La Scala complete Symphonic and Recital programme: 2014 — 2015

Symphonic Programme

29, 30 September, 1 October 2014
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Zubin Mehta

Franz Joseph Haydn
Die Schöpfung Hob. XXI:2 Oratorio

Julia Kleiter, soprano
Peter Sonn, tenor
Thomas E. Bauer, bass – baritone
Chorus Master: Bruno Casoni

12, 14, 15 November 2014
Filarmonica della Scala
Conductor and soloist: Daniel Barenboim

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto n. 27 in si bem. magg. K 595 per pianoforte e orchestra

Gustav Mahler
Sinfonia n. 9 in re magg.

21 December 2014
Christmas Concert
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Philippe Jordan

Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis in re magg. op. 123

Edith Haller, soprano
Daniela Sindram, mezzosoprano
Stuart Skelton, tenor
Günther Groissböck, bass
Chorus Master: Bruno Casoni

23, 24, 26 January 2015
Filarmonica della Scala
Conductor: Daniel Harding
Pianoforte: Rudolf Buchbinder

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto n. 5 in mi bem. magg. op. 73 “Imperatore”

Béla Bartók
Il Mandarino meraviglioso op. 19 Suite dal balletto

16 February 2015
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Violin: Julian Rachlin

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Concerto in mi min. op. 64 per violino e orchestra

Gustav Mahler
Sinfonia n. 1 in re magg. “Titan”

13 March 2015
Münchner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Lorin Maazel

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sinfonia n. 3 in mi bem. magg. op. 55 “Eroica”
Sinfonia n. 6 in fa magg. op. 68 “Pastorale”

16, 18, 21 March 2015
Celebrating Georges Prêtre's 90th Birthday
Filarmonica della Scala
Conductor: Georges Prêtre

Anton Bruckner
Sinfonia n. 8 in do min.

13, 14, 15 April 2015
Filarmonica della Scala
Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi
Baritone: Thomas Hampson

Gustav Mahler
Kindertotenlieder

Anton Bruckner
Sinfonia n. 4 in mi bem. magg. “Romantische”

7 September 2015
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Pianoforte: Daniil Trifonov

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto n. 1 in si bem. min. op. 23 for pianoforte and orchestra

Dmitri Shostakovich
Sinfonia n. 8 in do min. op. 65

Song Recitals

5 January 2015
Tenor: Ian Bostridge
Pianoforte: Thomas Adès

 4 May 2015
Soprano: Diana Damrau
Pianoforte: Helmut Deutsch

 31 May 2015
Soprano: Anja Harteros
Pianoforte: Wolfram Rieger

 10 May 2015
Bass: René Pape
Pianoforte: Camillo Radicke

 5 July 2015
Mezzosoprano: Daniela Barcellona
Pianoforte: Alessandro Vitiello

6 September 2015
Tenor: Ramón Vargas
Pianoforte: Mzia Bachtouridze

15 November 2015
Baritone: Christian Gerhaher
Pianoforte: Gerold Huber

Schubert Series

Pianoforte: Daniel Barenboim

 3 December 2014
Franz Schubert
Sonata in la min. D 537
Sonata in la magg. D 664
Sonata in la magg. D 959

15 December 2014
Franz Schubert
Sonata in si magg. D 575
Sonata in sol magg. D 894
Sonata in do min. D 958

12 December 2014
Franz Schubert
Sonata in mi bem. magg. D 568
Sonata in la min. D 784
Sonata in re magg. D 850

22 December 2014
Franz Schubert
Sonata in la min. D 845
Sonata in si bem. magg. D

Special Concerts

3, 4 October 2014
In memoriam Claudio Abbado
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly

Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem

Anja Harteros, soprano
Elīna Garanča mezzoprano
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, bass
Chorus Master: Bruno Casoni

15 October 2014
Celebrating Georges Prêtre's 90th Birthday
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Georges Prêtre

Franz Schubert
Sinfonia n. 2 in si bem. magg. D 125

Johann Strauss, father and son
Polke e Walzer

9, 14 February 2015
Filarmonica della Scala
Conductor: Lorin Maazel

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sinfonia n. 4 in si bem. magg. op. 60

Jean Sibelius
Sinfonia n. 5 in mi bem. magg. op. 82

25, 26, 27 March 2015
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Bruno Casoni

Giuseppe Verdi
da Quattro Pezzi sacri
Ave Maria
Laudi alla Vergine Maria

Anton Bruckner
Ave Maria in fa magg.
Locus iste in do magg.
Messa n. 2 in mi min.

11 May 2015
Pianoforte: Maurizio Pollini

21 June 2015
Baritone: Leo Nucci
Pianoforte: James Vaughan

30 July 2015
Tenor: José Carreras
Pianoforte: Lorenzo Bavaj

25 October 2015
Baritone: Thomas Hampson
Martin Grubinger and The New Percussive Planet Ensemble

Expo 2015 – International Orchestra Festival

2 May 2015
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Simon Rattle

Anton Bruckner
Sinfonia n. 7 in mi magg.

25, 26 June 2015
Wiener Philharmoniker
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
Coro di Voci Bianche dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Mariss Jansons

Gustav Mahler
Sinfonia n. 3 in re min.

Bernarda Fink, mezzosoprano
Chorus Master: Johannes Prinz
Chorus Master di Voci Bianche: Bruno Casoni

19 July 2015
Filarmonica della Scala
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Pianoforte: Kristian Bezuidenhout

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture from Idomeneo
“Ch'io mi scordi di te…Non temer, amato bene” in mi bem. magg. K 505 recitativo e aria da concerto for soprano, pianoforte and orchestra
Concerto n. 22 inmi bem.magg. K 482 for pianoforte and orchestra
Sinfonia n. 36 in domagg. K 425 “Linz”

1 August 2015
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Iván Fischer
Pianoforte: Yefim Bronfman

Béla Bartók
Scene ungheresi for orchestra
Concerto n. 3 for pianoforte and orchestra

Gustav Mahler
Sinfonia n. 4 in sol magg. “Das himmlische Leben”
Miah Persson, soprano

21, 23 August 2015
Progetto “El Sistema”
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Infantil de Venezuela
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly

Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo fantastique op. 3
Divertimento da “Le baiser de la fée”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sinfonia n. 4 in fa min. op. 36

24 August 2015
Progetto “El Sistema”
Sinfónica Juvenil “Teresa Carreño”
Conductor: Christian Vásquez

27 August 2015
Progetto “El Sistema”
Sinfónica Juvenil de Caracas
Conductor: Dietrich Paredes

30 August 2015
Progetto “El Sistema”
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
La Tempesta op. 18 Fantasia sinfonica
Romeo e Giulietta Ouverture-fantasia
Sinfonia n. 6 in simin. op. 74 “Patetica”

1 September 2015
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Andris Nelsons

Gustav Mahler
Sinfonia n. 6 in la min.

3 September 2015
Progetto “El Sistema”

Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
Coro Nacional Juvenil Simón Bolívar
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sinfonia n. 1 in do magg. op. 21

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Chôros n. 10

Antonio Estévez
Cantata Criolla

4 September 2015
Progetto “El Sistema”
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
Coro Nacional Juvenil Simón Bolívar
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sinfonia n. 9 in re min. op. 125

Genia Kühmeier, soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, mezzosoprano
Brian Hymel, tenor
Georg Zeppenfeld, bass

11 September 2015
Orchestre de Paris
Conductor: Paavo Järvi
Pianoforte: Hélène Grimaud

Robert Schumann
Concerto in la min. op. 54 for pianoforte and orchestra

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sinfonia n. 5 in mi min. op. 64

12 September 2015
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Zubin Mehta

Gustav Mahler
Sinfonia n. 9 in re magg.

11 October 2015
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Conductor: Antonio Pappano

Luigi Cherubini
da Anacréon, ou L'amour fugitif Overture

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sinfonia n. 2 in re magg. op. 36
Sinfonia n. 5 in do min. op. 67

15 October 2015
Concentus Musicus Wien
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sinfonia n. 8 in fa magg. op. 93
Sinfonia n. 7 in la magg. op. 92

18 October 2015
Cleveland Orchestra
Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

Olivier Messiaen
Ascension

Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie op. 64

27 October 2015
Closing Concert Expo 2015
Mezzosoprano: Cecilia Bartoli
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
I Barocchisti

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