Saturday, July 31, 2010

My Final Updated List

Since I last updated my list of orchestra concerts Andrew and I have attended together, we have attended another nine concerts.

In the order we attended them, the nine concerts are listed below.

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Boston Symphony
Symphony Hall
Boston

Vasily Petrenko, Conductor

Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantastique
Rachmaninoff: The Isle Of The Dead
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

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The Handel And Haydn Society
Symphony Hall
Boston

Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Conductor
Andreas Scholl, Countertenor

Vivaldi: “La Fida Ninfa” Overture
Vivaldi: “Cessate, Omai Cessate” Cantata
Vivaldi: “Al Santo Sepolcro” Sinfonia
Handel: Arias From “Giulio Cesare” And “Giustino”
Vivaldi: “Filiae Maestae Jerusalem”
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

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Berlin Philharmonic
Symphony Hall
Boston

Simon Rattle, Conductor

Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Schoenberg: Music To Accompany A Motion Picture Scene
Brahms: Symphony No. 4

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Boston Symphony
Symphony Hall
Boston

Bernard Haitink, Conductor
James Galway, Flute
The Women Of The Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Debussy: Nocturnes
Ibert: Flute Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1

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Boston Symphony
Symphony Hall
Boston

Christoph Dohnanyi, Conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Violin

Bartok: Divertimento For String Orchestra
Martinu: Violin Concerto No. 2
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

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Boston Symphony
Symphony Hall
Boston

Colin Davis, Conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, Violin

Mozart: Symphony No. 38 (“Prague”)
Elgar: Violin Concerto

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Concertgebouw Orchestra Of Amsterdam
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Washington

Mariss Jansons, Conductor
Janine Jansen, Violin

Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

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Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Boston

Riccardo Chailly, Conductor
Louis Lortie, Piano

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

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Cleveland Orchestra
Severance Hall
Cleveland

Franz Welser-Most, Conductor

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

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The Leipzig and Cleveland concerts were extraordinary, the Berlin and Amsterdam concerts disappointing.

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