HP Projects & Tours head to Asia and Europe — September 2022

25/8/2022

September marks the start of the new season for our artists and orchestras. Visiting two countries in Asia and five in Europe, it will be a busy September for HarrisonParrott Creative Partnerships and Tours.

This September sees the Estonian Festival Orchestra debut in Korea with a three-concert tour at Seoul Arts Center (3 September), followed by Tongyeong Concert Hall (4 September) and ending at Gyeonggi Arts Centre (5 September) with conductor and orchestra founder Paavo Järvi.

Before heading to Korea, EFO opens the Sibelius Festival in Lahti in Finland on 31 August. The programme in Finland includes Sibelius’ Symphony No.2 and Lemminkäinen Suite. Performances in Korea include a programme of Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten, Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Cello A minor (Double Concerto), Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür’s l’ombra della croce before finishing with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5. Soloists include Triin Rubel and Marcel Johannes Kits who are both Estonian Festival Orchestra musicians.

Estonian Festival Orchestra 4000_EFO 02©Kaupo Kikkas — Paavo Jarvi © Kaupo Kikkas

National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra embark on their 11-concert tour of Japan with Marin Alsop, which will see the orchestra’s debut at Suntory Hall Tokyo as well as concerts in Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Yokohama. The programme includes Bacewicz’s Overture, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1, Brahms’s Symphony No.1 and Dvořák’s Symphony No.9, alongside soloist Hayato Sumino.

O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra open the Flanders Festival Ghent at St Bavo Cathedral on 12 September alongside Hugo Ticciati and Evelyn Glennie. The repertoire includes Hildegard von Bingen’s Vos flores rosarum, Paul Smadbeck’s Rhythm Song for solo marimba, Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.3 and Philip Glass’ Symphony No.3.

Camerata RCO tour with German baritone Matthias Goerne for two concerts at MITO Festival Settembre Musica. In a special concert of Lieder where the piano part is performed by the tones of Camerata RCO, the ensemble deliver the Italian premiere of Augmented Lights.

Bamberger Symphoniker also travel to Flanders Festival Ghent with conductor Jakub Hrůša on 22 September, performing a programme of Ligeti’s lontano and Bruckner’s Symphony No.9.