Talks History

2012

Sydney Symphony | “Tchaikovsky at the Ballet” | 19, 20, 23 April 2012
GOLIJOV Last Round FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker: Highlights from Act II TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake: Highlights
(Andrew Grams; Steven Osborne, piano) 

Sydney Symphony | “Beethoven 9: Ode to Joy” | 8, 10, 11, 13 February 2012
R STRAUSS Metamorphosen BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 (Choral)
(Vladimir Ashkenazy; Gore, Russell, Egglestone, Nagy; Sydney Philharmonia Choirs) 

2011

Sydney Symphony | “Hero/Anti-hero” | 7, 9, 10 December 2011
TCHAIKOVSKY The Voyevoda, Op.78 PROKOFIEV Symphony-Concerto, Op.125 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3, Eroica
(Osmo Vänskä; Alisa Weilerstein, cello) 

West Australian SO | “Elgar’s Cello Concerto” | 6, 7, 8 October 2011
Morning Symphony 6 October
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2 ELGAR Cello Concerto  
Classics 7, 8 October
LISZT Mephisto Waltz No.1 ELGAR Cello Concerto RAVEL Alborada del gracioso RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2 
(Mario Venzago; Sol Gabetta, cello)

Sydney Symphony | “Roman Holiday” | 8, 9, 10, 12 September 2011
MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusine R STRAUSS Horn Concerto No.1 RESPIGHI The Birds MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4 (Italian) 
(Nicholas McGegan; Ben Jacks, horn)

Sydney Symphony | “Peer Gynt” | 23, 25, 26 February 2011
GRIEG Peer Gynt – complete incidental music with a narration by John de Lancie after Ibsen’s play
(Vladimir Ashkenazy; John de Lancie, narrator; a cast of singers and actors; and Vox – Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)

2010

Sydney Symphony | "Mahler 4" | 24, 26, 27 Nov 2010
R STRAUSS Capriccio: Prelude & Moonlight Music MOZART Clarinet Concerto MAHLER Symphony No.1
(Vladimir Ashkenazy; Emma Matthews, soprano; Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet)

Sydney Symphony | "Arabian Nights" | 4, 5, 6, 8 Nov 2010
KHACHATURIAN Spartacus: Suite SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No.5 (Egyptian) RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
(Alexander Lazarev; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano)

West Australian Symphony Orchestra | "Symphonie Fantastique" | 1, 2 Oct 2010
ADAMS The Chairman Dances SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No.1 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
(Kristjan Järvi; Mikhail Simonyan, violin)

Sydney Symphony | "Fantastique!" | 10, 12, 13 Mar 2010
FRANCK The Accursed Huntsman  RAVEL Piano Concerto in G  BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
(Pinchas Steinberg; Louis Lortie, piano)

2009

 Sydney Symphony | "Prokofiev: First and Final" | 6, 7 Nov 2009
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.1, Violin Concerto No.1,  Symphony No.7
Concert 2 in The Prodigal Russian: Ashkenazy's Prokofiev Festival
(Vladimir Ashkenazy, Boris Belkin, violin, Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano)

West Australian Symphony Orchestra | "Mahler's First" | 18, 19 Sep 2009
MAHLER Blumine  BARTÓK-SERLY Viola Concerto  MAHLER Symphony No.1
(Paul Daniel, Ruth Killius, viola)

Sydney Symphony | "Romantic Perfection" | 11–13 June 2009
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Pastoral Symphony
(Hugh Wolff, Isabelle Faust, violin)

Sydney Symphony | "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" | 25–28 Feb, 2 Mar 2009
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Overture and complete incidental music with an abridged presentation of Shakespeare’s play
(Vladimir Ashkenazy, Tim Carroll, director, et al)

2008

Sydney Symphony | "Stravinsky's Petrushka" | 27–29 November 2008
MOZART Symphony No.27 FRANCK Symphonic Variations STRAVINSKY Petrushka
(Lothar Zagrosek, Michele Campanella, piano)

Sydney Symphony | "Stravinsky's Firebird" | 6, 8, 9 August 2008
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1 STRAVINSKY Firebird – ballet
(David Robertson, Yefim Bronfman)

West Australian SO | Morning Symphony 17 July 2008
MOZART Violin Concerto K219 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5
Great Classics 18, 19 July 2008
STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks MOZART Violin Concerto K219 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5
(Kirill Karabits, Mark Kaplan)

Sydney Symphony | "Ravel's Bolero" | 20–23 February 2008
RAVEL Menuet antique, Mother Goose Suite, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Alborada del gracioso, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Bolero
(Gianluigi Gelmetti)

Sydney Symphony | "Ravel's Romances" | 14, 16 February 2008
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole, La Valse, Daphnis et Chloé Suites
(Gianluigi Gelmetti, Cantillation)

2007

Sydney Symphony | "Schubert's Great Symphony" | 5–8 December 2007
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll BERG Violin Concerto SCHUBERT Great C Major Symphony
(Gianluigi Gelmetti, Frank Peter Zimmermann)

West Australian SO | Morning Symphony 6 September 2007
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture; Eroica Symphony
Great Classics 7, 8 September
R STRAUSS Metamorphosen BACH Ich habe genug BWV82 BEETHOVEN Eroica Symphony
(David Atherton, Sally-Anne Russell)

Sydney Symphony | "Symphonie fantastique" | 22, 24, 25 August 2007
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.3 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
(Tugan Sokhiev, Boris Berezovsky)

Sydney Symphony | "Sibelius' Mythic Adventures" | 19, 20, 21 April 2007
LEDGER Peeling SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.1 SIBELIUS Lemminkäinen Suite
(Hannu Lintu, Jing Zhao)

Sydney Symphony | "Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony" | 30, 31 Mar, 2 Apr 2007
HAYDN Symphony No.2 PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2 HOLLEY A Line of Stars MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4
(Hubert Soudant, Viviane Hagner)

2006

Sydney Symphony | "Northern Lights" | 13, 14, 15, 16 December 2006
MOZART Symphony No.5, K22 RAUTAVAARA Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No.1
(Osmo Vänskä, Jaakko Kuusisto)

Sydney Symphony | "Tchaikovsky 4" | 26, 27, 28 October 2006
WAGENAAR Cyrano de Bergerac – Overture SCHUMANN Konzert-stück for four horns and orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4
(Jaap van Zweden, SSO French horn section)

West Australian SO |"Pastoral Symphony" | 21, 22 July 2006
DEAN Pastoral Symphony MOZART Piano Concerto in C minor, K491 BEETHOVEN Pastoral Symphony
(Lawrence Renes, Stephen Kovacevich)

West Australian SO | "Boléro" & "España" | 13, 14, 15 July 2006
CHABRIER España RAVEL Alborada del gracioso BROPHY Concerto in Blue* STRAVINSKY Madrid* RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez RAVEL Boléro
(Rumon Gamba, Craig Ogden)
* = 14, 15 July only

Sydney Symphony |"Visions & Visionaries" | 17, 19, 20, 22 May 2006
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 VARÈSE Arcana RAVEL La Valse
(Gianluigi Gelmetti, Gerhard Oppitz)

Cleveland Orchestra |"Faith, Hope and Charity" | 19, 21, 22 January 2006
WALTON Scapino, a comedy overture TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto ELGAR Symphony No.1
(Vladimir Ashkenazy, Janine Jansen)

2005

Cleveland Orchestra | "Invitation to the Dance" | 6, 7, 8, 9 October 2005
COPLAND Appalachian Spring ADAMS Violin Concerto RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances
(James Gaffigan, Leila Josefowicz)

Gt Lakes Theatre Festival | 19 September 2005
Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" from a musical perspective

West Australian SO | 1, 2 July 2005
BRAHMS Violin Concerto BRUCKNER Symphony No.6
(Matthias Bamert, Shlomo Mintz)

Sydney Symphony | 24, 25, 26, 27 June 2005
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture; Emperor Concerto PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony; Romeo and Juliet: selections
(Alain Lombard, Paul Lewis)

Apollo's Fire | 1, 2, 3 April 2005
JS BACH Sinfonia from Cantata BWV42; Cantata BWV66 (in German); Easter Oratorio BWV249 (auf Englisch)
(Jeannette Sorrell; Jolle Greenleaf, soprano; Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-soprano; Marc Molomot, tenor; Sumner Thompson, baritone; Apollo’s Singers)

Tuesday Musical (Akron) presents the Cleveland Orchestra | 11 January 2005
HONEGGER Symphony No.3 (Liturgique) MOZART Flute Concerto in G, K313 RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales – La Valse
(Franz Welser-Möst, Joshua Smith)

One day I may get around to listing my talks from 1997 to 2004…