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The German Higher Education System
TUITION FREE
With the
prevailing problems evident in the US College system with astronomic tuition
rates, as high as $50,000 per year, and multiply this for 4 years for a
Bachelors degree, then adding another $100,000 for a Masters degree, plus
Living expenses. and the
luring of students to take college loans and result in college debt that may
never be repaid,the government will not excuse a student loan default, and with the
government cuts in funding and worse, why should American students go to school
in the US? For music majors, with no tangible future beyond
graduation here, It is in the hands of students to decide and take the
initiative. In noting the successes of American students for
Orchestral positions and winning International Competitions, it is a sad
commentary to see that very few Americans win Internationally, and why?
Possibly that they get 2nd rate professional training, or/and they are so
financially strapped that they cannot afford to compete? There are numerous Musik Hochshulen
(Conservatories) offering high standard programs along with schools outside of
Germany, notably the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria, (Wenzel
Fuchs, Professor, the Sibelius Conservatory in Helsinki, Finland, Harri
Maki, Professor, Learning the language is important
(Check www.fluenz.com) but
courses are taught in English. For more information about the
German programs, check www.daad.org
Tel: 212 758 3223
A sampling of
German Musik schools include the following:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Musikhochschulen_und_Konservatorien_in_Deutschland
Many of the great schools include :
Musikhochule Lubeck (Sabine
Meyer, Reiner Wehle, Professors)
Musikhochshule Karlsruhe
(Wolfgang Meyer, Professor)
Musikhochule Hans Eisler Berlin
(Shirley Brill, Professor)
Berlin Philharmonic Karajan
Orchestra Academy (Wenzel Fuchs)
and many more listed above
April
2018 Newsletter
VIP
John Bruce Yeh and
composer Jim Stephenson on Cedille's
Classical Chicago Podcast!
Don't miss John Bruce Yeh and
Jim Stephenson on Cedille's
Classical Chicago Podcast!
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Classical Chicago
features an interview with Chicago Symphony
Orchestra clarinetist John Bruce Yeh and
Chicago composer Jim Stephenson. Take a
listen to learn more about the wide-ranging
repertoire on their upcoming album,
Liquid Melancholy — Clarinet Music
of James M Stephenson,
the recording process, and their longtime
friendship that led to the album's creation.
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Starting April 2018
Japan
From VIP and Academy Director
Kazuo Fujii
YAMAHA CLARINET ACADEMY STUDENT RECRUITMENT]
We will also recruit students from April this year.
I used the same lesson system as I used to study in New York.
It changes dramatically in 1 Because there is a lesson for yīn dà for 1
years. It is not too much to say that I have spent ten years in this. But
basically, we are fully responding to the needs of the students.
Would you like to spend a day with a clarinet?
Please contact me if you are interested.
1 April 2018
International Competition for Instrumentalists and
Singers
NEW INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION for instrumentalists and vocalists to
receive $15,000 in prizes and perform with orchestra next season!!! The deadline
for applications is April 1. For more info and to apply, please go to:
www.kco.la
1 - 6 April 2018
Milan Concorso "Duo di Clarinetti" with
VIP Shirley Brill,
VIP Luigi Magistrelli,
Host
Milan, Italy
4 - 7 April 2018
On Stage Clarinets
3 - 7 April 2018
Academia Ibero-Americana Do Clarinete
5- 6 April 2018
VIP
Shirley Brill gives
Masterclasses at the Milan Conservatory - VIP
Luigi
Magistrelli, Host
Milan, Italy
6 - 10 April 2018
Bogota
7 April 2018
Iowa Clarinet Day at Drake University - VIP
Jorge Montilla,
Director, with VIP Charles
Neidich
For just one day …
…some of the finest clarinetists in the country will come to perform,
teach, and meet with musicians right here in Iowa. This is the perfect chance to
hear some beautiful music, improve your playing, and get to know clarinetists
from all over the region.
What goes on?
There will be masterclasses on how to improve your solo and ensemble
performance, concerts by regionally- and nationally-known clarinetists, and a
final performance by Charles Neidich from Juilliard School. There will also be
vendors including
Vandoren and
Tenor Madness featuring their equipment for you to
try out. Lots of exciting things for clarinetists of any level!
Be sure to
register now for this exciting day. It's just $35
for an entire day of clarinet fun.
Hotel Accommodations
TBD
Daniel Friberg
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony
bio>>
Amanda McCandless
University of Northern Iowa
bio>>
Gregory Oakes
Iowa State University
bio>>
Jeremy Wohletz
Dickinson State University
7 April 2018
Millersville University (Pennsylvania) Single
Reed Day - VIP Christy Banks,
Director
7 April 2018
Iowa Clarinet Day at Drake University with VIP
Charles Neidich
Des Moines, Iowa
7 April 2018
VIP Richie Hawley
(former Solo Clarinetist in the Cincinnati Symphony) and Professor at the
Shepard School of Music at Rice University (Houston, Texas) Recital at the
Buffet New York Showroom
7 April 2018
Buffet Clarinet Festival - University of Oregon -
VIP Wonkak Kim,
Director
Eugene, Oregon
8 April 2018
American Chamber Ensemble Chamber Concert
at Hofstra University
Hempstead, Long Island, New York
The Music Department of Hofstra University presents ACE at the
University’s Monroe Lecture Center Theater.
Bernstein and Brahms – Celebrating 100 Years of Leonard Bernstein –
Brahms Clarinet Trio and other works by Leonard Bernstein, with special guest,
clarinetist Senior VIP Stanley Drucker.
Pre-concert Q & A with Stanley Drucker: his years in the Philharmonic with
Bernstein at 2:30 p.m.
Performers will be core members of the American Chamber Ensemble with
guest clarinetist Stanley Drucker.
Location: Hofstra University’s Monroe Lecture Center Theater on
California Avenue, Hempstead.
Tickets at Hofstra University Box Office –
$20 general admission; $15 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra
student with ID. For ticket information, call 516-463-6644 or visit
here.
8 April 2018
3rd
Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition at University of Maryland
Clarinet
Competition - Finals April 8, 2018
during the University Clarinet Day
VIP John DiLutis, Director
Commemorating the significant influence
of the renowned artist-teacher, Sidney Forrest (1918–2013), who taught
clarinet to hundreds of students nationally and internationally while
teaching at the Peabody Conservatory for 40 years, Interlochen Center
for the Arts for 45 years, and the Catholic University of America for 50
years
Location and Eligibility
This competition will be held at the University of Maryland Clarinet
Symposium at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park,
MD on April 8, 2018. Clarinetists in high school or high school
graduates who have not yet attended college are eligible to participate.
Prizes
Grand Prize $750
2nd Prize: $250
3rd Prize: 5 boxes of DiLutis Clarinet Reeds
All finalists will earn certificates.
Application Package Deadline –
January 14, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. EST
Application Package – Application Form, Fee–$25, YouTube Video Recording
(Qualifying Solo)
Repertoire
Qualifying Solo – Capriccio for Solo Clarinet
by Heinrich Sutermeister (unaccompanied for A or Bb clarinet acceptable)
Final Round Solo – Five Bagatelles by Gerald
Finzi (accompanied)
PLEASE READ THE RULES PAGE FOR DETAILS.
Sponsors
The Sidney Forrest Clarinet
Competition was established in 2015 by Paula Forrest, in memory of her
father. Ms. Forrest lives in Ames, Iowa and is active as a pianist,
teacher, and artistic director of the Ames Town and Gown Chamber Music
Association.
The competition will be hosted by the University of Maryland’s Clarinet
Professor, Robert DiLutis, as a major event during Clarinet Symposium on
April 8, 2018, on the University of Maryland campus.
Sidney Forrest’s vast collection of music for clarinet has been donated
to the library of the International Clarinet Association, located in the
Music Department’s Special Collections Library at the University of
Maryland. We look forward to the collection being available shortly.
About Sidney Forrest
Born in 1918, Sidney Forrest was awarded
a scholarship at a young age from the New York Philharmonic to study
with its renowned solo clarinetist, Simeon Bellison. He subsequently
studied with Bellison at the Juilliard School, and also attended the
University of Miami and Columbia University. In addition to Bellison, he
studied with Alexander Williams, principal clarinetist of the NBC
Symphony under Toscanini and Otto Conrad, principal clarinetist of
Berlin Philharmonic.
Mr. Forrest began his professional performing career in Washington, DC,
as clarinet soloist with the prestigious United States Marine Band (the
President's own) through the entirety of World War II. Immediately
afterwards, at age 26, he became principal clarinetist of the National
Symphony Orchestra, professor of clarinet at the Peabody Conservatory in
Baltimore, and established an enviable career as an acclaimed clarinet
soloist and chamber artist. Among his numerous recordings, his landmark
renditions of Berg's
Four Pieces, Weber's
Gran Duo Concertante, Hindemith's
Sonata and Mozart's
Quintet in A major (with the Galimir String
Quartet), and the Brahms Trio
(with Bernard Greenhouse and Erno Balogh) are still highly prized.
As a highly respected teacher, Sidney
Forrest was most notably professor of clarinet at Peabody Conservatory
of Johns Hopkins University from 1946 to 1985. And for 45 summers
(1959–2004) he was a member of the faculty at the Interlochen Center for
the Arts. He also taught for 50 years at the Catholic University of
America, and served on the faculty of American University. As evidence
of his success, his former students have taken major orchestral
positions in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Boston, Cincinnati,
Columbus, Baltimore, Memphis, Stuttgart, London, and Paris.
Numerous solo and chamber performances took place at such venues as the
Library of Congress, the Phillips Collection, and the National Gallery
in Washington, as well as many other places throughout the country. One
very special occasion was when he performed Copland's landmark Clarinet
Concerto with the composer as conductor, at the Pan American Union in
Washington.
Mr. Forrest was also a respected clinician/adjudicator, judging and
presenting master classes throughout this country and in Canada, and
serving as a juror for the United States Fulbright Commission. He
published numerous arrangements of music for the clarinet, and regularly
contributed of articles for various woodwind journals. He was actively
teaching until his death just before his 95th birthday.
11 - 12 April 2018
Gervasio Tarragona Master Class and Concerts
Panama City, Panama
11 -14 April 2018
Frankfurt Musik Messe
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
11 - 15 April 2018
Pomeranian Clarinet Festival
Szczecin, Poland
13 - 14 April 2018
Master Class with Nuno Silva
Obidos, Italy
15 April 2018
Cardiff Clarinet Convention - VIP
Leslie Craven,
Director
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Location: Cardiff University School of
Music, Corbett Road, Cardiff, CF10 3EB
A full day of playing for individuals and established
groups. Performance opportunities for groups as part of the day.
Expert help from Charles Hine (British Clarinet Ensemble), Leslie
Craven (principal clarinet, Welsh National Opera) and Peter Fielding
(exprincipal bass clarinet, WNO).
Plus: trade exhibition including Vandoren, D'addario, Henri Selmer &
John Packer
£30 Adults, £25 CASSGB members, £20 established groups per member,
£15 students, free for Cardiff University students
peterfielding1@hotmail.co.uk
For more information click here
15 April 2018
VIPs
Pavel and
Anna Vinnitsky Chamber Concert
New York City
Please join us for a unique opportunity to hear two
distinguished NY City-based musicians perform a concert of classical
and klezmer music for clarinet and piano.
The program includes compositions by Poulenc, Piazzolla,
Bassi, Schumann, arrangements of traditional Klezmer is music as
well as the world premier of Anna Vinnitsky’s newly composed Klezmer
Rhapsody for piano solo “The tales my grandma never told me”.
Dr. Jesse Krebs from Truman State University
17 April 2018
Midwest ClariFest at the University of
Nebraska - VIP
Diane Barger,
Director
Lincoln, Nebraska
Midwest ClariFest is hosted by Dr. Diane
Barger, Hixson-Lied Professor of Clarinet, and is an outreach mission of the
Glenn Korff School of Music’s Clarinet Studio, serving a community of state and
regional clarinetists from junior high through college age, as well as teachers
and band directors. Celebrating its 21st year, Midwest ClariFest 2018 features
guest artist Dr. Jesse Krebs from Truman State University. Various
clarinet-related activities are featured, including:
* a morning kick-off recital
* master class sessions
* Informal discussions
* Performances by area clarinetists in the final Potpourri Recital
17 - 20 April 2018
Dmitri Ashkenazy Clarinet Competition
Grenchen, Switzerland
International Clarinet Competition «Dimitri
Ashkenazy»
Ort: Parktheater Grenchen & Kirche St. Eusebius
Datum: Dienstag 17. April - Freitag
20. April 2018
Startgeld: CHF 200
Jury:
Dimitri
Ashkenazy (Switzerland/Iceland)
International Soloist
Julian
Bliss (England)
International Soloist
Fredrik
Fors (Norway)
Co-Principal Clarinet of the Oslo
Philharmonic
Chen
Halevi (Israel)
International Soloist
Rita Karin
Meier (Switzerland)
Principal Clarinet of the Philharmonia
Zürich (Orchestra of the Opera Zurich)
Repertoire:
VORRUNDE
I. Neukomposition von Urs Joseph Flury
(Uraufführung, Auftragskomposition der IMG 2018, Spieldauer ca.
7 ½ Minuten).
II. Eines
der folgenden Werke:
a) Claude Debussy, Première Rhapsodie
(Editions Durand, Spieldauer ca. 9 Minuten)
b) Darius Milhaud, Duo Concertant
(Heugel & Cie, Spieldauer ca. 8 Minuten)
c) Leonard Bernstein, Sonata (Boosey &
Hawkes, Spieldauer ca. 11 Minuten)
d) Witold Lutoslawski, Dance Preludes
(Chester Music, Spieldauer ca. 11 Minuten)
III. Werk nach freier Wahl ohne
Begleitung (Spieldauer max. 7 ½ Minuten). Werke mit einer
längeren Spieldauer müssen entsprechend gekürzt werden.
HALBFINAL
(mit Klavier, 6 Teilnehmer)
I. Gioacchino Rossini, Introduktion,
Thema und Variationen für Klarinette (Sikorski Verlag,
Spieldauer ca. 13 Minuten)
II. Robert Schumann, Drei
Romanzen Op. 94 (G. Henle Verlag, Spieldauer ca. 12 Minuten)
FINALE (mit
Sinfonieorchester)
Carl Maria von Weber, Konzert für
Klarinette und Orchester Nr. 1
oder
Carl Maria von Weber, Konzert für
Klarinette und Orchester Nr. 2
Preise:
1. Rang CHF 7’000 in bar &
Konzertengagement für die Classical-Gala vom 28.09.2018 im KKL
Luzern.
2. Rang CHF 5’000 in bar
3. Rang CHF 3’000 in bar
Anmeldung: Bis 31. Dezember 2017
Die Teilnehmerzahl ist auf 30 Solisten
begrenzt. Bei mehr als 30 Anmeldungen entscheidet der
Veranstalter über die Zulassung. Die Anmeldung hat mit dem
Originalformular zu erfolgen! Sie kann auch per E-Mail
zugestellt werden.
12 April 2018
University of Delaware Clarinet Day - Dr
Christopher Nichols, Director
Newcastle, Delaware
16 - 17 April 2018
Jose V Herrera Romero Clarinet Course
De Cuenca, Italy
18 April 2018
Sacha Rattle performs Bruch and Mozart
18 - 20 April 2018
19 - 21 April 2018
VIP
Alessandro Carbonare
Master Class
Firenzi, Italy
21 April 2018
Senior VIP
Franklin Cohen,
VIP Diana Cohen,
and VIP Roman Rabinovich
Chamber Concert at the University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Mark Bernat & Friends
Join us for a special Family Weekend concert
Saturday, April 21st at 7:30 that will feature the works of Janacek, Brahms,
and Schubert with Mark Bernat and Friends! The Mark Bernat and Friends
concert series is part of
Red Barn Chamber Music.
Performers include:
Diana Cohen-violin
Franklin Cohen-clarinet
Roman Rabinovich-piano
Matthew Cohen-viola
Oliver Herbert-cello
Mark Bernat double bass
Musical Program:
Janacek - In the mists for piano
Brahms - clarinet trio for
piano, clarinet and cello Op 114
Schubert - Trout Quintet for
piano,violin,viola,cello and double bass
This program is free to attend and open to the
public. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all
University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability
who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this
program, please contact the Old Capitol Museum in advance at (319) 335-0546.
Saturday, April 21 at 7:30pm
to
9:30pm
Old Capitol Museum, Senate Chamber
1 North Clinton Street, Iowa City, Iowa
21 April 2018
WA Concert Series with VIP
Charles Neidich
and Friends
Apr 21, 7:00 PM 43
W 13th St, New
York, NY 10011,
USA
Join us for a rare
evening with the The
Smithsonian
Chamber Players
perfoming Schubert's magistral
Octet in F - Major
D 803
on
period instruments.
The Smithsonian
Chamber Players
Vera
Beths and
Cynthia
Roberts
- violins Steven
Dann
- viola Kenneth
Slowik
- cello Anthony
Manzo
- bass
Charles
Neidich
- clarinet Andrew
Schwartz
- bassoon
William
Purvis
- horn
A Reception Will
Follow
Ayako Oshima,
our
Chef Extraordinaire has
prepared a feast
of culinary
delights and
spirits for your
enjoyment as you
get to meet and
greet the
performers!
Tenri Cultural
Institute, 43 W
13th St, New York,
NY 10011, USA
To make a
tax-deductible
donation to WA
Concert Series by
mail, please
download the
online form HERE!
Contributions to
WA Concert Series
at Tenri Cultural
Institute of New
York are
tax-deductible to
the extent allowed
by law. Tenri
Cultural Institute
of New York is a
not-for-profit,
tax-exempt, 501(c)(3)
organization
serving the
performing arts
community.
21 April 2018
Music for Peace: Chamber Music Boston with
VIP
Jonathan Cohler
and Friends
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jonathan Cohler, clarinet
James Buswell, violin
Sebastian Baverstam, cello
Rasa Vitkauskaite, piano
Program:
Bruch, Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 83
Beethoven, Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11
Stravinsky, Suite from L’Histoire du Soldat
Bartok, Contrasts
In the final concert of our
2017- 2018 Music for Peace series, Boston’s
newest chamber music ensemble, Chamber Music Boston, perform works for clarinet,
violin, cello and piano, including Beethoven’s Clarinet Trio, Op. 11, Bartok’s
Contrasts, and Stravinsky’s
L’Histoire du Soldat.
Musicians will also present interesting historical introductions to each
work on the program making it an exciting evening for all!
Benefits Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund; part of the Music
for Peace Series.
Single concert: seats $25 in advance for Mass. Peace Action
members, $35 for non-members, $10 for students, $35 at the door.
Series of 3 concerts: member $65, non-member $80, student
$25.
To reserve, write a check to “Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund”
and mail to 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, or call 617-354-2169 with
credit card number. Or reserve
seats online for the single concert or
purchase online for the entire series.
Donations to support our work for peace are needed in any
amount.
Supporters donate $250 or more to Massachusetts Peace Action
Education Fund; they receive two tickets with preferred seating in the first 3
rows to a series of 3 concerts and recognition in the programs. Sponsors
donate $500 and receive four tickets to the series;
Benefactors donate $1,000 and receive eight tickets to the
series.
The audience is invited to join the musicians and Peace Action members
at a reception after the concert.
21- 23 April 2018
21- 22 April 2018
International Music Masterclass Fest
Music 2018 with Gaotano Falzerano, Professor at the Salerno Conservatory
Bracigliano, Italy
22 April 2018
The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York (MYO) - VIP
Anthony McGill,
Director
Port Washington, Long Island, New
York
The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York (MYO) is proud to
present our first Clarinet Day on Sunday, April 22, 2018, from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
at the Jeanne
Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street in Port
Washington, NY. Clarinet Day is open to clarinetists of all ages and levels from
Long Island and the Tri-State Area.
Join us for masterclasses led by Anthony
McGill, Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic,
and Bass Clarinetist, Composer, and Arranger Michael
Lowenstern. The masterclasses are free to audit.
Clarinetists interested in performing in one of the masterclasses must submit a
pre-screening recording and a non-refundable $25
application fee. Clarinetists ages 8-18 will be given priority during the
masterclass application process as MYO is a youth music training program.
The day will also include an opportunity to participate in a Clarinet
Choir conducted by Dr.
Levana Cohen. There is no charge to participate in the
Clarinet Choir.
Please fill out this
form in its entirety to participate in MYO’s 2018
Clarinet Day.
Clarinet Day and Masterclass Application Deadline: Monday, April 2, 2018
Masterclass Decisions and Notification by Email: Monday, April 9, 2018
2018 Clarinet Day Schedule
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9:00 – 9:30 AM – Check In and Introductions
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9:30 –
11:30 AM – Clarinet Masterclass with
Anthony McGill
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11:30 AM –
12:00 PM – Q & A with Anthony McGill
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12:00 –
1:30 PM – Lunch: Vendor station will be open during lunch for
participants to try Vandoren mouthpieces, reeds, ligatures, and more
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1:30 –
3:30 PM – Bass Clarinet / Clarinet Masterclass with
Michael Lowenstern
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3:30 –
4:00 PM – Q & A with Michael Lowenstern
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4:00 –
5:00 PM – Clarinet Choir reading session including Michael
Lowenstern’s arrangement of
Uptown Funk
The 2018
Clarinet Day Schedule is subject to change.
2018 Clarinet Day Sponsors Include:
Vandoren
Wright Music
Download and Share Clarinet Day Flyer
22 April 2018
VIP
Robert Spring Performs new work written for
him with the Seattle Wind Symphony
Shoreline, Washington
23 April 2018
Nicolai Pfeffer Romantic Kammermusik
Cologne, Germany
24 April 2018 - 2 PM
VIP
Celeste Zewald (co-principal
clarinet of the ‘philharmonie zuidnederland’) and Professor at the
Utrecht Conservatory Master Class
Mc Cann Hall: DIT Conservatory
of Music Chatham Row
The Netherlands
Céleste Zewald is a clarinettist whose versatility
encompasses a broad range of musical styles.
She has been co-principal clarinet of the ‘philharmonie zuidnederland’ since
2002, while also pursuing her passionate commitment to chamber music. As a
member of numerous chamber ensembles, she has performed throughout the
Netherlands and around the world. As a teacher I work at several Music
conservatorium in the Holland. In these schools I teach Clarinet in the Bachelor
and in the Master’s Programme, Chamber Music and Pedagogy. I also give
masterclasses and summer schools, in Holland and abroad. In my lessons I try to
prepare the students in an open way for their. I’m a dedicated teacher who is
interested in the development of the student as a clarinettist as well as in the
person that becomes the musician. I believe an artist can only be formed in an
environment of respect, with patience and without too much tension in the
atmosphere of the lesson. I try to teach every student to be a very good teacher
for him/herself so he or she can be an independent clarinettist.
Featuring
Marcella Barz (Carter: Gra)
Dina Ryan (Poulenc Sonata)
Aisling Reilly (Weber Concertino)
James Middleton (Brahms Sonata No.2)
Piano: Celine Byrne and Edward Holly
28 April 2018
VIP
Simon Rietmaier Chamber Concert
Vienna, Austria
22 April 2018
Harold Wright Merit Award Competition with the
Boston Woodwind
Society
Harold Wright was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania and began playing the
clarinet at age twelve. He attended the Curtis Institute of Music, where he
studied clarinet with the Philadelphia Orchestra's principal clarinetist, Ralph
McLane, and chamber music with that orchestra's principal oboist, Marcel
Tabuteau.
Upon graduating from Curtis, Mr. Wright joined the Houston Symphony and
a year later became principal clarinetist of the Dallas Symphony. For many
summers he participated in the Marlboro Music Festival and the Casals Festival
Orchestra and was a frequent guest artist with the Lincoln Center Chamber
Concerts, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and the chamber music concerts at the 92nd
Street "Y" in New York. He also appeared frequently with such leading string
quartets as the Budapest, Guarneri, Vermeer, and Juilliard. In 1970 he joined
the Boston Symphony Orchestra as principal clarinet and taught at New England
Conservatory, Boston University, and the Tanglewood Music Center until his
untimely death in August 1993. He has left a legacy of memorable recordings.
25 - 27 April 2018
VIP and Solo Klarinettist in the
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wenzel Fuchs
Soloist performing Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622
Berlin, Germany
Alan Gilbert and Wenzel Fuchs perform Mozart’s Clarinet
Concerto
Mozart
was a great fan of the then still new clarinet. He composed a
splendid concerto, his last work in that genre, for this instrument,
whose tone closely resembles the sound of the human voice. The
performers in this concert are Alan Gilbert and the Berliner
Philharmoniker’s principal clarinet Wenzel Fuchs. The programme also
includes Thomas Ades’s highly original
Three Studies from Couperin and
Debussy’s shimmering
Images pour orchestre.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Alan Gilbert
conductor
Wenzel Fuchs
clarinet
Thomas Adès
Three Studies from Couperin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622
Wenzel Fuchs
clarinet
Claude Debussy
Images pour orchestre
Wed, 25 Apr 2018, 20:00
Philharmonie | Introduction: 19:00
Serie E
25 to 76 €
Sale begins 04 Mar 2018, online 8 a.m., phone and box office
11 a.m. (Europe/Berlin)
Thu, 26 Apr 2018, 20:00
Philharmonie | Introduction: 19:00
Serie I
25 to 76 €
Sale begins 04 Mar 2018, online 8 a.m., phone and box office
11 a.m. (Europe/Berlin)
Fri, 27 Apr 2018, 20:00
Philharmonie | Introduction: 19:00
Serie L
25 to 76 €
Sale begins 04 Mar 2018, online 8 a.m., phone and box office 11 a.m.
(Europe/Berlin)
Live in the Digital Concert Hall
go to broadcast
Programme
Since his debut with the
Berliner Philharmoniker in February 2006, Alan Gilbert’s
guest appearances have displayed a wide repertoire spectrum,
ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, to Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann, to
Johannes Brahms, Antonín Dvořák,
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Leoš Janáček and Béla Bartók to Magnus Lindberg and John
Adams. But there is method behind what looks at first glance
like a piecemeal approach: “In this way I could try out
quite different aspects of the orchestra”, the conductor
revealed.
This season, Gilbert, who held the
position of music director of the New York Philharmonic from
2009 until summer 2017, presents yet another of his musical
facets to Berlin audiences – with Thomas Adès’
Three Studies from Couperin
and Claude Debussy’s
Images pour orchestre. What
both pieces have in common is that they were inspired by
existing music: Adès has orchestrated three harpsichord
pieces by the French Baroque master François Couperin in a
new, original way, while in his triptych
Images, Debussy created three
musical landscapes and mood pictures of England, France and
Spain from folk dances and folk melodies. The appeal of the
composition lies in the fact that Debussy, with his own
iridescent musical language, created an absolutely
authentic, yet at the same atmospherically heightened vision
in sound of the three nations.
Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, on the other hand, was inspired to write one of his
most beautiful concertos not by pre-existing music, but by
the mesmerising playing of an instrumental virtuoso: the
Clarinet Concerto in A major, which captivates listeners by
its clarity of form, its intimate, song-like themes and its
playful brilliance. Mozart wrote the concerto for his friend
Anton Stadler, whose command of the then still relatively
new instrument was second to none: as one critic
enthusiastically wrote, “I have never heard the like of what
you contrived with your instrument. I would not have thought
that a clarinet could imitate the human voice so deceptively
as you imitate it. Your instrument is so soft, so delicate
in tone that no-one who has a heart can resist it.” The same
can also be said of the soloist of this programme: Wenzel
Fuchs, principal clarinet of the Berliner Philharmoniker
since 1993, received his training in Vienna and has the
softness and flexibility of tone which make his playing
comparable to the expressive possibilities of the human
voice.
Alan Gilbert (photo: Chris Lee)
28 March 2018
VIP
Eddy Vanoosthuyse performs Mozart Clarinet
Concerto with the Lumen Symphonicum
Ghent, Belgium
29 April 2018
United Kingdom
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