Artistic highlights

GERMAN RADIO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SAARBRÜCKEN KAISERSLAUTERN
PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR: KAREL MARK CHICHON
CONCERT SEASON 2011/12

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS 2011/12
The pieces and programmes highlighted in red are under the artistic direction of the principal conductor, Karel Mark Chichon.

Large repertoire works
Symphonies Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphonies Nos. 2 + 6 + 7 | Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”) | Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 8 (“English”) | Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 80 | Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 41 (“Jupiter”) | Carl Nielsen, Symphony No. 2 | Sergei Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1 | Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 | Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished symphony) | Robert Schumann, Symphonies Nos. 2 + 4 | Peter Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5

Violin concertos Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin concerto | Alban Berg, Violin concerto | Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Violin concerto | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin concerto KV 219 | Peter Tchaikovsky, Violin concerto | Piano concertos Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano concertos Nos. 3 + 4 | Frederick Delius, “In a summer garden” | George Gershwin, Piano concerto in F | Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano concerto No. 4 | Cello concertos Antonín Dvořák, Cello concerto | Dmitri Shostakovich, Cello concerto No. 1 | Peter Tchaikovsky, “Variations on a Rococo Theme” | Other concertos Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Trumpet concerto in E major | Flute: Jacques Ibert, Flute concerto | Organ: Joseph Jongen, “Symphonie concertante” for organ and orchestra | Violin, cello and piano: Ludwig van Beethoven, Triple Concerto

In addition Hector Berlioz, “Les nuits d’été” (Summer nights) | Georges Bizet, “L’Arlésienne” Suite No. 1 | Manuel de Falla “The Three-Cornered Hat” | Gabriel Fauré, “Pelléas et Mélisande” | George Gershwin, “An American in Paris” | Sergei Prokofiev, “Romeo and Juliet” suite | Maurice Ravel, Bolero| Camille Saint-Saëns, “Danse macabre” | Arnold Schönberg, “Pelleas and Melisande” | Igor Stravinsky, “The Firebird” | Richard Wagner, excerpts from “Parsifal”, prelude to “Lohengrin”, Siegfried Idyll

Arias programme
“Festive Sounds” with arias and duets by Puccini, Leoncavallo among others | Takesha Meshé Kizart (soprano), Peter Lodahl (tenor), Nikolay Borchev (baritone); Conductor: Christoph Poppen

“New Year's Eve Concert”, Baden-Baden Festival Hall, | Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor); Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon

Emmerich Smola prize with six young, internationally renowned singers | The artists will be named at a later date; Conductor: Guillermo García Calvo
“Masquerades” with excerpts from works by Rossini, Mozart, Tchaikovsky among others| Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor), Michael Nagy (baritone); Conductor: Christoph Poppen

“From Operas and Operettas” with arias and duets by Rossini, Donizetti, Puccini, Mascagni, Suppé, Léhar among others | Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Ho-Yoon Chung (tenor); Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon

“Klassik am See”, (Classical music by the lake) Losheim | Programme and artists will be named at a later date; Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon

Premieres and contemporary music
Moritz Eggert, “Das ganz normale Leben” [Totally (un)ordinary life] (premiere and piece commissioned by the DRP) | George Enescu, “Isis” and 5th Symphony | Markus Hechtle, “Neues Orchesterwerk” [New work for and orchestra] (premiere and piece commissioned by the DRP) | David Philip Hefti “Klangbogen” [Arc of sound] (2009) | Charles Ives, Symphony No. 2 | Younghi Pagh-Paan, “Im Lichte werden wir wandeln II” [In the light we shall wander II] (premiere) | Wolfgang Rihm, “Coll’ arco”, “Ernster Gesang mit Lied” [Solemn vocals with song], “Wölfli songs”, “Concerto” | Peter Ruzicka, “Hölderlin Symphony” (2008/2010, German first performance) | Lin Wang, Neues Werk für Sheng, Zheng und Orchester [New work for Sheng, Zheng and orchestra] (premiere and piece commissioned by the DRP) | Franck Christoph Yeznikian (premiere and piece commissioned by the DRP)

Family concerts
“Hansel and Gretel” | 11.12.2011, 10am and 12pm| Saarbrücken University of Music
“Hansel and Gretel” | 16.06.2012, 6pm | SWR studio, Kaiserslautern

“Indians” | 2.6.2012, 4pm | Fruchthalle (Fruit Hall) Kaiserslautern
“Indians” | 3.6.2012, 10am and 12pm | Großer Sendesaal of the Saarländischer Rundfunk (Saarland Broadcasting), Saarbrücken

School concerts
“Indians” | 31.5. + 1.6. 2012, 9:30am and 11am | Großer Sendesaal of the Saarländischer Rundfunk (Saarland Broadcasting), Saarbrücken

GUEST ARTISTS
Singers Takesha Meshé Kizart (soprano), Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Susan McLean (soprano), Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano) | Lioba Braun (mezzo-soprano), Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) | Paul Appleby (tenor), Michael Baba (tenor), Ho-Yoon Chung (tenor), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Peter Lodahl (tenor) | Thomas Bauer (Bariton), Nikolay Borchev (baritone), Michael Nagy (baritone), Patrick Ruyters (baritone), Marius Vlad (baritone), Thomas de Vries (baritone) | Thorsten Grümbel (Bass)

Pianists Jonathan Biss, Ingrid Fliter, Benyamin Nuss, Viktoria Postnikova, Florian Uhlig, Lars Vogt
Violinists Viviane Hagner, Sergei Krylov, Maxim Vengerov, Antje Weithaas, Tianwa Yang, Frank Peter Zimmermann

Cellists Gustav Rivinius, Julian Steckel, István Várdai, Jan Vogler

Other soloists/ensembles Alison Balsom (trumpet), Minguet Quartett (string quartet), Magali Mosnier (flute), NDR Chor (North German Broadcasting Choir), August-Wilhelm Scheer (saxophone), Christian Schmidt (organ), Oliver Strauch Trio, Wu Wei (sheng), Fenxia Xu (zheng)

Conductors Roland Böer, Fabrice Bollon, Jonathan Brett, Guillermo García Calvo, Pablo González, Howard Griffiths, Martin Haselböck, Günther Herbig, Pierre Hoppé, Markus Huber, Adriel Kim, Roland Kluttig, Pietari Inkinen, Josep Pons, Jacques Mercier, Christoph Poppen, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Peter Ruzicka, Lan Shui, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Christian Vásquez, Joshua Weilerstein, Kazuki Yamada, Dorian Wilson

CONCERT SERIES
Saarbrücken
4 evening performances, Friday, 8pm, Congresshalle (Congress Hall), Saarbrücken
8 matinée performances, Sunday, 11am, Congresshalle (Congress Hall), Saarbrücken – except 2nd matinée: E-Werk, Saarbrücken-Burbach
7 studio concerts, normally Friday, 8pm – due to the conversion of the SR broadcasting studio, the studio concerts will take place at different locations and as of March 2012 will move back to the Großer Sendesaal
3 “Music for young ears” concerts
7 ensemble concerts, Wednesday, 8pm, Saarbrücken University of Music
3 family concerts
2 special concerts, not part of the series

Kaiserslautern
3 “Sundays at 5” concerts, Sunday, 5pm, Fruchthalle (Fruit Hall), Kaiserslautern
6 “À la carte” concerts, Thursday, 1pm, Fruchthalle (Fruit Hall), Kaiserslautern or at the SWR broadcasting studio, Kaiserslautern (with the possibility of a lunch from midday)
2 family concerts
6 ensemble concerts, Sunday, 11am, SWR studio, Kaiserslautern

Festivals, guest performances, concerts in the region
The orchestra has been invited to attend the following festivals: “Russian Music in Exile” festival, 21st European Culture Days in Karlsruhe – “Music builds bridges – Wolfgang Rihm”, “Heilig-Rock-Wallfahrt” gala concert 2012 in Trier, Audi summer concerts in Ingolstadt, RheinVokal festival

Tour to Japan from 17 – 21 October 2011 with concerts in Fukuoka, Mie, Tokyo and Osaka; Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Additional guest performances take the orchestra to concert halls of Neuschwanstein (Sängersaal), Baden-Baden (Festival Hall), Luxembourg (Philharmonie Concert Hall), Frankfurt (Old Opera House), Karlsruhe (Concert Hall), Mainz (Rheingoldhalle) among others.

TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS
18 September 2011 (SR television): Karel Mark Chichon will conduct works by Peter Tchaikovsky; Sergei Krylov, violin

31 December 2011 (SWR television): New Year’s Eve concert with Elina Garanca and Jonas Kaufmann in the Baden-Baden Festival Hall; Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon

28 January 2012 (SWR television), awarding of the Emmerich Smola Prize with the winners of international singing contests in Landau

CD PRODUCTIONS
Works for organ and orchestra by Franz Liszt and Joseph Jongen with organist Christian Schmidt; Conductor: Martin Haselböck (cpo)

“The Fall of Lucifer” – symphonic poem for trombone and orchestra by Patrick Burgan with trombonist Fabrice Millischer (solo trombonist of the DRP); Conductor: Ulrich Kern (perc pro)
Symphony No. 5 and “Isis” by George Enescu; Marius Vlad (tenor), NDR Chor (North German Broadcasting Choir); Conductor: Peter Ruzicka (cpo)

Piano concertos by George Poulenc and Maurice Ravel with pianist Florian Uhlig; Conductor: Pablo González (SWR music/hänssler)

“CLASSICAL MUSIC COMES TO SCHOOL”
A separate brochure entitled “Classical music comes to school” with everything the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra has on offer for children, young people, families and schools

The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra’s season 2011/12 brochures, “Classical music comes to school” brochures and concert calendars are now available at “SR am Markt” (St. Johanner Markt 27, 66111 Saarbrücken, tel. +49 (0)681 9880880), at the “Referat Kultur der Stadt Kaiserslautern” (Fruchthalle, tel. +49 (0)631 3653452), at all the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra’s concerts or by e-mail to info@drp-orchester.de.


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