Am looking forward to these: Purcell to open both, then a Mozart piano concerto (20 and 23), and today the Schubert Great, and on Thursday the Bruckner 7...
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Pair of LSO Haitink/Pires Concerts today and Thursday
Am looking forward to these: Purcell to open both, then a Mozart piano concerto (20 and 23), and today the Schubert Great, and on Thursday the Bruckner 7...
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Late decision - I'm going ! Really excited about the Schubert in particular as it's not a work
Ive heard BH conduct in the concert hall. His LP of same must be all of 35 years old and never
transferred to CD AFAIK.
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Do report back - I envy you! IMO Pires' crystalline articulation & natural musicianship is without compare in works like these (as long as she has a beautiful piano).
(A couple of years ago I heard her play Mozart PC 27 under Haitink as a last minute replacement for Perahia. At her first entry she made it quiite clear that she wanted to get a move on & make it sparkle. BH followed to perfection)
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Sounds really amazing! I must keep up to date with the Barbican programme, I'm too RFH-centricOriginally Posted by Prommer
"The isle is full of noises... Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not"
The Tempest, Act III scene 2 ll 148-9
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Likewise - this is the second time I've missed out on a Bruckner/Haitink opportunity at the Barbican recentlySounds really amazing! I must keep up to date with the Barbican programme, I'm too RFH-centric
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Really wish I could make these but with the Proms more or less imminent finances just won't permit. Perhaps if I bought less CD's...
I recall two previous Haitink Schubert 9's in London (courtesy of R3) both with the BBCSO and the second of them in 1987 coincided with the announcement of Haitink's appointment at the ROH. A great shame his recording of the Schubert 9 has never been issued on CD and that's why I was hoping LSO Live might plug the gap.
I've heard Haitink perform Bruckner 7 so many times in London alone that I'm sure he can conduct it in his sleep. Wish I could have heard this one as well though.
“Every piece of music is a rehearsal of one’s life,” - Sir Colin Davis
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Wow, I'm speechless. It's as if I've heard it all now . . .
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Glad you enjoyed it. Haitink's previous Schubert 9 outings I mentioned had rave reviews so the lack of a recording is a source of regret. No microphones there, Alison?
“Every piece of music is a rehearsal of one’s life,” - Sir Colin Davis
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No sign of microphones. A vital, witty, exuberant performance of the Great. Beats what we heard from the Berliners a year or two ago into a cocked hat.
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There are many surprises as to what gets transferred or not to CD - I'd have said that was a cert, but then.....
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