to the teams at each concert hall, for helping to make every concert special.
Merci to all the many journalists, reviewers, interviewers, bloggers and broadcasters for your help in promoting and also questioning our work.´
Merci to my dear wife Åsa and our Scottish daughter Alma for making me a proud father and husband, for offering me a life that I never thought could be so rich and joyful.
Merci to the Scottish weather for helping me study my scores at home indoors!
And, more selfishly, merci to all of you for helping me to discover further who I am, for making me a better artist and a better person…
En toute harmonie, tant musicale qu’amicale, JE VOUS AIME,
Stéphane Denève has excited us and entertained us. Over his seven years as the RSNO’s Music Director he has made a massive contribution to the quality of musical life in Scotland. A magisterial Stéphane Denève has presided over wonderful concerts with the RSNO, but what will perhaps give us our warmest memory of Stéphane, is the relationship he has created with our audiences. Stéphane’s inimitable addresses from the conductor’s podium have enhanced our understanding of what is about to be performed, demystified what might otherwise be a daunting programme, and have engaged orchestra and audience in an intense shared enjoyment. Stéphane, Scotland’s cultural health has benefited hugely from your time with the RSNO. We wish you well for what we know will be an ever more distinguished career wherever that takes you in international concert halls. But please remember Scotland and the RSNO, and our role in helping to establish your international presence. The Auld Alliance with France is alive and well. You have embodied it and given it fresh meaning. Come back to visit us! “Au revoir” means exactly that!
– Brian Lang. Chairman, RSNO
I am in awe of the commitment, effort and passion Stéphane Denève has invested in the RSNO throughout his tenure. His love of music and dedication to exploring the inner depths of the pieces he conducts – not to mention his charming way of welcoming us to concerts – have made the concert experience all the more enjoyable. And his period as our Music Director will be remembered as one of the golden periods of the RSNO’s history. The Orchestra is in a much stronger position than it was seven years ago, and a very large part of that success is thanks to Stéphane. He has striven to develop the Orchestra and to find a new home of the quality to do so. Thanks to his determination, and the exceptional talent and professionalism of our musicians and staff, we will have a new home by 2014 and have a strong platform from which to realise new ambitions. Tonight we celebrate the man who helped make this possible. Thank you and bravo, Stéphane. I would also like to take this opportunity to wish you, Åsa and Alma, all the best for the future.
– Michael Elliott. Chief Executive, RSNO
Stéphane Denève’s contribution to the RSNO and to enriching the cultural life of our nation has been immense. I have been privileged to have seen and heard Stéphane perform with the RSNO on a number of occasions, and have been deeply moved by the professionalism, passion, energy and exuberance displayed by this partnership. His unique blend of superb conducting skills, ability to connect with audiences and sheer charm have enhanced the strong reputation of Scotland’s national symphony orchestra. We thank him for his commitment, wish him well, and look forward to welcoming him back to Scotland in the future.
– Fiona Hyslop, MSP. Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs
Cher Stéphane,
Since you arrived in Scotland in 2005, French music could hardly have dreamt of a more inspired ambassador. Young, passionate and French, you transmitted your energy and love of music – and of our national composers – to your musicians and all the music lovers around Scotland. Beside your very wide repertoire, ranging from Mozart to Adams, your programmes showed great respect for our romantic Hector Berlioz or the impressionists Claude Debussy and – my personal favourite – Maurice Ravel, or Paul Dukas, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Albert Roussel or Guillaume Connesson. But you wouldn’t have given these treasures away to an audience you did not love too. You embraced Scotland at once, and Glasgow where you settled with your wife Åsa. You participated enthusiastically in all aspects of the RSNO’s life, conducting recording sessions, rush-hour concerts, free lunchtime events, new audience development projects and much more. You sealed an “Auld musical Alliance” so successfully that it was applauded in the most prestigious venues, including the Vienna Konzerthaus, Munich’s Gasteig, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the BBC Proms in London. Based on these twinned passions, who could doubt your future successes in Stuttgart and further on? Bonne chance, Stéphane!
– Pierre-Alain Coffinier, Consul General, Scotland
Stéphane quite simply transformed the RSNO’s fortunes in his seven-year Music Director tenure. In an unusually fruitful and genuine partnership with former Chief Executive Simon Woods, the Orchestra’s audiences grew, finances revived from a troubling low and the band’s reputation for creating great music spread worldwide. Stéphane wowed audiences and sponsors alike with his sparkling musicality and his trademark chats from the podium in charmingly accented English. Highlights included standing ovations for the RSNO under his baton in the great concert halls of Europe, packed audiences at the Royal Albert Hall and above all, the affection and appreciation of his increasing and loyal audiences here at home. His and his family’s warm embrace of Scotland and all things Scottish endeared him to the nation. We owe him a huge debt. It was a privilege to work with him and I wish him and his family the very best for the future.
– Tom Thomson, OBE. Chairman, RSNO (2002-2008)
Dear Stéphane, My six very happy years as Chief Executive of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra will always be inextricably linked in my mind with your tenure as Music Director. From the moment we first met in a restaurant in Washington D.C. in early 2005, I knew that this would be a wonderful professional partnership and a great friendship, and indeed it proved to be. It would take a whole book to chart the great times we had together in Scotland. But in just a few words, I would like to say a big thank you: thank you for your passion, your integrity, your conviction, your perseverance, your warmth, your generosity, your humour, your deep love of music, and above all, your friendship. These were great times, and they are never to be forgotten. Scotland is richer for you, and so am I. May the future bring you great satisfaction and joy, in Stuttgart and beyond.
– Simon Woods. Executive Director, Seattle Symphony. Chief Executive, RSNO (2005-2011)
The RSNO is an internationally-admired orchestra with a long history of professional concerts and successful recordings. It is an honour for us to be Leaders of this great orchestra and it has been a privilege to work under Stéphane Denève. There can be no doubt that Stéphane’s leadership and charisma have been a significant factor in continuing and developing the great reputation that the RSNO enjoys. His love of new music, passion for the works of his native country and respect for the “classics” are all vital ingredients in what makes Stéphane such a spirited Music Director. On behalf of the Orchestra we would like to thank Stéphane for his passion and dedication and we wish him all the best for the future in what is sure to be a long and successful career.
– James Clark and Maya Iwabuchi. Leaders, RSNO
A Message from the RSNO Circle On behalf of the members of the RSNO Circle, we would like to thank Stéphane for all the wonderful memories we will have of his tenure. During the last seven years, we have enjoyed welcoming him across Scotland, thrilled that he has embraced our fair land as his home. We first got to know Stéphane at a special Circle event at Perth Concert Hall for the Mahler Symphony No1 concert in October 2005. Since then his charismatic flair, strong character and welcoming “good evening” have brought us closer to our orchestra and musically opened many new doors. We have also had the wonderful opportunity to travel on tour with Stéphane and the RSNO. There have been visits to the BBC Proms in London, and to Madrid and Paris. Always exciting and never dull, these trips will remain special memories for everyone who joined them. Stéphane, thank you for seven wonderful years of music with our orchestra. We wish you and your family a fond farewell and very best wishes for the future.
– Lady Catto. Chair – Aberdeen RSNO Circle
– Dr Joseph Coleiro. Chair – Dundee RSNO Circle
– Hamish Fraser. Chair – Edinburgh RSNO Circle
– Ian Taft. Chair – Glasgow RSNO Circle