Special Edition digital content from our artists
5/5/2020
Take a look at recent special edition digital performances created by our artists during COVID-19 which are still available to watch:
Xavier de Maistre performed Latin American songs with Rolando Villazon “Serenata Latina” streamed on DG Stage on16 July 20:00 CEST.
Behzod Abduraimov’s concert playing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 with Leipzig Gewandhausorchester from March 2019, was broadcast on 13 July on BBC Radio 3. Also, on 16 July Behzod’s performance of Liszt’s Sonata in b minor and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition at Tippet Rise is available for video stream (recorded in August 2019).
Xavier de Maistre performs with Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, playing Debussy: Danse sacrée; Danse profane, Parish-Alvars: Concertino e‑Moll op. 34, Mozart: Divertimento D‑Dur, KV 136, and Béla Bartók: Divertimento. Recorded on 6 July and now available to watch on Arte Concert until 4 October.
Golda Schultz’s performance from Wigmore Hall on 5 February 2018 will be given a repeat broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 6 July 2020.
Bertrand Chamayou performs live in concert at Rencontres Musicales d’Évian at La Grange au Lac, on Monday 6 July at 20:00 (CEST) with Gautier Capucon and Yann Dubost. They perform Schubert’s Quintette pour piano et cordes and Quintette à 2 violoncelles. Watch on MediciTV.
Jess Gillam takes part in the Royal Albert Home series, at 7.30pm on Wednesday 8 July from her living room with music by Piazzolla, Bowie, Itturalde, Milhaud amongst others. Jess will be joined by Sam Becker on bass. The Royal Albert Home series is raising money for the Hall whilst it is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Tune in on Thursday 9 July as Klaus Mäkelä conducts Orchestre de Paris live on Mezzo at 19:30 from Philharmonie de Paris, performing Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, and Beethoven’s Symphony No.7.
Sarah Aristidou performs in Irini Amargianaki’s Eumeniden for Soprano and Ensemble (recorded 19 June) in Boulez Salle’s ‘A Festival of New Music’ between 9 – 12 July. Jörg Widmann’s empty space for Five Players will also be featured.
Sayaka’ Shoji’s first post-lockdown recital takes place on Sunday 12 July at 21:00 as part of Concerts au Potager du Roi Festival in Versailles. She’ll play a selection of Brahms and Schumann accompanied by Adam Laloum. Tickets here.
On 12 July, Josep Pons conducts Orquesta Nacional de España at Granada Festival. The concert features an all Mozart programme with Symphonies No.27 and No.40 with Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano to perform Concerto for Piano No 20. The concert will be broadcast live on RNE ‑Radio Clasica.
The Flamenco guitarist and composer Cañizares is part of “Digital Granada Festival” a new initiative of Granada Festival. Cañizares is accompanied by the guitarist Juan Carlos Gómez in this recital which is live streamed on 2 July from the beautiful Dar al-Bayda Palace in Granada.
Maxime Pascal and Le Balcon perform at Festival Saint Denis on 2 July 20:00 (CEST), performing Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (arr. Schönberg), and Velasquez’s Prelude and Interludes. Watch live on festival-saint-denis.com, Facebook and YouTube.
Sol Gabetta appears in two online concerts this week. Solsberg Festival will stream two substitute concerts this week on their youtube channel. On Friday 3 July at 7:30 pm (MEZ) Sol Gabetta will meet Sabine Meyer and Seong-Jin Cho for an “Soirée Beethoven”, and on 5 July at 7:30 pm Sol Gabetta and Seong-Jin Cho will play a duo recital.
Yulianna Avdeeva comes together for a virtual concert with Dmitry Masleev and Daniil Trifonov at the International Shostakovich Festival in Gohrisc performing ‘Shostakovich Discoveries’ including Piano Sonata No.1 op.12, and nine world premieres! Watch on Sunday 5 July 2020, 8:00 pm CET on ARTE Concert and Deutsche Grammophon’s YouTube channel as well as www.schostakowitsch-tage.de
Violinist.com has launched a live show starring Gil Shaham, called “Gilharmonic”. The show is a mix between a master class and “violin talk” and will included several guests: two students and a guest artist for each show. The shows air live every Sunday at 11:00 Pacific and 14:00 Eastern time on Violinist.com’s Facebook page and YouTube page.
Violinist.com has launched a live show starring Gil Shaham, called “Gilharmonic”. The show is a mix between a master class and “violin talk” and will included several guests: two students and a guest artist for each show. The shows air live every Sunday at 11:00 Pacific and 14:00 Eastern time on Violinist.com’s Facebook page and YouTube page.
Nicolas Altstaedt performed Beethoven sonatas with Alexander Lonquich at Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele at 20:00 CEST, 23 June. The concert was streamed live on the festival’s website and Facebook page.
On 25 June Karita Mattila performs a special concert programme with Ville Matvejeff on piano at Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, featuring pieces by Brahms, Sibelius and Merikanto. The concert will be recorded and streamed via YLE and Arte on 1 July.
Behzod Abduraimov’s Louis Vuitton solo recital from 6 December 2017 will be online broadcast on Friday 26 June on the Foundation’s website, Facebook and Youtube page. The programme includes works by Wagner, Liszt, Schubert and Prokofiev.
Klaus Mäkelä is performed on Saturday 27 June in a live streamed concert with Munich Philharmonic.
Christopher Seaman featured in a podcast interview with Michael Seal https://amiconthepodium.podbean.com/
G Stage’s The Classical Concert Hall featured pianist Alice Sara Ott performing Nightfall with a programme of Debussy, Satie, and Chopin. umgt.de/stage_ott
Minnesota Public Radio rebroadcasted a concert with Esther Yoo and Osmo Vänskä with Minnesota Orchestra from 2016, performing Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1, and Dvorak’s Symphony No.9.
Watch Marie-Ange Nguci perform in « AUTOUR DE LA FANTAISIE DE BEETHOVEN » at Lille Pianos Festival (Digital Festival) 2020, recorded in June at Auditorium du Nouveau Siècle. She plays works by Scriabine, Ravel, Froberger, Beethoven and Bach / Busoni.
Sol Gabetta joined her musical partner Bertrand Chamayou for a concert behind closed doors, live from Fondation Singer-Polignac in Paris on Monday June 8 . The programme streamed on Medici.tv.
Eivind Gullberg Jensen conducted the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra as part of their Close up – at a distance series. The programme included Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Schumann Symphony No.4, and Haydn Cello Concerto in C major performed by Frida Fredrikke Waaler Wærvågen, the Orchestra’s solo-cellist. The concert premiered on Bergenphilive on Thursday 11 June.
Lucienne Renaudin Vary took part in Orchestre National de Lille’s festival on 12 June. She is performed with accordionist Felicien Brut with a selection of pieces themed around dance.
Sopranos Mari Eriksmoen and Johanna Wallroth made their respective debuts as Donna Anna and Zerlina in a special performance of Mozart’s classic Don Giovanni with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under their Music Director Daniel Harding. The semi-staged concert will be streamed from Berwaldhallen to a global audience on Berwaldhallen Play from 13 June, and be available for 30 days.
Barbara Hannigan talked to Micheal Seal on ‘a mic on the podium’ released on 14 June: https://amiconthepodium.podbean.com/
Andreas Scholl and Shenyang both performed in The Met’s Rodelinda.
Pekka Kuusisto returned to BBC 3’s In Tune introduce his Home Session on Monday 1 June to hear Pekka’s interview with presenter Katie Derham.
Nicolas Altstaedt joined chamber partners Matthias Goerne, Vilde Frang, Michaela Hasselt, and Stathis Karapanos for a Live Stream concert from the famous All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg. The programme, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: ARIAS — SOLOS – DUETS, will be broadcast by Arte Concert and tak1 on 2 June and available online afterwards.
On Wednesday 3 June you can watch celebrated pianist Angela Hewitt perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.22 with Aurora Orchestra.
Lisa Batiashvili featured on BBC 3 In Tune on Thursday 4 June to talk about her new album and current activities.
WDR will stream a concert on Facebook on Friday 5 June featuring Martin Grubinger who has recorded two Tan Dun pieces: The Tears of Nature and Prayer and Blessing, with WDR Sinfonieorchester at the Konzerthaus Wien.
Kent Nagano returns to conduct Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France on Saturday 6 June live on France Musique and Arte Concert. The concert will feature works by Britten, Arvo Pärt and Strauss.
Masato Suzuki’s recording of ‘Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord & Strings, Vol.1’ both conducting and playing Harpsichord with Bach Collegium Japan will be featured on 6 June on BBC 3 within Record Review.
Martin Fröst performed as both conductor and soloist with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in a live stream on Wednesday 27 May 2020 19.00. Programme includes: Astor Piazzolla — Oblivión, Aaron Copland — Clarinet Concerto, and Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 1.
Maxim Pascal and Le balcon performed a live-streamed concert ‘JE T’AIME, MA VIE’, on Wednesday 27 May 19:00 CEST, on lebalcon.tv and Medici.tv.
On Friday 29 May, Mari Samuelsen performed live from Newtone Studios in Norway, where she will be performing with some of her closest musical friends, and answering your questions. Tickets available now from Idagio.
Osmo Vänska conducted Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in a live stream concert 20:00 KST on Friday 29 May from the Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Centre. He conducted Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for string orchestra, and Mozart Symphony No.39. You can watch on YouTube or Facebook.
Jiří Rožeň conducted Prague Philharmonia at the Prague Spring Festival Friday 29 May 20:00 BST from the Rudolfinum. The concert featured the Czech premiere of Michael Nyman’s Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings with harpsichordist, Mahan Esfahani along with works by Martinů, Bach and Britten.
Incredible project from Gautier Capuçon where he launches “A summer in France”, a tour of French towns and villages where he will play outdoors. He’s waiting for your invitation!
Santtu-Matias Rouvali streamed a chamber series in Tampere. The nine-part concert series was broadcast weekly on Thursday or Friday at 19:00 on the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra’s YouTube channel and on the website from April 9 to May 28, 2020.
Pianist Angela Hewitt performed dances by Rameau in with Opera Atelier’s showcase Together/Apart on Wednesday 20 May.
On Wednesday 20 May, Barbara Hannigan’s recital performance with the late Reinbert de Leeuw from November 2017 was streamed on the Koerner Hall Facebook page. This recital was Hannigan’s Koerner Hall debut at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory, and will feature works by Berg, Webern, Mahler and Wolf.
Mari Eriksmoen helped to open Bergen International Festival’s reimagined digital festival on 20 May, and made three concert appearances in varying repertoire on 23, 26, 28 May.
Daniel Blendulf’s performance with Queensland Symphony Orchestra from 8 June 2019 was streamed as part of ABC Classic’s Lunchtime series on Wednesday 20 May. The programme features Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor with cellist, Pablo Ferrández, Skipworth, Spiritus and Debussy, Nocturnes.
Nate and Domenic from Attacca Quartet were interviewed on Thursday 21 May on BBC Radio Norfolk.
Alban Gerhardt took part in a Livestream Tribute Concert for the Cellist Lynn Harrell with Carnegie Hall on Thursday 21 May. 12 superstar Cellists including Yo Yo Ma, Misha Maisky, Zlatomir Fung and our very own Alban Gerhardt and Gautier Capucon will celebrate Harrell’s life with performance of amongst others Julius Klengel’s Hymnus and the Preludio from Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas brasileiras No. 1. Live stream will start at 9pm GMT.
Watch Klaus Mäkelä in a live interview with Thomas Hampson on IDAGIO Live Thursday 21 May.
Lisa Batiashvili will play Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence” in We for Music on Sunday 24 May.
Mari Samuelsen has curated a playlist for Idagio take a listen!
Karita Mattila’s performance with Houston Grand Opera in DIE WALKÜRE (from 2015) will be re-broadcast on Houston Public Media’s Classical Radio station on May 8 and 9, 2020 and will be available until 22 June.
Attacca Quartet featured on BBC Radio 3 In Tune ‘Home Sessions’ on 13 May (Nathan Schram was interviewed on air).
Martin Fröst will conduct the Swedish Chamber Orchestra on 14 May for a streamed all-Mozart programme (Mozart in Prague theme) with mezzo Ann Hallenberg.
Royal Danish Opera are streaming Kasper Holten’s Ring Cycle! You can watch this via the KGL Extra channel.
Daniel Blendulf conducts Ravel, Suite from Ma Mère l’Oye with the Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra. The broadcast also features flautist Teodor Tirlea performing Bach, Suite No. 2 BWV 1067. The concert is available online from Saturday 16 May here and on the Orchestra’s youtube channel.
Víkingur Ólafsson performs every Friday 19:00 BST on BBC 4’s Front Row as their artist in residence during the lockdown period, from 17 April onwards.
Maxime Pascal and Le Balcon have release a video recording of Peter Eötvös’ opera Le Balcon, available now on their website.
In case you missed it, you can still see Pekka Kuusisto — Musician as a guest on Nadia Sirota’s Living Music with Nadia Sirota Pirate Radio Edition.
Watch Jess Gillam’s first Virtual Scratch Orchestra premiere consisting of nearly 1000 members, on her YouTube channel.
Tamara Stefanovich performs on Hope@Home on ARTE Concert with Daniel Hope and Matthias Goerne.
Watch this LiveStream IDAGIO Talk on: “The View from the Middle” — The Experience of the Manager, featuring Opera for Peace Ambassador Golda Schultz , in conversation with Shirley Thomson and Iarlaith Carter, her management team from HarrisonParrott. Discussions will focus around the process for an opera singer to secure management and establish a career on the world stage, as well as the current state of the art form and its future in the midst of the global pandemic. Not to be missed! Talk part of Opera for Peace Connections.
Paavo Järvi was in conversation with Robert Greene, the bestselling author of books such as the 48 Laws of Power (now a TV show being produced by Drake), Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature. For the first time, these two masters will have a virtual conversation that will be streamed LIVE on Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter (via periscope). Topics will include keys to leadership, what they’ve learned about success and overcoming failure, appreciating the classics, and more. Join the conversation by tuning in to comment and ask questions.
Goldmund Quartet and Alexey Stadler live-streamed on ARTE Concert. They played at Schloss Ettersburg: Schubert’s Quintet in C major, D.956.
For the only “virtual” opening of the Hamburg 2020 International Music Festival, Lisa Batiashvili has recorded a very special piece together with two strings from the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester , the arrangement of the English horn solo from the second movement of Symphony No.9, ‘From the New World’.
Watch Riccardo Minasi with the socially-distanced players of the Mozarteumorchester in this fabulous YouTube video playing C.P.E Bach “Magnificat” Wq 215 I — Allegro di molto.
Listen to HP’s Patrick Hahn and Lucienne Renaudin Vary with friends Meinhard Jenne (dr) and Mini Schulz (b) playing “On the Sunny Side of the Street”.
Saxophonist Jess Gillam presents a performance of Milhaud’s Brazileira from Scaramouche Suite on London Mozart Players Weekly Wednesday Releases.
Vikingur Olafsson will play his own transcription of Rameau’s The Arts and the Hours on Front Row on Radio 4. This piece is from his new Debussy Rameau album, which has been Number 1 on the UK specialist classical chart for five weeks running!
Golda Schultz is a special guest on “Faithful Friday with Angel Blue” over on Angel Blue’s Facebook page.
Listen to a selection of Stephen Hough’s tracks, including a pre-release track of Stephen playing the slow movement from Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, on this specially curated ‘Relaxing Piano’ playlist from Hyperion.
Pablo Heras-Casado’s personal curated playlist titled “My Musical History” is now available on the classical music streaming platform Primephonic. He described his playlist as works that “made a huge impact on me as a conductor, but that also, in my opinion, demonstrate the historical evolution of musical styles, and the development of instruments and techniques.”
You can also watch Pablo Heras-Casado conduct the Clara Schumann Piano Concerto with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic on Konserthuset Play. This was broadcasted through the network on Saturday 18 April. Pablo’s performance of Brahms’ Symphony No.2 with the Orchestra is also currently showing on the channel.
See Lise de la Salle perform from her home in this special Stars Demain@Home programme on arte concert (6.55).
Listen to Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s ‘Home Session’ interview with Sean Rafferty on BBC Radio 3. The interview starts at 42:00.
On 14 April artistic director of the Audi Summer Concerts, Lisa Batiashvili, together with other renowned musicians, such as Francois Leleux, gave a ‘solidarity’ concert on 14 April which was streamed live from Audi’s press shop. This is part of the international #AudiTogether campaign.
Ksenija Sidorova and Jess Gillam were on BBC Radio 3’s InTune on Wednesday 15 April with Sean Rafferty. Ksenija performed in the ‘Home Session’ element, and he talked to Jess about her Virtual Scratch Orchestra, which will debut this Friday.
Listen to Jess Gillam on the Classical Pod, talking about her David Bowie obsession, why’s she’s denounced Morrissey, and her new project – the Virtual Scratch Orchestra.
Paavo Järvi invited young conductors from around the world to post questions on a Facebook Live Q&A with a focus on ‘Performing Brahms’ and a second Q&A on Sibelius. Hosted by virtual arts education platform, Culturenet, this was the second in the start of a new series of Q&As with Paavo Järvi which also feature on his YouTube channel.
Watch Camilla Tilling perform in Brahm’s Requiem with The Norwegian Soloist’s Choir released on 11 April on YouTube.
Watch Amy Schroeder (first violinist of Attacca Quartet) performed in a webcast concert violin-cello duo. Also from Attacca Quartet, cellist Andrew Yee is hosted ‘Inside Music’ on BBC Radio 3.
Maxime Pascal and Le Balcon broadcast a film of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Samstag aus Licht. The broadcasts are available to watch on lebalcon.com, medici .tv and live.philharmoniedeparis.fr.
